. Agri-news. Agriculture. October 20, 1980 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PIONEERING AS A DISTRICT AGRICULTURIST by Peter Wyllie. Tractor and drill used in seeding grain and fertilizers on John Dorn's farm near Thorsby. This series of fertilizer tests was made under the direction of field crops branch. (May 24, 1940) To pioneer as a district agriculturist in the 1930's was quite an experience. With my appointment on December 8, 1936, I was told to proceed to Leduc and establish the first DA office between Red Deer and Edmonton. The district included the municipality of Strath- cona on the north, the Ho
. Agri-news. Agriculture. October 20, 1980 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PIONEERING AS A DISTRICT AGRICULTURIST by Peter Wyllie. Tractor and drill used in seeding grain and fertilizers on John Dorn's farm near Thorsby. This series of fertilizer tests was made under the direction of field crops branch. (May 24, 1940) To pioneer as a district agriculturist in the 1930's was quite an experience. With my appointment on December 8, 1936, I was told to proceed to Leduc and establish the first DA office between Red Deer and Edmonton. The district included the municipality of Strath- cona on the north, the Hobbema reserve on the south, with Looma, New Sarepta and Gwynne as the eastern boundary and the Saskatchewan River on the west. The immense territory was served by only one gravelled road, the Calgary trail which passed through Leduc, Millet and Wetaskiwin. The rest, where they existed, were dirt roads. In January 1937, I rented an office in a garage at Leduc and used office equip- ment consisting of a desk, chair and filing cabinet. I also had one well used Chevrolet car — one (403} 427-2127 - (cont'd) - /dlberra AGRICULTURE Communications Division. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Communications Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Print Media Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Publishing Branch. [Edmonton] : Communications Branch, Alberta Dept. of Agriculture
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