Historical Tales By Senator F. W. Gershaw ‘The Longhorns – According to the records of Lee Brown, the Spaniards brought cattle to Mexico first when they were making a mad search for gold in that newly discovered country. The first bunch consisted of 6 sharp-horned heifers and one young bull. They landed in 1521 and […] Read more
History: Historical Tales
Reprinted from the February 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
History: Memories One Hundred Years Old
Reprinted from the January 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Memories One Hundred Years Old By Anne L Gaetz She was very, very old, this woman of whom I write, for she had seen 101 winters come and go. Her eyes were dim from looking down the years; but her mind was a rich storehouse of memories — memories of unusual experiences that were known […] Read more
History: Early Days in Southern Alberta – Pt. 2
Reprinted from the February 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Early Days in Southern Alberta By Dallas Banister Wright ‘Nearly every young man at some time finds familiar surroundings dull and sets out in the world to make his fortune. I was no exception. At eighteen, the prairies grew too small for me so I decided to go gold hunting on the Columbia River in […] Read more
History: Early Days in Southern Alberta
Reprinted from the January 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Early Days in Southern Alberta By Dallas Banister Wright ‘I was eleven years old when I sailed for the North West Territories with my father, A. E. Banister, and my three older brothers, leaving mother and eight younger children in Bridport, England, to await instructions to join us when we had found a home for […] Read more
JBS strikes deal with Japanese food company
News Roundup from the December 2020 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
JBS Foods Canada has struck a partnership with a leading food company in Japan. JBS will be tapping its existing brands, such as Northern Gold, which is certified to the standards of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef. JBS will also draw on its Canadian Diamond Black Angus brand, verified by the Canadian Angus Association, […] Read more
Producer passings, and Stockmen’s Memorial Foundation Award recipients
NewsMakers from the December 2020 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Canadian Cattlemen is sad to announce that Ernie Esau of Elm Creek, Man., passed away on October 26. Esau was an influential seedstock producer who began breeding Shorthorns in 1951. Esau set out to improve the breed, developing animals with larger frames and more muscling than other Shorthorns of that era. In 1955, he married […] Read more
History: O’-da-wa-ta-be Umbah (Christmas)
Reprinted from the January 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
O’-da-wa-ta-be Umbah (Christmas) By John Laurie ‘I left the train at Nordegg. In fact, I practically fell off and, with my blankets, skidded down the icy grade into the arms of my friends. Shouts of “Oh-ha-zthee-skan” came from a dozen throats as the boys took my blankets, my pack sack, and crowded around to shake […] Read more
Canadian Beef Advisors seek feedback on regenerative ag
National organization holding conversation about principles and outcomes of regenerative beef production in Canada.
Regenerative agriculture is a growing movement, but what it looks like may vary from one operation to the next. That’s led the Canadian Beef Advisors to ask for input from the beef industry on what regenerative beef production looks like, in order to “align messaging,” according to an item in the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s latest […] Read more
History: Mrs. Joseph Hogge
Reprinted from the December 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Mrs. Joseph Hogge By Dallas Banister Wright Mrs. Catherine Matilda (“Cassie”) Hogge of Okotoks, Alberta, who knew this province seventy years ago, recently took me back with her to those early days when as a little girl, she travelled with her parents, the late Maurice and Agnes Stewart, from Clarenceville, Quebec, to the Western Prairies. […] Read more
History: Rancher-Writer of the Cariboo
Reprinted from the December 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Rancher-Writer of the Cariboo By Lyn Harrington ‘Richmond P. Hobson, Jr., author of GRASS BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS, says, “Roads keep gumming me up.” Soon as he finds a spot far from town somebody builds a road, and there’s his isolation gone. That actual truth is that Rich Hobson would beat out a trail no matter […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
