Class photo, taken outside in front of the horticulture greenhouses. Everyone is wearing a doctor’s coat. Two dogs are included in the photo.

Elevated view looking east of University buildings from l to r: Engineering Building, Main Barn, and Physical Education Building. Greenhouses in foreground.

Man driving a two-horse team pulling a one bottom plow in a field. [University Greenhouses] in background.

Bio/Historical Note: By 1910, 19 horses had been purchased by the College of Agriculture that were good work horses or suitable for student class work. Two were purebred Clydesdales. Three light horses were also purchased. One named Barney was used in the morning to deliver milk to faculty in Nutana and in the afternoon on the buggy as Dean Rutherford made his farm rounds. In 1920 the Province asked the Animal Husbandry Department to establish a Clydesdale breeding stud. This led to development of an outstanding collection of prize winning horses that became a focus of the Department. In the 1920s the Percheron and Belgian breeders also demanded support for their breeds and so they were included in the university stud and some cross breeding was undertaken. The campus horses were used for field work for all Departments, general hauling and site work for new buildings. An unofficial use was for the Lady Godiva ride across campus each fall. By the 1940s it was clear that the era of horses as a main source of farm power was over. The final stallion used in the breeding program was the imported "Windlaw Proprietor," grand champion stallion at the 1946 Royal Winter Fair.

Exterior view showing the glass enclosure attached to a small stone gable roofed building. Trees and shrubs in the foreground.

A group of people leaving one of the horticultural greenhouses, car at the entrance. National Research building in the background.

East end of the rows of buildings, Administration building and trees in the background.

View from the street with the houses settled amongst the trees.

The plant ecology greenhouse where seeds and grasses are studied. Two men are working inside among the plants. Light bulbs hanging from the ceiling, mortar and pestle and other tools around.

Image of greenhouses on the University of Saskatchewan Campus

Header Houses (original Horticulture greenhouses constructed in 1916) with evidence of disrepair

View of greenhouses in centre foreground of image. University buildings in background are l to r: outer edge of Administration Building, Engineering Building, Livestock Pavilion, and Main Barn. Flowering shrubs in foreground.

Interior of the Plant Pathology lab, which is part of the greenhouses.

View from the south showing the ends of the buildings. Water lying on the ground in the background with shrubs, trees and a fence in the foreground.

Bacteriological laboratory in the interior of the building.