Ontario. Agricultural Representative Branch

Zone d'identification

Type d'entité

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Forme autorisée du nom

Ontario. Agricultural Representative Branch

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

    Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions

    • Agricultural Representative Branch

    Autre(s) forme(s) du nom

      Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités

      Zone de description

      Dates d’existence

      1920-1956

      Historique

      The origins of the Agricultural Representative Branch date to 1907, when "district representatives" were first appointed within the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Until 1912 the representatives were supported jointly by the Departments of Agriculture and Education, but after that the Department of Agriculture assumed full responsibility for them. In 1918 the district representatives were retitled "agricultural representatives".

      The Agriculture Representative Branch was formally established in 1920. Prior to this time, there was no particular branch in charge of the representatives.

      In 1956, the Agricultural Representative Branch was absorbed into a newly-created Extension Branch, which consolidated the various outreach programs of the Department of Agriculture. The activities of the Agricultural Representative Branch were continued by the Agricultural Representative Service within the Extension Branch. By the late 1960's, however, the term "Agricultural Representative Service" was no longer used in descriptions of Extension Branch activities, although the Extension Branch remained responsible for the Agricultural Representatives.

      In 1982, the Extension Branch was disbanded and the Agricultural Representative were administered through a newly-created Agricultural Representatives Branch.

      Lieux

      Statut légal

      Fonctions et activités

      The Agricultural Representative Branch provided agricultural and rural outreach services across Ontario through local offices manned by Agricultural Representatives. Dealing in person with local farmers and food processors, the representatives provided advisory services, education programs, and financial assistance, and called in specialists when needed. Many representatives specialized in farm economics, commodity marketing, dealing with 4H youth groups, or preparing information releases for the local media.

      Adresse

      Organisation interne/Généalogie

      Contexte général

      Zone des relations

      Entité associée

      Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1888-1966)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA59

      Type de relation

      hiérarchique

      Type de relation

      Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture contrôles Ontario. Agricultural Representative Branch

      Dates de la relation

      Description de la relation

      Zone des points d'accès

      Mots-clés - Sujets

      Mots-clés - Lieux

      Epithet

      Zone du contrôle

      Identifiant de notice d'autorité

      CA39

      Identifiant du service d'archives

      Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Statut

      Approved

      Niveau de détail

      Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Langue(s)

        Écriture(s)

          Sources

          Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture, 1907-1957

          Hazel I. MacTaggart, Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1901-1955.

          Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12- 24

          Notes de maintenance

          Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24. CA has only the "Agricultural Representatives Branch", which is a separate agency from this one.

          Archivist(s):
          Paul McIlroy