Reminiscences of the North West Rebellion, 1885By Annie L. Gaetz ‘The seat of the North West Rebellion of 1885, was in Saskatchewan and north eastern Alberta, around Frog Lake and Whitefish Lake. The story of these troublesome times around the Whitefish Lake is here recorded as it was told the writer by the late Jas. […] Read more
History: Reminiscences of the North West Rebellion, 1885
Reprinted from the October 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders, CWA announces scholarship recipients
NewsMakers from the Febraury 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Amanda Miller spent part of her childhood on a small ranch in the Chilcotin region of B.C., which instilled a love for ranching. While attending Thompson Rivers University she found rangeland management intriguing as both a complex science and a field where the importance of grazing as an ecosystem function was celebrated. […] Read more
History: Coppock’s Last Word
Reprinted from the December 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
By Kenneth Coppock On December 31, 1953 the ownership of Canadian Cattlemen will be transferred to the Public Press Limited of Winnipeg, Man., owners and publishers of the Country Guide. We have been informed the publication will be continued by the new owners, honouring its traditions under its present name, Canadian Cattlemen. It will be […] Read more
History: Reorganization Gives Promotions
Reprinted from the October 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
‘More effective service in pest control to the Canadian livestock industry is planned by the federal department of agriculture in a reorganization of research and associated work on livestock insects that is carried out by the Division of Entomology of the department’s Science Service. In this reorganization, to go into effect on October 1, 1953, […] Read more
History: Mrs. Ada D. Costigan
Reprinted from the October 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Mrs. Ada D. CostiganBy Dallas Banister Wright ‘“I’ll be ninety-five this September, but I feel thirty-five.” This is Mrs. Ada D. Costigan, Western Canadian pioneer, now residing in Vancouver, B.C. She defies time. My visit found her industriously working on a local paper’s Coronation Contest while beside her lay a half read novel. She subscribes […] Read more
History: Canada Packers Limited – Report to the Shareholders
Reprinted from the September 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
‘The 26th year of Canada Packers closed March 25th, 1953. Within the year under review, prices of all meats declined an average of 22%. The most drastic decline was in cattle, and consequently beef, prices. A decline was not unexpected. It had been predicted for more than two years. Cattle prices had advanced to a […] Read more
Forage association inducts five into hall of fame
NewsMakers from the January 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Congratulations to Germain Lefebvre, winner of the 2021 Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) Leadership Award. Lefebvre began work in the forage sector in 1985, participating in the first meeting organized to launch a Quebec forage council in the fall of 1987. The Conseil québécois des plantes fourragères (CQPF) incorporated in 1989 with Lefebvre joining […] Read more
History: Condemnation removed
Reprinted from the October 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Condemnation Removed By Kenneth Coppock The highly contentious and troublesome condemnation insurance deduction has been removed. The major packers on Monday, September 21 (1953) instructed their buyers no longer to make the deductions on any livestock purchased. It spread immediately throughout all markets across the nation and today Canadian producers find only the horn tax […] Read more
History: Community Auction Sales Association Limited
Reprinted from the September 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Community Auction Sales Association LimitedA Pioneer in Cattle Producers’ Marketing Efforts.By Kenneth R. Coppock ‘From the middle of July to the end of November each year the grass cattle rancher gathers his beef harvest. It is the so-called fall marketing season, commencing with fat dry cows and ending with steers which sometimes have had a […] Read more
Tips for winter water systems for cattle
News Roundup from the November 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Michelle Panko, program information specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture, recently offered tips and outlined winter system options at a Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association webinar. For those struggling with freezing water bowls, Panko suggests looking at in-line heat tape, which is inserted into the water line and plugged in. A utility pump and about 15 feet of four-inch […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
