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History: Breeder Brings Fame to Canada

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Staff

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Posted on May 10, 2018 by Staff

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History: Modern Horse Training – Pt. 2

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Staff

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History, Our History

History: Horses where they’re needed

Reprinted from the May 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Staff October 11, 2018

By J.W.G. MacEwan Canada’s horse population, according to recent figures, stands at 1,700,000 head. That’s an average roughly, of 21/2 horses per farm or a little less than the equivalent of two work horses and a saddle horse for every Canadian farm. It makes strange contrast with the 3,610,494 head recorded in the census of […] Read more

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History: Highway Liability Case Important

Reprinted from the April 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Staff October 4, 2018

‘Last fall in anticipation of a storm of which he has been forewarned by radio, E. R. Higley of the Langdon district undertook to move his cattle from pasture across the public Highway to the shelter of his farm yard. A truck belonging to the Polar Aerated Water Works Ltd., of Calgary crashed into two […] Read more

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History: Modern Horse Training – Pt. 4

Reprinted from the April 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Staff September 27, 2018

Modern Horse Training – Pt. 4 By Jack Sproule, Calgary, Alta. ‘Last month we left our pupil at the stage of teaching the resisting and more difficult horse to back. If he did not start to back with pressing on his chest the best thing to do is to start training as though he did […] Read more

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History: Breeder Brings Fame to Canada

Reprinted from the April 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Staff September 20, 2018

Breeder Brings Fame to Canada By Chas C. Clark, High River, Alta. ‘When W. A. Crawford-Frost of Nanton says “I have always concentrated on the Calgary bull sale as being of paramount importance” there is perhaps more than a little touch of sentiment in this observation, because his boyhood impressions of Alberta were linked to […] Read more

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History: Roll back U.S. Cattle Prices

Reprinted from the June 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Staff September 13, 2018

By Kenneth Coppock The United States government in its fight against inflation has initiated a policy designed to roll back prices of live cattle to approximately pre-Korean levels. In view of the fact that the U.S. market for live cattle is the main price-determining factor for surplus cattle production in Canada the new policy is […] Read more

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History: Readying the Homestead

Reprinted from the July 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Staff September 6, 2018

By P.W. Luce Half a century ago, when the Federal government was going all out to bring immigrants to Canada, and the western provinces were vying with each other to get settlers in the empty spaces, the great inducement dangled before the newcomer was a homestead. One hundred and sixty acres of virgin land, free, […] Read more

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History: The Romance of Leather and Its Importance to Mankind – Pt. 2

Reprinted from the March 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Staff August 16, 2018

The Romance of Leather and Its Importance to Mankind – Pt. 2 Reprinted through the courtesy of the Tanners’ Council of America ‘When America was discovered, the settlers found the Indians well versed in the art of tanning. They used the leather for many purposes, chiefly for clothing, tents and canoes (although they also made […] Read more

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History: A Territories’ Shepherd – Part 3

Reprinted from the March 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Staff August 9, 2018

A Territories’ Shepherd – Part 3 By J. F. MacCallum, Swift Current, Sask. ‘That lambing season of 1901 was certainly a good one. The weather was good, and we had no losses, but from my experience in later years, I know that in the Canadian West sheepmen must have some shelter for lambing, but, apparently, […] Read more

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History: Modern Horse Training – Pt. 3 “Teaching to Lead”

Reprinted from the March 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Staff July 26, 2018

Modern Horse Training – Pt. 3 By Jack Sproule, Calgary, Alta. ‘You are now in a very good position to advance to where your horse will show a slight sign of friendship. As you leave the lead rope slack, gradually work your hand up over the crown of his head and rub behind each ear […] Read more

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History: Rufus, the Outlaw

Reprinted from the March 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Staff July 12, 2018

Rufus the Outlaw By Senator F. W. Gershaw ‘This is an outline of Colonel Steele’s story about one of the finest looking horses that ever served in the North West Mounted Police Force. Seventeen hands high he stood, and in every way he was a Goliath among the broncs on the Western plains. Because none […] Read more

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