Pathlow Pasture near Melfort, Saskatchewan
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Part of Melfort General Photo collection
View of the pasture at Pathlow. Clarence Baptist is seen unloading livestock from a trailer.
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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.
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.
Jack McPhail and his wife Betty (Minnie).
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
Black and white photograph of Melfort Research Station Superintendent Jack McPhail and his wife Betty (Minnie) around 1940.
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
A major cattle management project, in co-operation with the province of Saskatchewan, was initiated in 1974 with the purchase of 280 Hereford heifers and the provision by the province of 1.5 sections of land at the Pathlow Community Pasture.
Hay Storage Shed - Melfort, Saskatchewan
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
View of the hay shelter or shed (stored bale system) at the Melfort Research Station.
Grinding Feed at Melfort Research Station
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
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, Dr.W. Coates, was hired in 1973,
Director’s house at the Melfort Research Station
Part of Melfort General Photo collection
Exterior view of the Director’s house at the Melfort Research station. It was a 1 1/2 story house with a veranda and was located on the southwest side of the building area. Adolf Kaminski, Tim Wright, Dennis Ewanus were some of the people who lived there.