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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
13
A reflection on protecting bird life and nests. birds aid crops by eating pests, and nests must not be disturbed. The piece extols nesting behavior and calls for respect for avian life, urging readers to safeguard birds arriving in spring and to value their role in ecosystems.
A Los Angeles Times writer notes that cooperation underpins both plant and animal kingdoms. Ant loving plants host ants for nectar and shelter in exchange for protection from leaf eating ants. Similar interspecies and plant to plant relationships are described, including symbiosis with freshwater polyp microorganisms.
A short Life magazine style quip contrasts a professor urging equal rights for men and women with a playful remark about bragging. The exchange hints at progressive views and light social commentary without detailing events or names.
Manitoba agriculture department and the livestock branch push cooperative wool marketing in 1917. Expert Charles N. Latts on tours to advise sheep owners while the department weighs and grades wool in Winnipeg for sale on grade. Cash advances up to two thirds of local price are offered, with final settlement on grade receipts.
The Saskatchewan region reports unusual pest immunity with only a few damaging insect varieties. Historian Gerald Willoughby recalls the 1886 locust invasion that devastated crops mid June while cattle grazing persisted afterward. Wire worms are noted as other wheat threats when planted.
Senator Sorghura explains the public trusts him but demands verification of his statements. He notes supporters rush to confirm facts and hold him accountable for what he says.
The government mobilizes about 500000 civilian employees and 300000 post and rural carriers to aid the secret service in spy detection. Letters seek cooperation from police nationwide while Morgan & Company directs roughly $2 billion of wartime disbursements to munitions and materials.
The Dominion government plans strict action on bovine tuberculosis with compensation for slaughtered cattle. Owners of reactors receive refunds of half to two thirds of value depending on who requested slaughter. Future dairy licenses will require standards and pasteurization of milk from reactors.
Prof E M Freeman of Minnesota Experiment Station discusses rust in wheat, noting epidemics rarely recur in consecutive years. He cites 1904 and 1911 as past severe episodes, 1916 as the worst in 25 years, and warns farmers to expect weather-driven risk, with no certain forecast for June and July. He emphasizes chance factors shaping rust outbreaks.
The article notes an annual import of 90,000,000 nebbit skins for fur garment production and mentions domestic skin use alongside home manufacturing. It highlights the scale of hides employed in local fur trade.
A Vancouver native and other settlers recount the Peace River region as fertile wheat country with vast forests and rivers. They describe travels from Athabasca Landing to Grande Prairie, praising climate, mineral wealth, and growing rail connections as Alberta and British Columbia push settlement and stock raising efforts.
Arthur W. Spalding recounts a white woman in the North Georgia mountains who has never heard of Christ’s crucifixion. A circuit-riding minister narrates the Cross to the family, eliciting rapt responses before a child questions why the woman never married, revealing a curious moral tale.
Wilbur C. Abbott in the Yale Review declares the Prussian mind exposed after two and a half years of war. The German plan for global rule, including a Baghdad Bahn, is now seen as fiction, and the age of grand designs ends as exhaustion influences peace prospects.
Exchange Telegraph reports a German finance ministry letter by Ernst Haeckel praising Britain’s cultural work yet urging harsh action against England. The piece frames a war loan propaganda stance asserting no peace with Britain until its defeat, and warns of a British peace ending German resistance.
Geo. W. Batho of Manitoba's agriculture publications branch notes a banner dairy year with nearly forty creameries operating all winter and ample cream supply despite a cold spring. Over the past year Manitoba exported 81 carloads of butter, about 2 million pounds, mostly east with some west. Cheese production also rose from a wartime low to near 1916 levels, as plans include distributing dairying circulars to creamery patrons.
Britain faces a paper shortage reflected in Canadian camps where orders go on half sheets and note paper. Smaller sizes replace foolscap, letters to head require less duplication, colored slips are discouraged, and envelopes are used sparingly.
A farmer bursts into a country store scolding for a mix up of perfume instead of liniment given to his cow. The storekeeper apologizes as the irate farmer complains the cow keeps milking all day and has a moment of self reflection in a pond.
The Montreal Family Herald reports The London Times warning that skilled farm work risks denuding Britain and Canada of capable labor. It stresses experience in ploughing sowing shepherding and stock care, warning dilution harms efficiency and national food production.
A successful potato grower notes potatoes need loose friable soils that drain well and stay aerated. Waterlogged fields, regardless of fertility, are unsuitable. Potatoes need about 100 pounds nitro gen, 5400 pounds phosphoric acid, and 100 pounds potash per acre. barnyard manure works but should be applied a year before planting.
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