- 2003-026-046
- Item
- [192-?]
Image of three men standing beside a large wood pile.
Image of three men standing beside a large wood pile.
Saskatchewan Ave. - Melfort, Saskatchewan
Part of Emma Whittome fonds
The west side of Saskatchewan Ave. looking east in Melfort, Saskatchewan
Heliotype Co. Ltd.
Railway tracks - Melfort, Saskatchewan
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
Aerial view of the railway tracks and grain elevators on Saskatchewan Avenue in Melfort, Saskatchewan.
Voldeng, D.H.
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
Melfort Post Office and Main Street
Part of Emma Whittome fonds
Post Office on Main Street in Melfort, Saskatchewan. Built in 1913.
Pathlow Pasture near Melfort, Saskatchewan
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
View of the pasture at Pathlow. Clarence Baptist is seen unloading livestock from a trailer.
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
Palmolive's Happy Gang. L-R: Hugh Bartlett, Toddy (spaniel), Eddie Allen, Judy (8 months), Bobby Gimby, Blain Mathe, Joe Niosi, Lou Snider, Jimmy Namaro, Cliff and Terry McKay, Kathleen Stokes, Bert Pearl "the Happy Gang's own pappy", Murn (Mrs. Eddie Allen), Grace (Mrs. Bobby) and Lyn Gimby, Hilda (Mrs. Blain) Mathe, Mary (Mrs. Joe) Niosi, Sally and Eleanor (Mrs. Lou Snider), Denise, Anne (Mrs. Jimmy Namaro) and Linda, Patricia, Vera (Mrs. Cliff) McKay, Joan and Sally McKay
A man on a wagon pulled by horses picking up sheaves in a field.
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
Formal/Studio portrait of [Bernice McCosh and her daughter?]
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
Melfort Coal Tower/Water Tower on Saskatchewan Avenue in Melfort, Saskatchewan.
Voldeng, D.H.
Melfort Research Station work shop
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
Exterior view of a work shop at the Melfort Research Station. It was located on the north side of the driveway, the building sat north and south. From 1936 to 1947, new buildings, including a bungalow, a four-suite residence, a carpenter shop, and two piggeries were built.
Melfort Research Station staff
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
Group photograph of workers at the Melfort Research Station. In the centre of the back row is Jack McMahon. On his right is Jack McPhail’s son?, Clause DeJong ?. The names of the others are unknown at this time.
Melfort Research Station Hay Drying Tower - Melfort, Saskatchewan
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
Forage harvesting research was started in 1971 in co-operation with the Engineering Research Service at Ottawa. Forage produced under various systems was evaluated by feeding to beef cattle. A hay-drying tower, the first on the continent, was built in 1971. It had a capacity of more than 80 tonnes dry matter. The first forage systems engineer was hired in 1973 Dr. W. Coates. The metal roof, suspended with a winch system, is supported by 4, H beams, bolted to metal plates anchored in concrete piles.
Melfort Research Station Buildings
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
The building on the left was the Seed Cleaning Plant, the lower building on the right was the Hog Barn. The cleaning plant was used to clean seed for farmers and then in later years it was used by the station for storing feed.
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
Exterior view of the barn at the Melfort Research Station, a right-angled barn with white trim around the doors and three cupolas on top windows. About 1968 this barn was moved to Walter Kiverago’s farm. From 1936 to 1947, new buildings, including a bungalow, a four-suite residence, a carpenter shop, and two piggeries were built.