Two men looking at machinery

Steamer driving double-sided threshing machine. Sheaves are being unloaded from racks on each side. Four racks can be seen in the picture. Straw stack in back.

City crew street cleaning on Manitoba Street West in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; note ‘Moose Grocery Co. Ltd’ in background.

Machine laying pipeline above ground, men standing beside. Betchel Manax is the name of the outfit that did the pipeline.

Machinery surrounded by piles of gravel

A group of students gathered around a machine in the machine shop.

Bio/Historical Note: Walter C. Murray, University President, saw that the College of Agriculture would keep the university close to the life of the people. Between 1909-1912, before they had teaching space, the agriculture faculty developed the agriculture farm and traveled doing extension work, most significantly, with the Better Farming Train. The Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture, W.R. Motherwell, supported extension work with tax revenue funds. In October 1912, the first agriculture class was taught. Both a 3-year associate course and a degree course were available. In 1937 the associate program became the School of Agriculture. The school responded to local farming problems by teaching and research and with new departments directed to these areas.