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Published: July 1, 1999

July 2-4: Canadian Pro Chuckwagon Association race, Hayworth Stables, Strathmore, Alta., 780-875-2268

July 2-4: Focus on 4-H, AgriCom, Northlands Park, Edmonton. (Jocelyn McKinnon, 780-674-8248)

July 3: Miniature Horse Show, Exhibition Grounds, Moose Jaw, Sask. 306-698-2371

July 3-4: Calgary Summer Antique Show, Canada Olympic Park, Calgary. (Jeff Gadsden, 800-667-0619)

July 4-9: Self-contained wagon train: Val Marie to Wood Mountain, Sask. (Don, 306-642-4632,days, 306-642-5236, evenings)

July 5-6: Southern Alberta Soil & Diagnostic Field School, Dryland Crop, Lethbridge Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alta. (Terry Sheen, 403-381-5126)

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July 6: Crop Improvement Field Day (rain date July 13), Oyen, Alta. (Trevor Wallace, 403-664-3899)

July 6: Manitoba Zero Tillage Research Farm tour, 18 km north of Brandon, Man. 204-729-8838

July 7: Rural Family Safety Day Camp, Trochu, Alta., 403-442-2547 or 403-546-3885

July 7-8: Big Country Heifer Show, Oyen Arena, Oyen, Alta. (Melvin or Linda Bingeman, 403-780-2181)

July 7-9: Western Canada Agronomy Workshop, Brandon, Man. (Terry Roberts, 306-652-3535)

July 7-10: Canadian Seed Growers Association meeting, Loews Le Concorde Hotel, Quebec, 450-679-0540, ext. 8438

July 8: Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration Shelterbelt Centre field day, Indian Head, Sask. 306-695-2274

July 8: Direct Seeding Plot Tour, Bow Island, Alta. (Carrie Rogers, 403-867-3606)

July 9-18: Calgary Stampede

July 9-18, Canadian Pro Chuckwagon Association race, Calgary, 780-875-2268

July 10-17: Saskatoon Exhibition

July 14: Soil and Crop Management Field Day, Agriculture Canada, Brandon Research Centre, Brandon, Man. (Sharon Ramsay, 204-726-7650)

July 14-17: Lloydminster Colonial Days, 306-825-5571

July 14-17: Canadian Junior Angus Heifer Show, agricultural grounds, Bashaw, Alta. (Jackie Northey, 780-372-3648)

July 15: Sask. Alfalfa Seed Producers Association field day, Zenon Park, Sask. (Wayne Goerzen, 306-956-7275)

July 15: Rural Family Safety Day Camp, Stony Plain, Alta., 780-963-2777

July 15-Aug. 6: Crop Diagnostic Field School, University of Alberta Research Farm, Edmonton. (Michele Dannish, 780-422-3825)

July 16-18: Saskatchewan Bison Association summer field day, Kramer’s Auction Service, North Battleford, Sask. (Ray Blais, 306-937-7115)

July 16-19: Caledonian Ranch Duel Stock Dog Trial and Clinic, Caledonian Ranch, Bradwell, Sask. (Linda Froehlich, 306-257-3375 or Gayle Smith, 306-492-2148)

July 17-18: Getting Started in Sheep Workshop, Confederation Inn, Saskatoon. ( 306-933-5200)

July 18-20: Provincial 4-H Beef Heifer Show, agriculture grounds, Bas-haw, Alta. (Henry Wiegman, 780-422-4444)

July 18-23: Hort Week ’99, Olds College, Olds, Alta., 800-661-6537 or 403-556-8254

July 19-24: International Farm Management Congress, Holiday Inn, Durban, South Africa. (J. Wilson Loree, 403-556-4213)

July 20-22: Canadian National Junior Limousin Show, Agriculture Grounds, Bashaw, Alta. (Laura Bodell, 780-467-2726)

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