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A trip through range lands in B.C.

The item is a reel of b&w documentary film. "Mr. J.B. Munro, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, beside some beehives. Mr. Helmer, manager of Nicola Lake Ranching Co., shaking hands with visitor at a gate. Herd of purebred shorthorn bulls, cowboys working bulls. Steers in a field ready for shipping. Men look at Shorthorn bulls imported from England and a British Columbia bull. Clydesdale stallion. Pigs walking through a stream. Nicola Lake. At Guichon Ranch, a cowboy in chaps plays at being a wild west gunman and fires his pistol off until arrested by a man with a car. Cars leaving Guichon Ranch bound for Douglas Lake. Chuckwagon hauled past camera by four horses. Pan Douglas Lake, quarter horses feeding on the range. Pan across Douglas Lake Ranch buildings from a hill. Meeting of the British Columbia Shorthorn Breeders' Association at Douglas Lake Ranch, posing. Mr. Ward, manager, and Alex Davie of Ladner parading past camera. Members proceed to lunch. Three cars drive through a swollen creek -- 'A cure for squeaky wheels.' Members look over stock, including a Shorthorn bull imported from England. Group of members including Mr. and Mrs. Ward. Herd of purebred Shorthorn corns with calves. Shot of a roundup -- a cowboy and a calf. Stray cattle. Chapperton Lake and surrounding country -- pan. The film ends with the following admonitions: 'The Provincial Department of Agriculture is organized for the benefit of the farmer and the welfare of the province. The department is yours. Make use of it.' and 'On behalf of the farming industry we welcome the new settler. It is your duty as a neighbour to help him.' (Colin Browne)

Agriculture today : reel 14, part 2

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
"Tranquille 1970": A field day at the B.C. Beef Cattle Test Station. A livestock officer outlines the operation of the station. The Hon. Cyril Shelford, Minister of Agriculture, explains the importance of participation in the testing program; better quality beef improves export possibilities. Federal Agricultural representatives demonstrate new test equipment and explain the grading of beef carcasses. At the Kamloops stockyard, Shelford and farmers witness the veterinary examination of pedigree Holstein cattle for export to Korea.

Agriculture today : reel 16, part 2

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Showing and working with cattle. Treating tomato blossoms in laboratory. Mixing soil in test greenhouse. Farm workers picking, sorting and boxing tomatoes.

Agriculture today : reel 23, part 2

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:

  1. Apple picking. Mobile and self-propelled fruit-picking platforms.
  2. A pig farming operation. Sow with piglets. Scenery; home; children at play.
  3. Sign: "Bulkley Valley Beef Cattle Demonstration". Calf. Branding. Shearing a horn. Corral.

Agriculture today : reel 26, part 1

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
A. The Buckskin Land Cattle Company, located west of Williams Lake, is owned by Mr. And Mrs. Rudi Johnson and their children. To shorten the trip to town from the ranch, they have built a bridge over the Fraser River. It is on private property, but is open for public use. They tell the story of the bridge, and discuss plans to increase the size of their cattle herd from 400-500 to 1,000-1,100. (00:10:08)
B. At the federal agricultural research station in Summerland, Dr. Milmore [?] and Dr. MacArthur discuss their discovery of a way to eliminate bloat in cattle through controlled feeding. (00:04:25)
C. B.C.'s southern interior is one of the driest places in Canada. Al MacLean, of the federal agricultural research station in Kamloops, explains how to increase rangeland grass production by resting the land or re-seeding it with the most suitable grasses. (00:03:50)

Agriculture today : reel 26, part 2

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:

  1. Ewe with two newly-born lambs. Grazing sheep. Shepherd with two dogs. Shearing sheep.
  2. Sign: "Polled Herefords. Kelowna Ranches." View of ranch. Gathering of ranchers. Lunch. Bulls prepared for show. Audience and speakers at meeting. Showing a bull.

Agriculture today : reel 27, part 1

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:

  1. Cattle ranch; log cabin; snow-covered hilltop. A rancher tends a newly-born calf. Cattle. Two bulls ready for a fight. A dressed-up young cowboy. Cowboys round up and drive cattle.
  2. Orchard. Cherry picking. Making preserves in a test kitchen. Drying apricots: sulphuring, preparation, drying box. Preserving pitted cherries with syrup, raspberries with sugar. Boiling berries for freezing.

