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History: Grass conservation and land use
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History: Grass conservation and land use

Reprinted from the December 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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History: Grass conservation and land use By J.B. Campbell, Dominion Experimental Station, Swift Current, Sask. ‘As an introduction to this talk on “Grass Conservation and Land Use,” I wish to quote the words of a Texas shepherd. He states: “Grass is what counts. It’s what saves us all – fas as we get saved. Men and towns […] Read more
History: George Godin, alias Kiskawasis
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History: George Godin, alias Kiskawasis

Reprinted from the December 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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George Godin, alias Kiskawasis By WM. Bleasdell Cameron, Meadow Lake, Sask. ‘Editors Note – The author is the sole survivor of the Frog Lake massacre in the Rebellion of 1885. He is a writer of note on the subject relating to that stirring period of Canadian history. His book entitled “The War Trail of Big […] Read more
History: Historical articles on Fort Walsh
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History: Historical articles on Fort Walsh

Reprinted from the December 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Historical Articles on Fort Walsh By Senator F.W. Gershaw, Medicine Hat, Alta. ‘The great western march of the North West Mounted Police really ended in the late Fall of 1874 when they reached the foothills of the Rockies. Preparing for winter Fort Macleod was built. Shelter was first erected for the horses and then the […] Read more
History: Salt: The livestock producer’s most essential mineral
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History: Salt: The livestock producer’s most essential mineral

Reprinted from the November 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Salt: The livestock producer’s most essential mineral By Edward H. Burles, Canadian Cattlemen Staff ‘When livestock are short of feed or water, bawling tells us their need. Salt hunger, however, is not so readily indicated nor so easily noticed as the need for water or feed. The need for salt nevertheless is just as real […] Read more
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History: Dogie John rides again

Reprinted from the October 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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By columnist John Walters, Bremoor, Alta. I am going to give you a little horn tax history. In order to do that it will be necessary to go back about 25 years and all the things I say may not be absolutely correct but no matter how far off the beam I may be I […] Read more
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History: Guest editorial by the chairman of the National Council of Canadian Beef Producers

Reprinted from the November 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Guest editorial By George G. Ross, Aden, Alta., chairman, National Council of Canadian Beef Producers The recognition by the Department of National Revenue of permanent herds of livestock as capital investment with the returns from dispersal sales of basic herds treated as return of capital and therefore free of income tax, paves the way for […] Read more
Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District Dam and Headgates on Oldman River near Macleod, Alta.
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History: The St. Mary and Milk Rivers Irrigation Development

Reprinted from the November 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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History: The St. Mary and Milk Rivers Irrigation Development By P.M. Sauder, M.E.I.C., General Manager, Western Irrigation District, Strathmore, Alta. ‘The St. Mary River rises in the United States in Glacier National Park on the Eastern slope of the main range of the Rocky Mountains, flows North-easterly into Canada, joins the Old Man River near […] Read more
History: Bunkhouse Philosophy
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History: Bunkhouse Philosophy

Reprinted from the November 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Bunkhouse Philosophy (a monthly column) By W.R. Cochrane, Cowley, Alta. ‘The old familiar expression that “the show must go on” might aptly be applied to the stock industry this fall as the folks engaged therein go about their multiple jobs of getting the feed up, the steers down the road to market and all the […] Read more
History: Hybrids
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History: Hybrids

Reprinted from the November 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Hybrids By E. J. “Bud” Cotton, 2022-27th St. S.W., Calgary, Alta. ‘A hybrid is the offspring resulting from a cross between two inbred species, strains or types within a family or genera, i.e. horse and donkey, cattle or buffalo. A hybrid does not breed true. Crossing hybrids results in a wide variation of the type […] Read more
History: Range Men and Their Outfits
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History: Range Men and Their Outfits

Reprinted from the November 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Range Men and Their Outfits By Guy Weadick, High River, Alta. “Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, And the deer and the antelope play. Where never is heard a discouraging word, And the sky is not cloudy all day.” ‘”Home on the Range” caries many memories to the men, women and their […] Read more

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