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Pirates of the Cowribbean Parade Float

The University of British Columbia Dairy Education and Research Centre Agassiz Fall Fair and Corn Festival float, 2018. The students have created a Pirates of the Cowribbean themed […]

Threshing at the Hunt Farm

A threshing team at the Hunt Farm, 1945. Three men work together to operate a McCormick-Deering machine. Barrels are filled and loaded onto a nearby wooden cart to […]

Corn Silage at the McCallum Farm

A group of farmers making corn silage at the McCallum Farm, circa 1930 to 1940. This hard working team set up an assembly line to keep the corn […]

Corn Harvest Time in Agassiz

Madeline Appel, Aime Sache and Jim Cuthbert standing in an Agassiz corn field around harvest time, circa 1930 to 1940. Aime Sache is holding a young calf’s lead. […]

Team of Horses Ploughing

Draught animals are rarely used to farm today. They have all but been replaced by machinery. Nonetheless, ploughing competitions still occur in certain agricultural circles. Agassiz was home […]

Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association

The Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association parade float, 1916. “The Farmers Unite and form the Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association.” Pictured are: D. McRae, I. Else, J. Morrow, […]

Loaded Milk Cart at the Agassiz CPR Station

Farmers with loaded milk cart and work horse at the Agassiz CPR Station, 1948. The work horse was used to pull the fully loaded carts to meet the […]

“Nothing can stop the FVMPA shippers”

Many cannisters of milk on a rail cart, seven men, and a sign “Nothing can stop the FVMPA shippers” at the Agassiz CPR Station, 1948. Gordon Morrow Jr. […]

Loading Milk Cannisters at the Agassiz CPR Station, 1930s

Men loading milk cannisters onto the train at the Agassiz CPR Station, 1930s. The car in the foreground was used to transport some of the cannisters to the […]

Loading Milk Cannisters at the Agassiz CPR Station, 1920s

Men loading milk cannisters onto the train at the Agassiz CPR Station, 1920s. Everyone chipped in to get the job done so that the train could stay on […]

Early 20th Century Agassiz Farmscape

An early Agassiz farming workscape with horse teams and cows in front of a barn, early 1900s. Family members are busy carrying out their daily chores.

Corn-filled Silo

Men filling a silo with harvested corn, mid-1900s. Corn bale fermentation occurs when the starches in the kernels break down. Fermented forage assists cows with digestion. Dairy cows are […]