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1982: Fiftieth Consecutive Farm and Home Week
The first Farm and Home Week was held in 1933 as an economising measure
in the face of the mounting financial squeeze of the Great Depression. A number of annual conventions were combined
to coincide during a single week at the University of Saskatchewan; January
1982 marked the fiftieth consecutive gathering. Organized primarily by Extension, it has maintained close links
to several of the provinces’ agricultural organizations such as the
Saskatchewan Association of Agricultural Societies, the Saskatchewan Field
Husbandry Association, the Saskatchewan Branch of the Canadian Seed Grower’s
Association and the Saskatchewan Agricultural Graduates.1 It has developed into a combination of
convention, with several groups gathering for annual general meetings, and an
educational event with displays, seminars, lectures and discussion groups. The highlight of the fiftieth anniversary
was the appearance of former U of S
Professor, Grant MacEwan, who had conducted the livestock demonstration at
the first Farm and Home Week in 1933.2 Like its first gathering, Farm and Home
Week continues to draw a wide audience from across rural Saskatchewan.
| Related Collections |  |
Extension Division fonds, RG 2106.
L.C. Paul fonds, MG 55.
| Images | |
1982a: Farm and Home Week 50, 1982.
1982b: Farm and Home Week–Livestock Exhibition, Jan 1982, Photograph Collection, A-6589.
1982c: Farm and Home Week–Livestock Exhibition, Jan 1982, Photograph Collection, A-6590.
| Sources | |
1. L.C. Paul, "Extension at the University of Saskatchewan 1910-1970: A History." L.C. Paul fonds.
2. Farm and Home Week 50, 1982.
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