Homeseekers In Tramping Lake District.
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News clipping picture shows raised view of homeseekers in Scott, SK, posing for camera. Homeseekers in cars and horse and wagon in front of Queens Hotel and other businesses.
Homeseekers In Tramping Lake District.
News clipping picture shows raised view of homeseekers in Scott, SK, posing for camera. Homeseekers in cars and horse and wagon in front of Queens Hotel and other businesses.
This clipping contains two pictures of Regina. One of the pictures is dated 1896 and the other is dated 1909. Then there is an article talking about the origins of Regina and also mentioned that it is now a city and the centre of the greatest wheat producing districts on the North American continent.
Fotelvik Farm-Preston Wheat Elite Stock
This picture was taken at Alsask, Sask. This is a picture of Preston Wheat Elite Stock at the Fotelvik Farm.
This picture was taken on EP Ranch in Alberta. The picture shows a man swathing a field with two horses.
This is a picture of loading grain at Aberdeen,Sask. for the first shipment via Churchill.
This is a picture of a turkey ranch at Ardenode, Alberta.
This is a picture of two men and a team of horses ploughing a furrow for irrigation at Lethbridge.
This is a picture of a man and a horse drawn farm implement.
Early Powered Driven Farm Implement.
This is a picture of two men, a tractor and a powered farm implement.
This is a picture of the world's biggest barn in the world at T-Horseshow Ranch at Leader, Sask. This barn was built in 1914 by W.T.Smith on N.E.1/2 23-23-27 about 12 miles from Leader about 11/2 miles from the South Sask.River. 32 cars of lumber were used. It took 100 men to build it. The cement mixers received $1.00 per day. The ranch hand received $40.00 a month. There were 2,200 head of cattle and 10,000 sheep on the ranch. Smith died in flu epidemic in 1918. The barn was pulled down in 1920 to pay the mortgage. The barn was 128x400 ft. height 60ft. The following construction materials were used: 875,000 ft lumber, 30,000 sacks of Canada Portland Cement and 60,000 ft of corrugated galvanized iron roofing. There were 7 ventilators. The ranch contained 10,000 acres under irrigation and is largest alfalfa and corm farm in Sask.
This is a picture of a steam threshing outfit at Portage La Prairie, Man.
This is a picture of a shipment of binders at Portage La Prairie, Man.
This is a picture of the last ox train through Portage La Prairie, Man.
This is a picture of a red river ox car at Portage La Prairie, Man. In the cart are Edward Field and Frederick Bird.