Albert Clarence Badcock

Newfoundland

Albert Clarence Badcock was born in 1911 in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. He attended Memorial University from 1929 to 1932 and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1939 to 1942.

His efforts in the administrative area served to advance agriculture in Newfoundland. Mr. Badcock taught briefly and later was employed by the Newfoundland Government. In 1934 he assumed the position of Manager of the Land Settlement Board which became part of the Department of Natural Resources in 1937. In 1953, after the merger between the Division of Agriculture and Land Settlement within the Department of Mines and Resources, Mr. Badcock was appointed Director of the new Agricultural Division.

Between October 1969 and May 1970, Mr. Badcock was Chairman and Member of the Board of the Newfoundland Farm Products Corporation. He resigned in 1970 in order to become Chairman of the Newfoundland Marketing Board, a position he held until he retired in 1976 after 42 years of service.

Mr. Badcock' s efficient administrative skills, coupled with sound judgement and initiative led to the improvement and expansion of agricultural development in Newfoundland.

During this time, Bogland Reclamation projects were undertaken and the Land Development policy was expanded to provide assistance to a larger number of farmers.

Poultry farming increased and notable improvement occurred in sheep and cattle raising during this period as well. Vegetable production was placed on a more sound basis and acreages of cultivated land increased along with improvements in farm mechanization. The Farm Development Loan Board made available funds for expanding farms.

These and other benefits derived by Newfoundland agriculture merit Clarence Badcock' s induction to the Atlantic Agricultural Hall of Fame.