Item is a recording of Charles W. Stenholm's (Texas congressman) overview on agricultural policy from a congressional point-of-view and a portion of a seminar on tax savings tips for American cooperatives. Mr. Stenholm's presentation covered topics such as tax reform, trade deficits, the effect of overproduction, world debt and consumption patterns, the farm credit/support system, and the need for a market orientated agricultural policy (and thus the need to create a level playing field between different state and national governments). His presentation was followed by a brief question and answer session.
Mr. Stenholm's session is followed by a presentation by two unidentified persons on tax tips for cooperatives. Presentation is joined in progress and recording ends before the completion of the presentation. Issues discussed include deferred debt, issuing of non-qualifieds, and member option plans.

Postcard photograph of three grain elevators, including Western Elevator Co. Ltd. No. 49, and the railway station in Viscount, Saskatchewan. Published by Rumsey and Co., Toronto, Ontario as part of the Canadian West series.

Item is an image of an abandoned Saskatchewan Wheat Pool grain elevator No. 001, with antique farm machinery in the foreground, at Bender, Saskatchewan.

Item is an aerial view of a grain elevator between a railway track and a highway, somewhere in Saskatchewan, probably from the 1970s. Part of the airplane's engine is visible.

Items are images of various types of agricultural machinery, including binders, tractors, steam tractors, swathers, hay wagons and combines.

Government Policies and the Wheat Markets, Series 1, Policies and Effects in the first six months of 1938-1939, by W. Sanford Evans. (24 p.)

Agricultural Marketing Legislation, published by the Dominion of Canada Department of Agriculture Marketing Service, 1939. (18 p.; 2 copies). Includes information on the Grain Futures Act.

Report of the S.F.A. (Saskatchewan Federation of Agriculture) Structure and Finance Committee regarding a proposed farm organization structure for Saskatchewan, September, 1971.

Item is a recording of Roy Maxwell (CBC) interviewing E.K. Turner (Saskatchewan Wheat Pool) concerning changes to the Crow Rate as proposed by Federal Minister of Agriculture, Jean-Luc Pepin. Issues discussed included the idea that the money for the Crow Rate would go to the rail companies rather than to farmers, the difference of opinion on the issue between grain and cattle farmers and the interest/awareness of the issue in Ontario.

Photographs of paintings done by Dr. William G. Hobbs, a physician, surgeon and artist who resided in Gainsborough, Saskatchewan. The paintings were submitted to the Saskatchewan Olympics and the Arts Selection Committee for an art exhibition at the Olympics in Montreal, Quebec in 1976.

(1): Painting entitled The Journey (part of the Immigration - The Departure series).

(2): Painting entitled The Destination, showing the exterior of a two-storey building with Limerick written on the side. 1975.

(3): Painting entitled The Journey, with railroad tracks in the foreground and grain elevators and other buildings in the background.

(4): Painting entitled Clondesley, a portrait of a young boy with a bird and bird's nest with four blue eggs in it.

(5): Painting entitled England, showing a view out of a open window with a wooden frame. A church steeple is in the background with a tankard and other items in foreground.

(6): Portrait of Britannia Ingrid Hobbs, showing a girl with blond hair and freckles with a black and yellow bird perched on her finger.

(7): Self portrait of Dr. Hobbs at the School of Arts, Fort San, entitled Who Calls? Who Calls?. 1975.

(8): Painting of dilapadated log barn with field in background.

(9): Painting of Gainsborough church in winter with children skating on dug-out in background.

(10)-(11): Surrealist images of flower (iris) with poem. 1975.

Original and photocopied records created, accumulated and used by Edward A. Bailey, a journalist who died in Saskatchewan in 1918. Includes Bailey's reminiscences; articles regarding railways, grain handling and markets; and a promotional brochure titled "On the Short Line: Weyburn, the International Gateway to Canada East, Canada West, United States" (ca. 1911).

Item is a recording of an interview by Betty Kennedy of E.K. Turner concerning proposed changes to the Crow Rate by Federal Transport Minister Jean Luc Pepin. Subjects covered included background on the need for and the establishment of the Crow Rate, the level of (direct and indirect) cost uncertainty experienced by farmers an the regional needs of different farmers for the Crow Rate.