Agricultural Studies 1000 -- Term Paper: Home

• Decide on an appropriate topic related to the history or evolution of agriculture.
   
• Your paper should contain:
   
  1. Description of geographic area including map.
      
  2. Explanations of major changes or improvements to land area, cropping and/or animal practices, management systems over the time period considered. If you choose to write about the history of agriculture in a district, province or country you should include census-type data.
      
  3. How changes in agricultural policies and/or regulations have affected practices and decisions.
      
  4. Critical analysis of how the geographic area considered has has grown and prospered over time.
      
• Use the Library's discovery tools (e.g., Summon search, journal article databases, Library catalogue, etc.) to locate scholarly/refereed materials.
   
• Employ a standard bibliographic referencing system (e.g., APA).

Use either SUMMON or the Library catalogue search from the Library home page. Combine keywords to search for local history books. Examples:

• alberta agriculture history
• ranching history
• irrigation southern alberta
• Vulcan (Alta.) -- History
• Pincher Creek (Alta.) -- History
• Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Canada [Note: this is a 'subject heading' which is useful for locating resources on a particular topic]

Southern Alberta Census Divisions & Subdivisions:

• Census Division 1: Cypress County; Forty Mile County No. 8;
• Census Division 2: Warner County No. 5; Lethbridge County; Taber; Newell County;
• Census Division 3: Cardston County; Pincher Creek No. 9; Willow Creek No. 26.

Farm and Farm Operator Data (Statistics):

• There are 47 "Farm and Farm Operator Data" tables
• Sort by Geography using "Census Agricultural Region", "Census Division" or "Census Subdivision" to view statistics for your area of interest.

Historical Farm and Farm Operator Data (Statistics):

• There 17 "Historical Data" tables which show trends over time from as early as 1921
• Sort by Geography to display Canada as a whole or individual provinces.

Highlights:

• Agricultural Statistical Yearbooks (2006+)
• Census of Agriculture -- Alberta Highlights (various years)
• Agri-Food Statistics Update. Alberta agri food-exports