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Indian Head Experimental Farm [textual record]

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Date:

[1908-1980]

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R194-131-6-E, RG17-B-VII-3-a

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Item ID number:

156480

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Department of Agriculture fonds

Experimental Farm Service

Indian Head Experimental Farm
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Date(s):

[1908-1980]

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

ca. 96.3 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Research Branch, Prairie Region, Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Experimental Farm, Superintendent's Office Records [textual record]

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This is a preliminary record, please consult the linked accession. Series consists of the records of the Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Experimental Farm. The records relate to the principal functions of the farm: the introduction of practical farming techniques to new settlers; the development of new varieties of wheat, the administration of all the federal illustration stations in eastern Saskatchewan between 1935 and 1959; and the administration of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration soil reclamation projects from 1935 to 1946.

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Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Experimental Farm (Indian Head, Sask.)

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Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Experimental Farm (Indian Head, Sask.) : The Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Experimental Farm was established by order-in-council in February 1888 as one of the first five federal experimental farms. These farms were authorized by the Experimental Farm Station Act of 1886. At that time, the farm was responsible for the entire North-West Territories. Its main function was to introduce practical farming techniques to settlers who were arriving in the West with little knowledge of farming conditions and prospects in the region. The particular challenges of Western agriculture - water shortages, wind erosion of soil, and a short growing season - received the farm's greatest attention. The farm refined and promoted the technique of summer fallowing to conserve soil moisture, helped test and distribute the quickly ripening, high yield marquis wheat developed at the Central Experimental Farm, and extensively promoted tree-planting for shelter belts. Indian Head also played a significant role in the development of other outstanding varieties of wheat such as the Reward and Garnet. Between 1935 and 1959, the farm was responsible for all the federal illustration stations in eastern Saskatchewan and from 1935 to 1946 it administered the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration soil reclamation projects. At present, the Indian Head Experimental Farm manages the Seed Increase Unit as part of the Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, which is located in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. RG17 General Inventory

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1987-88/005 GAD
RG17

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RG17-B-VII-3-a
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