Item is a copy of The Border and Westmorland and Cumberland advertiser (vol. XIV) which included advertisements, and news regarding local agriculture, commercial intelligence, politics, education, religion and literature.
Item is a newspaper article written by John Willard Wry for the Sackville Tribune on June 10, 1937. The article is entitled, “Describes the “Wet Summer” of 53 Years Ago”, and subtitled, “Mr. Willard Wry Tells of the Difficulties Experienced by Farmers Through Adverse Weather Conditions”.
Item is a receipt for a potato digger for $32.50, purchased by John Alward and his cousin Ernest Rogers from Lounsbury and Co. Ltd. This piece of equipment would have been pulled by horses.
Item is a photograph of Mabel and John Alward’s farm, formerly the Baird property, in approximately 1908. This photograph shows the house, barn, outhouses, and granary (wider white doors) where oats were stored in fall for personal use and sale.