Food Archives | Knee High by the First of July

Car Transporting Milk Cannisters

Farmer using his car to transport milk cannisters to the train station, early 1900s.

Segis May Echo Banquet Toasts and Menu

Toasts and menu for the 1923 banquet in honour of Segis May Echo at the Agassiz Dominion Experimental Farm. Inkman’s Orchestra played while the guests dined on olives, […]

A Banquet in Honour of a Cow

In 1923 the Agassiz Dominion Experimental Farm held a banquet in honour of champion cow Segis May Echo. In one year, she produced 30,886 pounds of milk and […]

Agassiz’s 4-H Club

4-H club member with her dairy cow at the Agassiz Fall Fair, early 2000s. Each September, the relationship between corn and cows is celebrated at the Agassiz Fall […]

Agassiz Fall Fair Produce

Jars of produce on a table at the Agassiz Fall Fair, 1990s. Each year contestants enter their best recipes for a chance of winning first in their category […]

Agassiz Hops

Modern hops grown in Agassiz, early 2000s.

Hop Pickers in Agassiz

Pickers working in an Agassiz hop yard, 1930s. Men, women, and children all worked together in the fields. Here the hops have been picked and are being sorted […]