• Reuben R. Sallows fonds (C 223)
• Archives of Ontario Poster Collection (C 233)
• Bartle Brothers fonds (C 2)
• Elsie Dawson Collection (C 224)
• Marsden Kemp fonds (C 130)
• Nell Maciborka fonds (C 163)
• John Macfie fonds (C 330)
• Ontario Government Record Series, Agricultural Representative photograph albums (RG 16-274)
• Ontario Government Record Series, 4-H collection (RG 16-275)
• Ontario Government Record Series, Ontario Agricultural College landscape plans (RG 16-267)
• Ontario Government Record Series, Photographs of the Audio-Visual Education Branch (RG 2-71)
• Ontario Government Record Series, Photographs of the Communications Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (RG 16-276)
• Gordon W. Powley fonds (C 5)
• John Thomson fonds (F 580)
• Western Fair Association (C 279-0-0-0-59)

This list contains a sample of published sources from the Archives of Ontario Library. For a more complete listing search the library online catalogue, BiBLion, or consult the card catalogue. These sources may also be available at other libraries.

• Landon, Fred. The 1860's - a Period of Transition in Upper Canada Agriculture. London: University of Western Ontario,1937.
• 4-H: the inside story. Issued by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food,1985.
• Epp, Henry. Agriculture in Southern Ontario, 1972.


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Farm workers with their harvest, 1915
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Rueben R. Sallows
Format: Black and white print
Reference Code: RG 16-276-10 2492
Archives of Ontario, I0016115

• A boy farm learner's life in Ontario, Canada : letters to his mother in England. Govt. of Ontario, 1926.
• Emigration to the province of Ontario, Canada. Canada, Dept. of Agriculture, 1872.
• Carroll, Jock. The farm / photographs by Reuben Sallows and John De Visser. Toronto : Methuen, 1985.
• Farming in Ontario Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture, [1924?].
• Hopkin, J. Castells. Historical sketch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, 1912.
• Reaman, George. A history of agriculture in Ontario. Toronto: Saunders.1970.
• Jones, Robert Leslie. History of agriculture in Ontario, 1613-1880. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.1946.
• Burke, Mary Ann. Loss of prime agricultural land : the example of southern Ontario. Ottawa: Statistics Canada.1988.
• Northern Ontario. Canada. Dept. of Agriculture, 1924.
• Ontario agriculture in the sixties; a record of policies, programs and progress, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food, 1960-1970.
• McInnis, R. Marvin. Perspectives on Ontario agriculture, 1815-1930. Gananoque, Ont.: Langdale, 1992.
• Edwin C. Guillet. The pioneer farmer and backwoodsman. Toronto: Ontario Pub. Co., 1963.
• Densmore, David. Seasons of change : sketches of life on the farm. Toronto: Summerhill Press., 1987.


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Girl with carrot harvest, Clarkson, 1910
M. O. Hammond
Black and white negative
Reference Code: F 1075 H474
Archives of Ontario, I0000984

• Dodds, Philip F. The story of Ontario agricultural fairs and exhibitions, 1792-1967, and their contribution to the advancement of agriculture and betterment of community life. Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies. Picton, Ont.: Picton Gazette Pub. Co. 1967.
• McCallum, John. Unequal beginnings : agriculture and economic development in Quebec and Ontario until 1870. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1980.
• Harrison, Prof. F.C., B.S.A. The weeds of Ontario. Ontario Agricultural College. 1900.
• McGee, Molly , Women in rural life: the changing scene. Issued by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 1984.

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MacDonell farm, [between 1898 and 1920]
Marsden Kemp
Black and white print
Reference Code: C 130-1-0-25-6
Archives of Ontario, I0013147