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Newspaper
Fort Macleod Gazette
Location
Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1902
Page
4
Published at Macleod Alberta every Friday by Wood and McLachlan. Seen price is $1.50 per year in advance or $2.00 per year when not prepaid. No subscription stopped until all arrears are paid, except at publishers option.
Friday, Aug. 2, 1902 reports from the Territories show crops improving with reliable prospects for a large yield. In the Macleod district, conditions match or exceed last year's, aided by three weeks of fine weather. Seeding delays from a late spring are largely offset as crops grow rapidly and wheat heads are forming, with binder time in four to five weeks.
Notes report on US army emergency rations four ounces evaporated beef eight ounces parched wheat and two ounces of sugar and chocolate per day. A Kentucky farmer’s wife allegedly used fever patient as incubator to hatch 44 chickens. Also, William Chapman sues Crow’s Nest Coal Co claiming expulsion from Michel and Morrissey following a strike and restaurant refusals.
Large herds of Southern stock cattle are being gathered and transported, indicating a major movement of livestock across regional ranching areas as market demands shift. The article notes sizable quantities and widespread activity among ranch owners and shipping operations.
Cresswell Day's 10,000 two year old heifers from New Mexico and Bloom Cattle Co.'s 4,500 head from southern Colorado received health certificates from Dr. Knowles the state veterinarian. The cattle will be driven east of the Cypress Hills. Reynold Bros. of Ft Worth received 5 cars of young stock and 3,500 Texas panhandle heifers by rail from Billings to be turned out between the Missouri and Milk rivers south of Malta River Press.
The town of Macleod faces critical water service issues with the dealer licensed by the municipality. Citizens pay 2 dollars per month for daily supply, yet many report less than adequate service, prompting calls for council action and potential license forfeiture. Separately, a New Hampshire study endorses carbon disulfide as a woodchuck extermination method with precautions.
Leading Canadian Yorkshire pig breeders plan an annual public auction to supply Canadian farmers with better breeding stock, arguing that the auction improves selection over the current fitting and exhibition system, which injures many animals.
A first annual Yorkshire pig auction is set for August 21 1902 at the Winter Fair building Guelph. Breeders include J E Brethour Burford Ontario Agricultural College and Glenhodson Co with pigs from Canada and England. About one hundred pigs will be sold including sixty sows under a year old and several boars both imported and Canadian bred.
The article discusses the annual harm caused by woodchucks to grain hay and pasture in Canada. It notes grain and fodder loss, trampling damage, and burrow-related accidents to harvest horses, then introduces common control methods and hints at a simple effective approach.
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