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.
In 1941, the supervision of nine illustration and three district experimental substations was transferred from the Experimental Station at Scott to the Melfort Station. From 1948 to 1959 the illustration stations were under the supervision of K. E. Bowren, senior agronomist.
Two steel wheeled tractors moving the Pleasantdale Hotel; the hotel became the butcher shop on south side of Main Street in Pleasantdale, Saskatchewan.
One of Art and Prenella Williams’ wedding photographs; here, both are dressed-up standing together as the groom is holding a 3-tiered wedding cake and they are both standing in front of car with trees in background.