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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
2
The Abbotsford Post outlines raspberry picking from late May, with women workers and cup carriers guiding harvest. It describes labor shortages, rising picker payments, and the need for cooperative marketing to stabilize prices amid competition from new growers and delivery to distant markets.
A government order imposes penalties for obstructing immigration inspections at bridges, stations, and departure points from Canada. It requires cooperation with inspectors, forbids evading examinations, and authorizes detentions and seizures. Exemptions cover military, naval forces in action, and crew duty on eligible vessels. Indictable offenses carry fines up to 1000 dollars or two years in prison.
A historical note describes crate feeding on milk mashes as superior for meat quality and production in poultry. It cites crate fed birds from an Experimental Station on Vancouver Island where flat crates housed eighty birds and produced five birds averaging three and a half pounds.
Urgent call from the Fisid Company Engineers for a large number of mounted men, drivers, and handy workers. District appeal notes high demand for qualified horsemanship, with medical clearance required and papers to the Recruiting Officer of Engineers in Vancouver. Includes a stray local anecdote about a husband away for three months.
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