A boy is riding a young bull with a large crowd watching in the background

A covered wagon on Main Street. There is a large number of people on the sidewalk

Instructor B.D. Owen is showing four students some finer points in Animal Husbandry in the University of Saskatchewan Livestock Pavilion.

Image from behind a demonstration flat car. "Better Farming Train" banner on top of the flat car where a man with two cows is lecturing to a crowd.

Bio/Historical Note: From 1914 to 1922 a Better Farming Train (BFT) toured the province providing lectures and demonstrations and presenting exhibits on matters pertaining to agriculture. Funded by the Agricultural Instruction Act, equipped jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the College of Agriculture, and staffed by the University of Saskatchewan, the BFTs were operated free of charge by the railways. Consisting of between 14 to 17 cars they toured the province for several weeks each summer. During part of one summer two trains operated. The train was divided into five sections: Livestock; Field Husbandry; Boys and Girls; Household Science; Poultry; and Farm Mechanics. A converted flat car acted as a platform for the display and demonstration of the "well-selected" horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. Each section usually contained a lecture car accompanied by one or more demonstration cars.

Crowd watching a demonstration at the Livestock Car in foreground; grain elevators in background.

Bio/Historical Note: From 1914 to 1922 a Better Farming Train (BFT) toured the province providing lectures and demonstrations and presenting exhibits on matters pertaining to agriculture. Funded by the Agricultural Instruction Act, equipped jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the College of Agriculture, and staffed by the University of Saskatchewan, the BFTs were operated free of charge by the railways. Consisting of between 14 to 17 cars they toured the province for several weeks each summer. During part of one summer two trains operated. The train was divided into five sections: Livestock; Field Husbandry; Boys and Girls; Household Science; Poultry; and Farm Mechanics. A converted flat car acted as a platform for the display and demonstration of the "well-selected" horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. Each section usually contained a lecture car accompanied by one or more demonstration cars.

A crowd in front of Better Farming Train cars listening to a lecture. "Better Farming Train" banner on top of a flat car where[[A.M. Shaw] is lecturing.

Bio/Historical Note: From 1914 to 1922 a Better Farming Train (BFT) toured the province providing lectures and demonstrations and presenting exhibits on matters pertaining to agriculture. Funded by the Agricultural Instruction Act, equipped jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the College of Agriculture, and staffed by the University of Saskatchewan, the BFTs were operated free of charge by the railways. Consisting of between 14 to 17 cars they toured the province for several weeks each summer. During part of one summer two trains operated. The train was divided into five sections: Livestock; Field Husbandry; Boys and Girls; Household Science; Poultry; and Farm Mechanics. A converted flat car acted as a platform for the display and demonstration of the "well-selected" horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. Each section usually contained a lecture car accompanied by one or more demonstration cars.

Image of three horse-drawn carts carrying cargo across a field. There are cows grazing on rolling hills in the background.

A black and white photograph of a large gathering of wooden carts hitched to horses, trucks, men, and cattle near Biggar, Saskatchewan.

A herd of cattle can be seen in the distance next to a body of water

Image of cattle grazing in a field near Wilkie, Saskatchewan.

Image of cattle grazing in field near Wilkie, Saskatchewan.

Abe Fennell in cattle pen with men standing amongst the cattle; the other names are unknown at this time.

Cattle eating out of troughs at the Melfort Research Station; there is a truck in the background that has been dumping the feed.

Men leading oxen around the track in front of the grandstand.