The Dirty Thirties
1930 - 1939
This was a time of poverty, of making do with what you had. Farms were less than productive and motorized vehicles were reconstructed to be pulled by horses - Bennett buggies.
Agricultural Topics
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Old Time Agriculture in the Ads
A look at settlement period agriculture through advertisements found in period publications.
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Sale of land on 1-2-8 - Senator W H Sharpe and Thomas Robson (1880)
Legal documents concerning the sales of these lands.
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Fond: Sharpe Family
Service at Cost - Manitoba Pool Elevators - 1925-75
A history of the Co-operative movement in Manitoba.
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Fond: Pembina Manitou Archive
Service at Cost - Manitoba Pool Elevators - Historical Booklet - 1963
A short historical brochure.
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Fond: Pembina Manitou Archive
The First Fifty Years - History of the United Grain Growers Limited - Colquette
United Grain Growers history.
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Fond: Pembina Manitou Archive
Threshing - The Early Years of Harvesting - Holt
A history of early agricultural techniques.
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United Grain Growers - Altamont - a History (1900)
A short history of the United Grain Growers organization in Altamont Manitoba.
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Fond: Pembina Manitou Archive