Tractor and five binders at work in a grain field; [Sutherland] grain elevator in background.

Display with labels of varieties of corn and a man standing at left to indicate the height of the crop. Varieties displayed are Gehu, Fort Peck, Squaw Duke, Pop Corn, N. Western Dent Ferrie, and Quebec Yellow.

Display with labels of varieties of sorghum and a man standing at left to indicate the height of the crop.

Display with labels of varieties of corn and a man standing at left to indicate the height of the crop. Varieties displayed are Wisconsin No. 7 Imp'd Early Leaning, Brown Co. Dent or Early Pride, Goldenglow and Murdock.

Display with labels of varieties of corn and a man standing at left to indicate the height of the crop. Varieties displayed are August Dent, Minnesota No. 23, Minnesota No. 13, Imp'd Early Leaning, etc.

Display with labels of varieties of sorghum and a man standing at left to indicate the height of the crop.

Display with labels of varieties of corn and a man and a child stand in front to indicate the height of the crop. Varieties displayed are Longfellow, North Dakota White Flint, Sunshine Dent, King Philip Duke, Rustlers White Dent, and Pioneer White Dent.

[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.

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.

Crop Science display at Mexabition with crop samples, posters and equipment.

A field of Alpha. The Alfalfa-like sweet clover was selected from Arctic by Dr. L.E. Kirk in 1925. Buildings are visible in the distance.

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.

Dr. Edward N. (Ed) Larter, professor, Crop Science, crossing varieties of barley in the growth chamber of the Crop Science Building.