Douglas Test Station Boosts Manitoba Beef Cattle Weights
Souris rancher Clayton Cannings, 1980 Manitoba Premier Beef Cattle Performance Award winner, credits the Douglas Test Station with improving weaning weights by 75 pounds and yearling weights by 172 pounds over six years. The station, set up in 1963 and managed by Jim Cramer until his 1981 retirement, is regarded as a key factor in herd development and the province's beef industry progress.
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Winnipeg
Douglas
Souris
Clayton Canning
Manitoba
Canning
Cannings
Manitoba Beef Cattle Performance Association
Jim Cramer
Douglas Bull
Douglas Manager Retires After 17 Years of Service
Jim Cramer, manager at the Douglas Bull Test Station since 1963, was honored by the Manitoba Cattle Performance Association at the January meeting for 17 years of hard work and dedication. Vice president Lloyd Cavers presented the tribute.
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Winnipeg
Jim Cramer
Manitoba Cattle Performance Association
Cramer
Lloyd Cavers
Plaque and gifts honor original Manitoba Site Indexing Centre board
At the association’s January meeting Clare Geddes, Frank Hay, Don Mitchell, and Brian Lynch were made honorary life members. President Harry Airey praised the early directors for establishing the Bull Test Station in Douglas, now North America’s largest. He thanked McCabe Grain for funding the test facility and noted the station’s ongoing impact on efficient bulls for the beef industry.
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Manitoba Beef Cattle Performance Association
Clare Geddes
Pilot Mound
Frank Hay
Pipestone
Don Mitchell
Douglas
Brian Lynch
Gilbert Plains
Harry Airey
Rivers
Manitoba
Airey
McCabe Grain Company
North America
Manitoba Farm Safety push targets family involvement
Canada Safety Council data show rising farm accident rates and fatalities, with one third of deaths under age 20. Manitoba Safety Council urges family participation in Farm Safety Awareness Programs and offers contacts for local sponsorships and training materials. A new Federal Provincial ROP Beef Program begins 1982, with meetings on February 12 at Arrow River Hall.
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Canada Safety Council
Evelyn Sutton
Manitoba Safety Council
Notre Dame
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Manitoba Agriculture
Ag. Rep. R.O.P
R.O.P
Arrow River Hall
Ag. Rep
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Test Station
Howard MacRae
Hayfield
Sid Colthard
Boot
Art Butler
Selsgirth
Douglas Bull Test Station
Geddes
Hay
Manitoba Performance Cattle Association
Pedlow
Norm
Music Service
Norm Andrew
Murray
Shoal Lake
Man
Jon Crowson
Ken R
Hudson
Hamiota
Charles II
Simmental
Clark’s Simmentals
Brandon
Chegwin, W.J. & Son
Conray Cattle Co
Simmentals
Treherne
Keystone
Canadian
U.S
Red Oak Inn
Transconcharcan Livestock Services Ltd
Ave. N.E
Calgary
Alberta
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