Agriculture today : reel 29, part 1

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
A. Helicopter flying over forest with suspended bin. Aftermath of a forest fire. Truck on logging road. Examining burned tree trunks. Fueling a single-engined airplane at a bush airfield. Taxiing. Flying low over road and bush. Oil well and storage tank. Men signalling to circling plane. Examining bush growth. Cattle ranch. Forest. Two men at [airfield?]. (00:11:51)
B. Two young women tell the story of their registered Aberdeen Angus cattle herd. (00:07:30)

Agriculture today : reel 29, part 2

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
C. The Kamloops area is well-suited for raising beef cattle. Bill Hubbard [?] of the federal agricultural research station at Kamloops explains how to increase hay production on a "three-cut" basis; the right variety of forage; soil preparation, fertilizer, watering. Irrigation and sprinkler system. Cutting and stacking. (00:05:50)
D. Showing bulls. An indoor cattle auction. Sign: "Kelowna Ranches". Showing a bull. Auctioneers and bidders. Sign: "Polled Herefords". Bull in outdoor corral. (00:11:17)

Agriculture today : reel 30, part 1

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
A. Peach trees. Small child eats a peach. An agriculturist discusses methods of growing peach trees. Earlier trees are too tall; the best height for pruning, thinning and picking is an arm's length. Root stock. The distance between trees and rows of trees. Shaping trees with trained growth. This is the economic way to grow peaches commercially. (00:14:31)
B. Log cabin; pasture; sheep. Ranch views. Cattle. House; garden. Family scenes. Flowers, corn, vegetables, fruit. Livestock auction firm. Adults and students from Soda Creek and Williams Lake 4-H Clubs. [Clubs are sponsored by the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, Youth Development Branch.] A beef evaluation exercise. (00:12:58)

Agriculture today : reel 31, part 2

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following: "Herefords Oct. 66" [leader label]: Cowboys rounding up cattle. Marking the cattle with a liquid. Ranchland panorama. Bull. Livestock yard [a test station?]. Ear marking of cattle. Taking blood samples. Cattle auction. A garden party.

Agriculture today : reel 6, part 1

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Agricultural conference, co-sponsored by the B.C. Beef Cattle Growers Association, speakers discuss marketing; cattle at ranch; milking and dairy operation; cattle at pasture; cutting grass; views of CI Ranch Ltd., Alexis Creek; hay turner, baler, bale collector, hay shredder; cattle at the ranch; small airplane takes off from ranch airstrip.

Alexander Morrison interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Cattle ranching in B.C. : Alexander Morrison PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1979 RECORDED: 100 Mile House (B.C.), 1979-07-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Morrison discusses: his arrival in the Cariboo in 1929; life on the Highland Ranch, including annual ranch cycle, marketing, predatory animals, feeding, calving and branding; ranch prosperity; his life as foreman of Bridge Creek Estates and Highland Ranch; ranch life - labour, cattle, weather, horses, haying and other livestock; other ranches; how cattle were marketed. TRACK 2: Mr. Morrison: marketing (cont'd); aspects of ranch life - labour, sheep, settlers, grazing, haying, the Cariboo Cattlemen's Association; the Felker Ranch; ranch life and feeding. Summary, anecdotes and conclusion. (End of interview)

[Booth Collection -- B.C. places] : [footage and out-takes]

Footage. 12 reels of film (varying in length from 20 to 100 feet) showing different locations. Vancouver Airport, where crowd greets a Lancastrian aircraft [133, 102A]; English Bay sailing [102A]; Whytecliff Lodge (Horseshoe Bay) seaside resort activities [108]; Alpine Inn at Christina Lake [18]; Jones Lake fishing and mountaineering [209]; Cherry Creek cattle round-up [94]; Merritt sawmills, businesses and nearby coalmine "Middlebora" [45]; Harrison Lake Sasquatch celebration [120A]; haying at The Willows farm (Fraser Valley?) [58]; Coldstream Ranch (?) dairy cattle [14C]; Okanagan Lake sternwheeler "Sicamous" at Penticton and shots of Incola Hotel (pre-1935), and Westbank-to-Kelowna car ferry [175]; Herbert Arm (?) government dock and nearby mountaineering, wild flowers, and a semi-abandoned mine [103A-B).

