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Chapter 3 United and Powerful: 1910-1920 Page 21
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- Gord Tolton
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
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- Gord Tolton
- Date Published
- 2009
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- United Farmers of Alberta
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- English
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- 978-0-9811680-0-5
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
They actually pushed the government forward through untrodden paths
of progressive legislation.”
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The Old Age Pension Act guaranteeing $20 a month to every Canadian over the age of seventy,
the Rural Credits Act creating the Farm Credit Corporation, and amendments to the Grain Act
were quickly hustled through the House.
Chapter 3 United and Powerful: 1910-1920 Page 32
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- Gord Tolton
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- textual record (electronic)
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
- Author
- Gord Tolton
- Date Published
- 2009
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- United Farmers of Alberta
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- textual record (electronic)
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- English
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- 978-0-9811680-0-5
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
The
farm organization movement and the political revolution it had spawned was bound for a world
of problems and a global depression that would tarnish the golden age of co-operation, test the
character of its champions and affect the very definition of the concept.
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Chapter 3 United and Powerful: 1910-1920 Page 38
- Author
- Gord Tolton
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- textual record (electronic)
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
- Author
- Gord Tolton
- Date Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- United Farmers of Alberta
- Format
- textual record (electronic)
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- English
- ISBN
- 978-0-9811680-0-5
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
Scholefield had overseen a true golden age in the build up of UFA as both a
political and co-operative force.
Chapter 3 United and Powerful: 1910-1920 Page 40
- Author
- Gord Tolton
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- textual record (electronic)
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
- Author
- Gord Tolton
- Date Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- United Farmers of Alberta
- Format
- textual record (electronic)
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- English
- ISBN
- 978-0-9811680-0-5
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
Clearly, the golden age of UFA’s influence
was over. After 1932, the rift between the
government and the membership became
a chasm.
Chapter 3 United and Powerful: 1910-1920 Page 44
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- Gord Tolton
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- textual record (electronic)
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
- Author
- Gord Tolton
- Date Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- United Farmers of Alberta
- Format
- textual record (electronic)
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- English
- ISBN
- 978-0-9811680-0-5
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
The newspapers had a field day with the McPhersons and the Matterns, inflating a private
matter into a full-blown sex scandal with lurid accounts of wife-swapping, three-to-a-bed sleeping
arrangements and a middle-aged woman jilted by two men in a single year.
Chapter 3 United and Powerful: 1910-1920 Page 49
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- Gord Tolton
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- textual record (electronic)
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
- Author
- Gord Tolton
- Date Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- United Farmers of Alberta
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- textual record (electronic)
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- English
- ISBN
- 978-0-9811680-0-5
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
The pamphlet promised a plethora of social dividends — old age pensions, sick pay, mothers’
allowances and relief for the unemployed.
Chapter 3 United and Powerful: 1910-1920 Page 50
- Author
- Gord Tolton
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- textual record (electronic)
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
- Author
- Gord Tolton
- Date Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- United Farmers of Alberta
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- textual record (electronic)
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- English
- ISBN
- 978-0-9811680-0-5
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- This publication is provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained in accordance with the Copyright Act.
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
As political historian Ernest Mardon writes of
the farmer government, “In many ways this was the golden age of the parliamentary system in
Alberta.
Chapter 3 United and Powerful: 1910-1920 Page 52
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- Gord Tolton
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- textual record (electronic)
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
- Author
- Gord Tolton
- Date Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- United Farmers of Alberta
- Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 978-0-9811680-0-5
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
R.B. was a brilliant student, and at the age of 15 was teaching
elementary grades north of Moncton.
Chapter 6 Farmers in Business: 1936-1964 Page 2
- Author
- Gord Tolton
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- textual record (electronic)
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
- Author
- Gord Tolton
- Date Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- United Farmers of Alberta
- Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 978-0-9811680-0-5
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
The computer age came to UFA counter sales in the late 1980s, bringing
a business dependent on record-keeping and accounting in line with a
new era.
Chapter 6 Farmers in Business: 1936-1964 Page 5
- Author
- Gord Tolton
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- textual record (electronic)
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
- Author
- Gord Tolton
- Date Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- United Farmers of Alberta
- Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 978-0-9811680-0-5
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- This publication is provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained in accordance with the Copyright Act.
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
In 1995, with an eye to increasing the participation of younger customers in the organization, UFA
established a special advisory council body consisting of 15 young Albertans between the ages of
18 and 25 chosen from the ranks of 4-H leaders, Goldeye camp participants, or from among those
recommended by elected officials.
