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The Sturgeon Lake Lumber Company was pleased with the machine’s performance. Writing to the Phoenix Manufacturing Company in 1909, it reported, “Our engine has worked steadily this winter. It has been out all day, and sometimes all night in a temperature varying from 30 below to 55 below zero. We are at present hauling loads of 80,000 feet of green rough lumber a distance of 60 miles per day. There are some heavy grades upon the road which we find the engine climbs well.

The George Shepherd Library of the Western Development Museum is named after George Shepherd , a pioneer homesteader who was also the curator of the museum for more than 20 years. Our main focus is to provide research services to the four Western Development Museum (WDM) branches: Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, and Yorkton. Our department also answers public inquiries. The George Shepherd Library was created because there was a growing need to preserve the rapidly disappearing historical materials that focus on Saskatchewan agricultural and pioneer history.

One of three rod weeders built by George Morris of Bangor, Saskatchewan in 1930. Morris patented his rod weeder in 1929 and went on to invent and manufacture a variety of agricultural equipment. Morris Industries is still going strong in 2014 as a leading manufacturer of air seeders, air drills and other agricultural implements. The 1930 rod weeder is on exhibit at the Yorkton WDM.

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