Alberta Ag Hall of Fame nomination deadline approaching

May 05, 2022

Albertans can submit nominations until May 6

By Diego Flammini
Staff Writer
Farms.com

Albertans only have a short time remaining to submit nominations for the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame’s class of 2022.

The nomination period, which opened March 14, will close on May 6.

After the nominations are entered, a selection panel representing different parts of Alberta’s ag industry, will vet the submissions.

The deputy minister of agriculture, forestry and rural economic development (Shannon Marchand), appoints the selection panel.

The ministry of agriculture inducts up to three people every two years.

The most recent inductees entered the hall of fame in 2020.

They were Walter Paszkowski, David Price and George Visser.

Since the hall of fame opened in 1951, 138 Albertans have been inducted.

The first hall of famer listed is Frank Collicutt (1877-1964).

Collicutt moved from New Brunswick to Alberta in 1899, University of Calgary archives say.

He purchased land in 1898 that became the Willow Springs Ranch in the Crossfield-Airdrie district.

Between 1904 and 1912 he bought cattle for P. Burns meat packers. And over the next 30 years would grow his Hereford herd to the largest in North America.

Positions he held in the ag industry during his lifetime included:

President of the Canadian Hereford Association, Alberta Cattle Breeders’ Association and the Alberta Hereford Association.
Life director of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede

The other members of the inaugural Alberta Ag Hall of Fame class in 1951 include Mr. Claude Gallinger, Mr. Joe Johnson, Mr. C.S. Noble and Dr. Harry Wise Wood.

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Lyrics:

My days begin with workin’, Alarm’s at 5 o’clock,
I Fill 5 gallon buckets, The feeders and the troughs,
This five to nine ain’t workin’, why the heck do I work so hard?,
I can’t worry ‘bout health problems, I can sleep in when I’m gone,

One, here comes the two to the three to the four,
Tell em’ ‘buy another cow, we need plenty more’,
Blue jeans are gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
There’s another flock of sheep that still needs feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

I’ve been working pretty stressed but,
I ain’t changing for some cash,
Lord knows that I’m very blessed (More chores),
But I gotta say it’s hard,
Workin’ outside gettin’ charred,
Living out here on the farm, (more chores)

One, here comes the two to the three to the four,
Tell em’ ‘buy another cow, we need plenty more’,
Blue jeans are gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history
There’s another 20 chickens that still need feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Everybody on the farm getting’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Fun, here on ranch that’s what you can’t ignore,
Might be pretty hard but I love it to its core,
Flannel’s gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores (Tell ‘em sing with me)

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
There’s another flock of sheep that still needs feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
Watching cattle in the dark, don’t miss me,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
(Yeeeeeehaw)
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
It’s the best bro, go get yourself a farm