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History: The future of Canadian agriculture depends on Canada’s food exports
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History: The future of Canadian agriculture depends on Canada’s food exports

Reprinted from the March 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The future of Canadian agriculture depends on Canada’s food exports By R.R. Furlong, General Sales Manager, Burns & Co. Limited ‘Canada is one of five areas of the world which produces more food than its population can normally consume. And Canada has not yet reached the maximum of its potential production. Advanced farming methods brought […] Read more
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History: The Packers’ dollar

Reprinted from the December 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Packers’ dollar By R.J. Deachman The packer took less than a cent — who got the other 99? In the fiscal year ending March 30, 1949, total sales of Canada Packers Limited amounted to $314,918,000. Ten years ago, in 1939, the total was $77,000,000. This is an agricultural industry. It deals with the processing […] Read more
History: Light Horses in Saskatchewan
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History: Light Horses in Saskatchewan

Reprinted from the March 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Light Horses in Saskatchewan Z.M. Hamilton, Regina, Sask. ‘In the early days of settlement on what is now the prairie region of Saskatchewan, most of the settlers were a riding folk. Everyone of consequence had a horse and saddle of sorts and, at first most of the horses were bronchos, as wild as deer, in […] Read more
History: A.H. Mayland: Oilman, cattleman, horseman
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History: A.H. Mayland: Oilman, cattleman, horseman

Reprinted from the March 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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A.H. Mayland: Oilman, cattleman, horseman By Lorne Stout, Calgary, Alta. ‘The history of the Western Cattle Industry will never be complete without a chronicle of at least some of the tales told of the late Albert H. Mayland. Although not a pioneer rancher, for he only settled in Alberta around 1905, Mayland has left his […] Read more
History: I Shall Never Be a Cowboy
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History: I Shall Never Be a Cowboy

Reprinted from the March 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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I Shall Never Be a Cowboy By Thomas Ure Primrose, High River, Alta. ‘If one is born and raised in the great cowboy areas of the Canadian west, which is as true a cowboy land as there is in North America, it should be only natural that he will be a real cowboy. That is […] Read more
History: They Fight to the Finish
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History: They Fight to the Finish

Reprinted from the March 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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They Fight to the Finish By Mary Terrill, Medicine Hat, Alta. ‘His huge paw on the carcass of the buffalo calf he had just slain, the old grizzly monarch of the Cypress Hills roared his defiance at the calf’s bellowing mother and proceeded to drag off his quarry to the safety of the tall timber […] Read more
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History: The Mystery of Violin Bill

Reprinted from the December 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Mystery of Violin Bill By Freda Graham Bundy Violin Bill was one of the big mysteries of the early days in the Pincher Creek district. When I questioned an old-timer about him, this is what he told me. It was about 70 years ago — when we were at the cow camp on Dry […] Read more
History: New Road to an Old Fort
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History: New Road to an Old Fort

Reprinted from the December 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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New Road to an Old Fort By C.D. La Nauze, Calgary, Alta. ‘From the latter part of the seventeenth century the Peace River has been known as a wide and kind waterway. Alexander MacKenzie wintered just above the present town of Peace River and in the following May of 1793 pushed his birch bark canoes […] Read more
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History: Canada’s 1949 Royal Winter Fair

Abridged from the December 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Canada’s 1949 Royal By Lorne Stout, Calgary, Alta. Canada’s Royal Winter Fair at Toronto is more truly an all-Canadian Royal than most of us in the West realize unless we have been fortunate enough to have attended the Royal. It’s big, but more than that, it’s a show window of the nation, not only for the […] Read more
History: Shaunavon Tales
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History: Shaunavon Tales

Reprinted from the December 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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History: Shaunavon Tales By Hugo Maguire, Shaunavon, Sask. 1905: ‘The T-Down outfit had got through shipping a trainload of beef at Malta, Montana. They rode over town, parked their ponies at the hitchrack in front of Long Henry’s Saloon. They were enjoying the sight of the mirror behind the bar through the bottoms of the […] Read more

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