History of MacDonald College of McGill University

Snell, J. F.

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“…These two gentlemen supervised the work of 9 technicians who prepared subsurface drainage plans for 1 630ha (4082 acres) in 1913 (Quebec Government 1913). In 1918, the Macdonald College Department of Agricultural Engineering was founded (Snell 1963) and took over the preparation of drainage plans. Also in 1913 to promote agriculture, including drainage, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture provided $10 000 to the Quebec Ministry to hire district agronomists: R.A. Rousseau graduate of Oka for Bagot-Drummondville; Henri Cloutier graduate of Oka for Rouville-Iberville-Sherville; J.C. Magna, graduate of Oka for Portneuf-Champlain; Abel Raymond graduate of Oka for Bellechasse-Dorchester; Alphone Roy graduate of Oka for Montmorency-Quebec (Lalonde, 1944); and J.M.…”

Section: The Wwi Era Of 1909 To 1918mentioning

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Historical development of subsurface drainage in Quebec from 1850 to 1970

Barrington¹

2022

Can. Biosyst. Eng.

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Despite its beginning in the 1850’s and being first in Canada to purchase a tile drainage trencher, subsurface drainage of agricultural lands in Quebec is poorly documented, which the present paper will try to document from 1850 to 1970. In Quebec, Catholic priests and monks played an important role in educating rural communities by establishing French agricultural schools throughout the province. For the English rural communities, Macdonald College (Macdonald Campus of McGill University) played a major role especially in preparing plans, besides promoting the technology. The Quebec Ministry of Agriculture encouraged subsurface drainage early in 1912 but would prefer investing in land clearing and watercourse deepening to establish more farms, from the employment needs created by WWI, the great 1930 depression and WWII. This work mostly completed in the early 1960’s, the Quebec Government would then initiate a major subsurface drainage program, allowing private enterprises to take over shortly after 1967. Although the Ministry changed names several times even after 1967, the term ‘Ministry of Agriculture’ will be used throughout this article. To compare trencher performance, a 15 m average spacing is presumed. This paper is limited to the main events and persons involved, without being able to cover them all.

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Section: The Wwi Era Of 1909 To 1918mentioning

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Historical development of subsurface drainage in Quebec from 1850 to 1970

Barrington¹

2022

Can. Biosyst. Eng.

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“…The results were published as bulletins which served a useful purpose for students who were almost entirely dependent on foreign texts (Snell, 1963).…”

Section: The First Two Decadesmentioning

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Proceedings of the 1986 Workshop held at Macdonald College of McGill University Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec May 26 – 28, 1986

1986

Canadian J Agri Economics

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Macdonald College of McGill University and the Canadian Society of Microbiologists: an interweaved tale

Daniel

2015

Can. J. Microbiol.

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and the Canadian Society of Microbiologists: an interweaved tale My knowledge about microbiology truly started in September 1976 at Macdonald College (MAC) of McGill University. As a freshman, I was quite impressed by the old biology building in which I met the Department Chair Dr. Robert A. MacLeod. In fact, at that time I could not even guess what could be the outcome of the decision I had taken to explore the microbial world. But first let me start at the beginning.

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History of MacDonald College of McGill University

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Historical development of subsurface drainage in Quebec from 1850 to 1970

Historical development of subsurface drainage in Quebec from 1850 to 1970

Proceedings of the 1986 Workshop held at Macdonald College of McGill University Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec May 26 – 28, 1986

Macdonald College of McGill University and the Canadian Society of Microbiologists: an interweaved tale

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