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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
3
A fragment mentions the Canadian National Exhibition expansion year with references to the Livestock Department, Agriculture Exhibits by provinces and dominion government, exhibits from foreign countries, and an art exhibit. It also notes late Germany, United States and Canada in connection with America’s Greatest Cat Show.
In Dalston by August 25 harvest is nearly over with threshing underway. Crops look good despite a dry season. Rain fell Friday morning and evening, which will freben up root crops and help extinguish fires. Fall wheat sowing preparations have begun in and around Dalston. Stella Burgess of Barrie is visiting in Dalston.
Fragmentary OCR details show names Mrs Dolmage Donna Todd and Jack Robertson among visiting persons in Stroud. References to Mra and Mra Sam appear muddled with unclear roles. The item resembles a social note with multiple incomplete lines and no clear event.
The ceremony at Churchill began at three o clock with Rev Neil Campbell presiding and Rev D J Lang delivering the sermon preceding the induction of Mr MacKenzie who was welcomed by Presbytery. The service emphasized cooperation between minister and congregation and the future work in the community.
A readable fragment lists poultry terms with definitions for chickwas pullets roasters fowls cocks capons ducklings goslings geese and tarkay. It notes ages weights and maturity stages and separates young and old birds by gender and size. The excerpt preserves era language and terminology from an old agricultural source.
A wartime era dairy notice urges farmers to use individual cow testing and records to judge each cow’s value. It argues that milk yield, fat production, and feed efficiency vary, so year-long profitability cannot be assumed from experience alone. Cow testing reveals which cows pay.
A vintage description explains a truck type used for moving bars and freight. It highlights thick wheels for heavy weight, upright supports to keep the bar from rolling, and a chief feature involving a chain mechanism securing the load.
Bell Telephone Cam features in a Belines versus Vanstoe match as billed by The Belines and Vanstoe in a local sport or event setting. The card teases a confrontation between the named entities with potential community interest and historical context.
A damaged OCR passage describes a lifting setup with one hook on one end and two on the other. From the truck top a handle engages a title below the middle. A vertical slot holds crossbars, and a double hooked chain is thrown over a rim of a barrel with the other end hooked into a crossbar slot. The barrel is secured firmly on the truck.
Fragmented OCR discusses market fowls in poor condition. It notes they do not fall readily or die in piles, sellers lose money, and suggest feeding at least four times a day. Mentions ground donor meal and mixing with water or milk as preferred feed.
A Dominion Botanist advisory outlines steps to halt potato canker spread. Notify the Ottawa Department of Agriculture upon outbreak, inspect and advise farmers, burn diseased tops, store only sound tubers with permission, prevent tubers left in fields, and avoid using infected seed. Caution to destroy tools and avoid feeding infected material. land becomes useless for potato cultivation for years.
Cashtown mourns for Miss Margaret Scott who died after a seven day illness in South Africa. Her parents Mr and Mrs Scott of Avening express deep sorrow as distant news confirms her sacrifice in what she believed her duty.
Fragmentary notes describe trespass on tracks and six brick snakers at Milton Sned nominalum for walking to work. An election storm at Belleville caused a man on Trent road to suffer severe shock with partial paralysis. A bolt struck a dog near the Ketebecon property at Mot, and a pillage term house was affected.
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