Bud Stewart interview

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1970 SUMMARY: This interview was taped at the Williams Lake cattle sale. Bud Stewart describes how buyers bid on cattle. He mentions some buyers, the type of cattle they purchase and the eventual destinations of these cattle. Then he describes the inner workings of a cattle auction.

Cattle ranching in the Nicola

SUMMARY: The story of cattle ranching in the Nicola Valley: its beginnings in the days of the Cariboo gold rush, and the work of ranchers and cowboys at the Douglas Lake Cattle Company. The voices heard are: Bill Brennan; Alex Bulman; Gerald Guichon; Fred Irwin; Doug Palmer; and Martin Starret.

Clarence Bryson interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Cattle ranching in B.C. : Clarence George Bryson PERIOD COVERED: 1908-1967 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-08-09 SUMMARY: Mr. Bryson talks about his father, John Bates Bryson, and the Bryson ranch to 1949; purchase of a ranch in Merritt in 1949; and the acquiring of Empire Valley Ranch in 1956. He talks about cattle and feeding on the Empire Valley Ranch and then turns to the Bryson Ranch -- marketing, feeding, irrigation, labour, haying calves, weather, disease, cattle loss. Talks of ranch life on the Bryson place. Mr. Bryson then talks of Empire Valley Ranch: cattle, range management and government involvement, associations, marketing, government assistance, ranch life, labour. Summary. (End of interview)

Dick Felker interview : [Ireland, 1979]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Cattle ranching in B.C. : William Richard Felker PERIOD COVERED: 1937-1949 RECORDED: Forest Grove (B.C.), 1979-08-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Felker discusses: his family and Cariboo life to 1937; ranch life at the 144 Mile Ranch in his father's time (George Henry Felker); labour and wages, 1937-49; ranch life to 1949 -- cattle;, sheep, bulls; Cariboo Cattlemen's marketing; feeding, haying, prices, disease and predatory animals; other ranchers; rustling, calving and government involvement; associations, ranch life and labour;, 1937-49; summary. TRACK 2: Summary (cont'd). (End of interview);

Eric Collier interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Eric Collier describes the Chilcotin region from 1922 to 1945. He describes the Big Bar Lake country from 1920 to 1922 and his early experiences: fishing, mosquitoes, fencing, his cousin Harry Marriott, and the Big Bar Lake Dude Ranch. He also describes the early settlers such as Frederick M. Becher, the attitude of Chilcotin pioneers, roads in the Chilcotin, the Becher House at Riske Creek, a description of F.M. Becher and more on the Becher House, and more on the pioneer R.C. Cotton. TRACK 2: The discussion of R.C. Cotton is continued, as well as Mrs. Becher, social aspects of Chilcotin life, the character of the region during World War II, the Lee family and other pioneers, the silver fox trade, Bristol Place Stopping House and Ranch, the Chilcotin Bridge on Sheep Creek Hill, Pat Burns and the cattle trade.

[Extra grazing footage]

Stock shots. Shows grazing cattle and range plants; cattle auction or show; cowboys cattle; calves in corral; branding of calves. Also lambs and shepherd.

Gay Bayliff interview : [Orchard, 1964]

CALL NUMBER: T0368:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Gabriel T.L. Bayliff talks about his father's experiences in the Chilcotin and various aspects of life in the region. The interview begins with a discussion about how Bayliff's father came to BC and his early experiences on ranches in the Nicola Valley. He worked for Bill Roper at Cherry Creek. His father wrote a paper on ranching. Mr. Bayliff describes the people of the Chilcotin. His father teamed up with Norman Lee to start a ranch in 1887. There is talk of the local Indians, Alexis Creek, Ashcroft, his parent's marriage and his mother's reaction to the country, the Hamilton family and young British people in the area.

TRACK 2: Mr. Bayliff discusses play and work, travel and the mail service. He mentions Benny Franklin, a well-known early settler. He goes on to discuss the acquisition of land, Graham and his ranch at Tatla Lake, gold prospecting, stories about Chinese settlers, Becher's stopping house at Riske Creek and his father's experience on a pack train.

