A Material Culture Study of Farm Implements at the Motherwell Homestead, 1882-1920
- R-E2188
- Item
- 1983
Two volumes of a report (287 pages) by Lyle Dick of Parks Canada, Prairie Region.
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A Material Culture Study of Farm Implements at the Motherwell Homestead, 1882-1920
Two volumes of a report (287 pages) by Lyle Dick of Parks Canada, Prairie Region.
A Sattley Gang plough at the Western Development Museum
Part of Axel C. Petersen fonds
A Sattley Gang plough at the Western Development Museum.
Reminiscences of Alex Carr of Gainsborough, Saskatchewan who was interviewed by Grace Broad Carr in May, 1970. Alex Carr recalls that his father, a wheelwright, relocated to Gainsborough in 1902 and ran a blacksmith shop. He also explains the function and repair of plowshares and coal blowers.
Part of Isabel Hande fonds
Item is an image of Alexander McDonell plowing with oxen, south of Marchwell, Saskatchewan.
Anthony Neville and his walking plow
Part of Hattie Purdy fonds
Item is an image of Anthony Neville and his walking plow.
Bain brothers and Gus Martin breaking new land with Reeves Steam tractor and plow
Part of Photographs (Private) Collection
Bain brothers and Gus Martin, Engineer of a Reeves steam tractor, breaking new land at Bladworth, Saskatchewan.
Bill and George Bailey ploughing with a Sulky plough near Zelma, Saskatchewan
Item is an image showing Bill and George Bailey plowing with a Sulky plow in land near Zelma, Saskatchewan.
Andrew, Albert
Breaking virgin prairie in Western Canada
Item is an image showing the breaking of virgin prairie in western Canada.
Rice, Lewis
Cameraman filming horse and plough working up the ground.
Part of Dick and Ada Bird fonds
Cameraman filming horse and plough working up the ground.
Charlie Rayner's farming operations
Part of Photographs (Private) Collection
(1): Charlie Rayner breaking land with four oxen at a neighbour's. Rayner's homestead was located on 23-19-8-W3, near Glen Kerr/Log Valley, Saskatchewan. Charlie Rayner was born in Prince Edward Island in 1889 and came to Saskatchewan around 1905.
(2): An unidentified man, possibly a hired hand, sitting on a horse-drawn water wagon owned by Charlie Rayner during harvesting operations in the Glen Kerr district. The horses, named "Mike" and "Craig", were used, in their early years, to chase coyotes.