Viewing Object

Object Description

Object Name

Fonds

Object ID

MSS 241

Artist

Thorndale Hatchery

Title

Thorndale Hatchery fonds (MSS 241).

Extent

15 cm of textual records.

Date

1941-1954.

Description

The fonds consists of the correspondence of the Thorndale Hatchery, predominantly between 1941 and 1949, including letters of appreciation, advertising proposals, lists of breeders supplying the hatchery, and breeding schedules and records, as well as a 1945 letter transfering ownership of the Queen Hatchery, A. Woodgate, Manager, to J.H. Mufford, and a 1945 40th Anniversary letter with the history of the hatchery. Fonds also includes the Minutes of the Seventeenth Annual Convention of the Canadian Federation of Hatchery Associations, western Section, held in Winnipeg, Man., September 21-24, 1954, and minutes of the monthly meetings of the B.C. Baby Chick Co-operative Association, held in Cloverdale, B.C., for October and November, 1950.

People/Subject

Agriculture

Mufford, J. H., & Sons

The Thorndale Hatchery, also known as The Stock Farm and Hatchery, bred chickens and Holstein cattle and was operated in Milner, B.C., by J. H. Mufford & Sons.
See Also: Thorndale Hatchery, Mufford Hatchery

Stock Farm and Hatchery

The Thorndale Hatchery, also known as The Stock Farm and Hatchery, bred chickens and Holstein cattle and was operated in Milner, B.C., by J. H. Mufford & Sons.

Stores and businesses

Term Source: dhv

Thorndale Hatchery

The Thorndale Hatchery, also known as The Stock Farm and Hatchery, bred chickens and Holstein cattle and was operated in Milner, B.C., by J. H. Mufford & Sons from the 1920s to the 1960s, and for a time was considered one of the most successful hatcheries in the province.
See From: The Stock Farm and Hatchery

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