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[Agricultural Testing]

01: P. Harrison (Left) and J. Kyle (Right) check siesmo tracing from machinery test.

02: Page Harrison preparing strain gage for use on machinery test.

03, 04: The Agricultural Machinery Aministration making test on versitile swather operating in field of flax on farm north of Tisdale, Saskatchewan.

05: Page Harrison checks seimo [sp?] graph to detemine stress and strain on swather while swathing flax.

06: Testing with "Rate of Drying" apparatus.

07, 08: P. Harrison check rate of drying apparatus in field on farm north of Tisdale, Saskatchewan.

09: P. Harrison making moisture test on grain in wheat field north of Tisdale, Saskatchewan.

10: Mr. W. B. Reid, Agricultural Machinery Administration engineer doing a moisture test on wheat in mobile lab set up in farmers field north of Tisdale, Saskatchewan.

11: Mr. W. B. Reid placing racks in grain in preparation for test.

12: Canvass over combine used to catch straw and chaff.

13: Mr. W. B. Reid, Agricultural Machinery Administration engineer counts number of heads and kernels of wheat left by combine.

14: Sunset shot of mobile lab and rate of drying racks standing in field on farm north of Tisdale, Saskatchewan.

15, 16: Versatile swather working in field of rape 5 miles north of Tisdale, Saskatchewan.

17: Mr. F. Hanna (Left) of Hanna Bros. and J. Kyle, A.M.A. director, checks information on test of swather at the agriculture test track west of Regina.

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[Sod Turning Ceremony for the Interprovincial Steel Corporation Plant 3 Miles North of Regina]

Thomas Clement Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan (01), Mr. G. W. Sharp, President of the Interprovincial Steel Corporation (02, 03), and crowd (04) at the sod turning ceremony for the Interprovincial Steel Corporation Plant located 3 miles north of Regina. (05) shows the sign erected near the road designating the site of the Plant.

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