CALL NUMBER: T0368:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Bayliff comments on Norman Lee's ranch near Redstone. He explains the place names of: Bull Canyon, Chilco and Chezacut. He discusses the Indian battle at Bull Canyon and "Salu's leap". He talks about people killed by Chilcotin Indians, the Hance family, and purchases of local cattle during the building of the Grand Trunk Pacific. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Gerard Guichon interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Gerard E. Guichon describes his grandfather, Joseph Guichon, as a packer for Cataline in the 1870s; his grandparents ranch on the road to Douglas Lake; their property and store at Quilchena; his grandmother's family and Douglas Lake homesteaders; and a description of his grandfather and father. TRACK 2: He continues with a description of ranching at Douglas Lake in the past and present; the hotel and store at Quilchena in 1908 and 1910; running the bar; transportation in the area; the CPR; cattle markets; and a story about a murder in Barkerville.

Helen and Thomas Pollard interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Cattle ranching in B.C. : Helen and Thomas Pollard PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1970 RECORDED: Clinton (B.C.), 1979-08-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Thomas Pollard discusses: his family background and the history of the Pollard Ranch; production and marketing; labour, haying, irrigation and drought; more on ranch history; calving, cattle loss, disease, range management and government involvement. TRACK 2: Helen Pollard discusses: her family; Clinton, 1930-1975. Mr. Pollard: role of the Clinton Cattlemen's Association. Summary, anecdotes and conclusion. (End of interview)

J. Douglas Palmer interview

CALL NUMBER: T0406:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. J. Douglas Palmer describes how his father came to Douglas Lake in 1873; the first settlers there; the McRaes, the Murrays, the Douglas family; the story of how Douglas Lake was founded by Frank Ward of the Bank of BC; the first owners; how a monopoly on cattle was the impetus for the founding of Douglas Lake; Joe Payne was the first manager of the cattle; over 18,000 head of cattle; hard winters; the Nicola Valley and how the grass is good for raising cattle; the Cariboo gold rush and the old timers; the first settlers; he describes his family; William Frederick Palmer was his father, James Palmer was his grandfather; he tells the story of his grandfather who was a prospector who settled in the Nicola Valley in 1873 at Rock Creek; ranches in the area of Nicola where J. Doug Palmer was born; his mother was born in Pickershill, England, she came to Canada when she was thirteen; he discusses his mother; more on his grandfather's character and life; it was through him that the three McLean brothers were hung, his grandfather was a lawman; he tells the story of the McLean brothers in 1879, and how on Dec 6 his grandfather met the brothers; more on cattle feeding. TRACK 2: Mr. Palmer continues with more on how the seasons affect cattle; grasses; he tells the story of his father's early life; his school days in Victoria; Davie Fulton, setting up his business; anecdotes about the Nicola Road around 1909; Jim Madden, who was a caretaker; young calves; flanking; more on Madden's life and character; a family named Fraser from Nova Scotia who helped raise J. Doug Palmer near Stump Lake; the area around Stump Lake.

CALL NUMBER: T0406:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Palmer discusses the winters of 1877 and 1878 and the loss of cattle; other people such as Joe Payne who were in the area at the time of his father; rough characters; anecdotes about people in the Nicola Valley; Bill Miner as a very likable person, and a Robin Hood figure; fugitives; Chaperone Lake; cattle dealers; Joe Cootley who was the cow boss of Douglas Lake Cattle Company; and Joe Payne. TRACK 2: Mr. Palmer discusses a hotel built in 1908 in Stump Lake; prohibition; anecdotes about some characters in the area; a story about a bull, more anecdotes.

Kamloops and the Bill Miner story

SUMMARY: Stories about the early days of Kamloops, the importance of the CPR and the stockyards, and the hunt for Bill Miner, the legendary train robber. The voices heard are: Colonel D.C. Vicars; F.W. Pinchbeck; Wentworth Wood; Bill Brennan; Alex Bulman; Fred Irwin; and Doug Palmer.

Land of the overlanders

The item is a composite print of a travelogue from 1964. It depicts a film journey retracing the 1862 route of the Overlanders from Jasper to Kamloops, showing the attractions along the way: wildflowers; wildlife; a snowmobile trip to Columbia Icefield; cattle ranching at Douglas Lake Ranch; Mt. Robson and Wells Gray Provincial Parks, and the three-day summer rodeo at Kamloops. Also scenes of trail riding, fishing, boating and swimming.

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