Aerial view of the animal sheds and feeder at the Melfort Research Station.

A table with a variety of vaccines and needles at the Melfort Research Station; men in background vaccinating cattle.

Exterior view of the Melfort Golf Club House in Melfort, Saskatchewan

Abe Fennell in cattle pen with men standing amongst the cattle; the other names are unknown at this time.

A 1905 Case Steam Engine rebuilt by Lionel Turgeon. This is a left side view of the engine on a flat-bed rail car. 03 Left rear quarter view, Melfort Motors in the background. Sold to someone in Winnipeg;

View of the hay shelter or shed (stored bale system) at the Melfort Research Station.

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,

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.

Cattle eating out of troughs at the Melfort Research Station; there is a truck in the background that has been dumping the feed.

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.

Inside the animal lab at the Melfort Research Station; from left to right: Harry Tkachuk, Morris Hiltz, the other person is unknown at this time.

An aerial view of the Melfort Research Farm in the winter time.

Melfort Coal Tower/Water Tower on Saskatchewan Avenue in Melfort, Saskatchewan.

The west side of Saskatchewan Ave. looking east in Melfort, Saskatchewan

Palmolive's Happy Gang. L-R: Hugh Bartlett, Toddy (spaniel), Eddie Allen, Judy (8 months), Bobby Gimby, Blain Mathe, Joe Niosi, Lou Snider, Jimmy Namaro, Cliff and Terry McKay, Kathleen Stokes, Bert Pearl "the Happy Gang's own pappy", Murn (Mrs. Eddie Allen), Grace (Mrs. Bobby) and Lyn Gimby, Hilda (Mrs. Blain) Mathe, Mary (Mrs. Joe) Niosi, Sally and Eleanor (Mrs. Lou Snider), Denise, Anne (Mrs. Jimmy Namaro) and Linda, Patricia, Vera (Mrs. Cliff) McKay, Joan and Sally McKay