Chapter 6 Farmers in Business: 1936-1964 Page 6
- Author
- Gord Tolton
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- textual record (electronic)
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
- Author
- Gord Tolton
- Date Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- United Farmers of Alberta
- Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 978-0-9811680-0-5
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- Deep Roots, Promising Future, by Gord Tolton
AGVANTAGE 25 offered full UFA membership, free of charge, to any man or
woman under the age of 25.
Farm Supply Division – 1959-2003.
- Collection/Fonds
- United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative fonds
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Collection/Fonds
- United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative fonds
- Hierarchy Level
- Series
- Collection/Fonds Number
- 4
- Series Number
- 18
- Material Format
- textual records
- Physical Description
- 17 cm of textual records and other material.
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of partial sequences of the Farm Supply Division Manager's correspondence (1960-1961, M-S and 1984-1997, replies to delegates' questions); sales statistics and analysis (1959-1961 and 1995-1996); documents on marketing plan (1986) and five-year operating plan (1987); memoranda regarding personnel changes (2003).
- Administrative History
- In its early phase, the United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative managed grocery, hardware, and dry goods stores for local co-ops, but in 1952 this function was transferred to Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association. UFA Co-op established a Farm Supplies Department for wholesaling farm supplies to local co-ops. Initially it distributed mainly bulk products such as coal, fence posts, twine, and agricultural chemicals, but it eventually expanded its range to include varied products such as building supplies, livestock medicines, and fertilizers. In 1954 its name was changed to Farm Supplies Division and in that year the first Farm Supply Centre, a combined warehousing and retail operation, was opened in Calgary. In 1966 restructuring of the provincial Co-op system encouraged expansion of the division's direct retail operations. Its Building Department, later known as the Farmstead Development Department and as UFA Building Solutions, began with an experimental prefabricated barn in 1957. It constructed complete buildings and materials moving sytems for farmers. The specialized Animal Health Department and Equipment Department were added in the 1970s. By 2006 the division was renamed Farm and Ranch Supply Division and it was operating 34 Farm and Ranch Supply Stores. In 2007 it was renamed Agricultural Operations (Ag-Ops). In 2010 it was renamed Agricultural Business (Agri-Business).
- Creator
- United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative
- Names
- United Farmers of Alberta
- Farm Supply Division
- Date
- 1959-2003
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
Milt Ward fonds – 1930-1989.
- Collection/Fonds
- Milt Ward fonds
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Collection/Fonds
- Milt Ward fonds
- Hierarchy Level
- Fonds
- Collection/Fonds Number
- 6
- Material Format
- textual records
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 20 cm of textual records and photographs.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of photographs, correspondence, and other records documenting Milton Ward's involvement in the co-operative sector.
- Custodial History
- Milton Henry "Milt" Ward, 1890-1994, was born in Nogies Creek, Ontario. In 1905 he migrated with his family to Arrowwood, a community east of High River, Alberta. He assisted his father, and established his own homestead in the district at an early age. He also worked as a ranch hand and blacksmith. He became a manager in the Crowsnest Pass coal mining industry during the First World War, but returned to farming and ranching in the Arrowwood district. He served on the council of the Municipal District of Marquis from 1916 to 1941. He was an active member of the United Farmers of Alberta, serving as a director from 1932 to 1969, a delegate to the Alberta Wheat Pool, and a director of the Arrowwood Co-operative Association. In 1977 he was inducted into the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame. He was married twice, to Lena Steiner, ?-1923, and to Myrtle Foreman, 1903-1995. He had six children: Ruby Della (Fletcher), Audrey Helen (Neubauer), Shirley Margaret (Hood), Jack Foreman, George Alan, and Beverly Joan (Weeks).
- Creator
- Ward, Milt
- Subjects
- World War, 1914-1918
- Coal mines and mining
- Ranching
- Agriculture
- Names
- Ward, Milt
- Places
- Arrowwood
- Accession Number
- UF 2003.0081
- UF 2004.0025.01
- Date
- 1930-1989
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
Preferred share register – 1949-1965.
- Collection/Fonds
- United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative fonds
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Collection/Fonds
- United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative fonds
- Hierarchy Level
- File
- Collection/Fonds Number
- 4
- Series Number
- 10
- File Number
- 1
- Material Format
- textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a ledger book listing, in chronological order, names of purchasers of preferred shares, receipt number, amount paid, share certificate number, number of shares, member account number, transfer authorization number, member loans (if any), and dividends isssued. A section of the ledger book lists shares transferred.
- Administrative History
- The United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative permitted its members to contribute to its capitalization by purchasing preferred shares at $25.00 each. The shares could be redeemed in the event of death, reaching the age of retirement, or relocating out of Alberta.
- Creator
- United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative
- Subjects
- Shares & Dividends
- Names
- United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative
- Date
- 1949-1965
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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