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Stooks of wheat in the Qu'Appelle Valley
Part of WHFA Photos Collection
Somewhere north of Wosleley, Saskatchewan in the near-by Qu'Appelle Valley. Swathed fields of crop formed into stooks awaiting threshing. Barbed wire fence and dirt road in the foreground.
Matador International Biological Program Research Station - R.T. Coupland
R.T. Coupland, Director of Matador Project (1966-1976) and professor of plant ecology, examines grain in a field.
Bio/Historical Note: From 1967 to 1972, plant ecologists at the University of Saskatchewan participated in the International Biological Program. As part of this worldwide study of agricultural productivity, ecologists established the Matador field station for grassland research carried out by scientists from thirty-four countries. The field station was located near Kyle, thirty miles north of Swift Current, in an area of natural grassland that was potentially the best wheat growing soil in the brown soil zone of Saskatchewan. The land (three square miles) was originally leased for 21 years from the Government of Saskatchewan; the lease (for $1/year) has since been renewed and currently expires in 2009. The Matador Project involved the study of the total grasslands ecosystem, including the interaction of animals, plants, microorganisms, soils and the atmosphere. Robert T. Coupland, Head of the Department of Plant Ecology, served as Director of the Matador Project.
Agricultural Research - Experimental Plots
Test plots of the Seed Barn in foreground. Sign at centre of photograph reads: "Variety Tests Western Rye Grass Strains Crested Wheat Grass". Rutherford Rink under construction in the distance.
Agriculture - Class in Session
An instructor stands at the front of the classroom giving instruction in a Crop Science class. The backs of the students face the camera.
Crop Development Centre - Exterior
Partial view of the Crop Development Centre.
Bio/Historical Note: The Crop Development Centre (CDC) was established at the University of Saskatchewan in 1971 through collaboration between the University, the National Research Council (NRC) and the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture. The NRC funded the scientists and support staff for the first three years. The government of Saskatchewan has provided the Centre's core staff and operational funding through its Department of Agriculture since that time. The original mandate of the CDC was to expand research and breeding in winter and spring wheat, feed grains, and new crops. Later expansion of the program provided capacity for research on weed control, conservation tillage, and biotechnology. The current research focus is on plant breeding in wheat (winter, spring and durum), barley (malting, feed and food), oat (feed and food),flax (linseed and solin) and pulse crops (peas, lentils, chickpeas and dry beans), as well as pulse crop pathology. The Centre has access to extensive research facilities that include a very large land base, controlled environment growth facilities, and laboratories and equipment that are unmatched in Canada. Besides the core and project funding provided by the provincial government, the CDC receives significant financial support from producer groups and private industry. Royalties on the sale of pedigreed seed of CDC crop varieties as well as the sale of breeder seed and commercial grain are also important revenue sources. With excellent facilities and staff and stronggovernment and industry support, the CDC has made significant contributions to the agricultural economy of Saskatchewan and the rest of western Canada. Since 1977, the Centre has released 222 new crop varieties of twenty-two different crop types. Scientists in the Centre were instrumental in the development of the Saskatchewanpulse crop industry . The area planted to pulses has increased from a few thousand acres in 1971 to nearly five million acres in 2004. Lentil, flax, winter wheat, oat and barley varieties developed at the Centre occupy major portions of the area seeded to these crops in western Canada, and in many cases they set the quality standards for those crops. Harrington barley was registered in 1981 and is recognized throughout the world as the quality standard for two-row malting barley. Laird- and Eston -type lentils enjoy similar stature in export markets. Scientists at the Centre have also made significant contributions to improvements in crop production and pest-management techniques, and have played a major role in providing Saskatchewan farmers with up-to-date crop production information. With a solid record of success and strong support from farmers and funding agencies, the Centre continues to develop improved crop varieties and crop-management practices for Saskatchewan.
Department of Field Husbandry - Seed Testing Laboratory
Eight men: Cam Caswell, Jack Truscott, Norm Johnson, Walter Graham, Sam Beaton, Herman Austenson, Clarence Knapp, Jack Whitehouse, sit at a table working on packages of seeds.
Cereal breeding staff gather in the back yard of 809 Colony St. for wiener roast.
Crop Development Centre - Exhibit
People in a field looking at a crop experiment exhibit during a tour of the centre and its crops; trees in background.
Crop Development Centre - Fund Raising
Mrs. G. Laird presents a cheque for $25,000 to Dr. Douglas R. Knott, director of the Crop Development Centre. Others in the photograph are: Frank Lovell, Jack McFaull, J.A. Brown, and R.W. Begg.
University of Saskatchewan Exhibits -- Field Crops
Crop Science display at Mexabition with crop samples, posters and equipment.
Agricultural Research - Barley
Dr. Edward N. (Ed) Larter, professor, Crop Science, crossing varieties of barley in the growth chamber of the Crop Science Building.
Mark Jordon, CP Fellowship recipient, is seated at a table in his lab. Mr. Jordon's research through the Western Canadian Agricultural Research Program involved the use of biotechnology to improve flax resistant to GLEAN (used by farmers to control broadleaf weeds in wheat), and higher tolerance to frost and salt.
[Professor Garnet H. Cutler] sits in a horse drawn cart in a field.
Bio/Historical Note: Garnet Homer Cutler (1882-1962) was appointed head of the Field Husbandry Department in May 1917. He graduated in 1909 with a BSA from Guelph (Ontario) Agricultural College. His first appointment was in the Cereal Husbandry Department of the Macdonald Agricultural College in Quebec. Cutler joined the U of S as Cereal Husbandry professor in 1913.
Agricultural Machinery - Tractors and Binders
Tractor and five binders at work in a grain field; [Sutherland] grain elevator in background.
An enormous root system of a 3 year old Mr. Fairway variety crested wheat, which resists drought, controls weeds and discounts soil drifting; plant was excavated by T.K Pavlychenko.