Harvesting with binders near Melfort, Sask.
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Harvesting with binders east of Melfort, Saskatchewan. There are three binders and teams. Grain in the foreground.
Harvesting with binders near Melfort, Sask.
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Harvesting with binders east of Melfort, Saskatchewan. There are three binders and teams. Grain in the foreground.
Brick making - Star City, Sask.
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Brick making near Star City. There is a box in the centre with a spout on top and two men standing beside it holding brick forms.
Spitting firewood on the McMahon farm
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Splitting firewood on the McMahon farm. Large pieces of wood in the foreground.
Melfort Research Station work shop
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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.
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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.
Melfort Research Station Buildings
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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.
Jack McPhail and his wife Betty (Minnie).
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Black and white photograph of Melfort Research Station Superintendent Jack McPhail and his wife Betty (Minnie) around 1940.
Melfort Research Station staff
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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.
Director’s house at the Melfort Research Station
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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.
Melfort Research Station Hay Drying Tower - Melfort, Saskatchewan
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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.
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The sheep barn divided into pens used for lambing. There a is a person walking down the isle. This barn was moved from Snowden, Sk. to the Research Station.
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Man on tractor dumping a bale into a grinder. Another man on a tractor controlling the grinder. There is snow on the ground. Names are unknown at this time.
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Two men ( names unknown at this time) standing beside a square baler and feed processor. Bales are being piled in front of them.
Grinding Feed at Melfort Research Station
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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,
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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.