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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 08, 1926
Page
3
An article from the Manitoba Free Press discusses forming a cooperative linkage among national wheat pools based on shared management experience. It notes that the St Paul meeting aims to create a close association rather than a single international pool, with emphasis on information on crop prospects and world supplies to stabilize prices for farmers.
Saskatchewan Dairy Pool directors meet in Regina to form the Saskatchewan Dairy Cooperative Marketing Association under a new act. They plan a province wide campaign, absorb The Dairy Pool Limited, and seek northern representation on the provisional board. Norman Clark of Alberta Dairy Pool advised on organization challenges.
A six definite programme of experiments to crop rotation will be launched in eleven sections of Manitoba this year to combat the weed menace. Five plots per section will be used over three years with grain sowing, sweet clover, rye, and fall plowing followed by wheat and a clover check on all plots.
A modified Swiss Civil Code provision is under review prohibiting Muslim women from marrying Christians and nullifying marriages with Christians. It also bans polygamy and unilateral divorce by the husband. The discussion centers on current ratification by the Turkish National Assembly.
The remark notes that while the king may observe the House of Commons from a gallery as heir to the throne, he cannot attend or serve in the chamber as king. This underscores the constitutional separation between the monarch and the legislative body.
The article claims railway passenger deaths average three per year over 25 years, suggesting rail travel is statistically safer than lying in bed. It contrasts frequent accidents with a lower annual fatality rate and hints at public safety implications.
The Natural Resources Bulletin from Ottawa highlights Canada’s abundant wildlife beyond fur bearing animals. It notes moose, bear, mountain sheep, diverse game, birds, and fisheries enrich recreation and agriculture. Government support for extensive national and provincial parks boosts public well being and scenic value.
A Lancashire colony concept moves to Canada with the Lancashire Settlement Association formed in London. Funds raised will buy farms and equipment for Lancashire families to settle in clusters near established settlers, not as an exclusive enclave, and to adopt West Lancashire traditions.
Constable R. J. Moore of Lucknow Ontario claimed a $40 reward for capturing and convicting Elmer Daniels, who stole a Lucknow liveryman’s horse and was jailed. The Tara Leader notes the county council had no option but to pay the toll under the long standing bylaw.
The Canadian Horticultural Council in Ottawa orders an exhaustive report on all horticultural industry aspects related to tariffs for a future council meeting. Resolutions call for a practical horticulturist on the Dominion department of agriculture staff to stop infected trees and plants imports and for stricter customs enforcement on horticultural products. A special committee will protest government free importation of fruits and vegetables.
Viscount Burnham president of the Imperial Press conference urged a true, high standard for overseas settlement. He said it should be viewed as necessity, not patriotism, and called for honest propaganda. He supported Dominions pushing health standards and urged clear well known conditions and a fixed standard.
Dominion fruit commissioner G F E McIntosh reports Canadians now eat less than half an apple daily with citrus consumption rising. He attributes the shift to advertising for oranges and lemons while noting Canada cannot grow citrus. He urges more apple promotion to help producers.
A salmon released last June at the southern end of Nova Scotia traveled 800 to 1200 miles and was caught within a month in the Motsie River Quebec. The distance was tracked by a silver fin tag, yielding insights into salmon habits.
The ground of Mexico City sits on a former lake bed making high rise construction risky. Officials say skyscrapers are not safe. the tallest building in the city is seven stories.
Deputy minister of mines Charles Camsell argued that mineral resources have driven Canadian development more in the last 75 years than before. He cited placer gold in 1858 British Columbia and the Cariboo rush of 1860, noting mining spurred colonization, civilization, and agricultural opening in Manitoba Ontario and Quebec.
Farm accounting helps farmers gauge profitability and guide work choices. The Ottawa Department of Agriculture publishes a simple one year account book with entry guidance and inventories, requiring no accounting knowledge, available for 10 cents from Ottawa Publications Branch.
Saskatchewan creamery butter production for January reached 692,299 pounds, up from 690,309 pounds a year earlier, per the provincial dairy commissioner. The gains come after January 1925 posts unusually high output, making the current rise modest yet welcome.
Miss C. E. Young becomes the first woman counsel to try a breach of promise action in a British court and wins her first case over two days. The jury awards the plaintiff £74 in damages.
A Daily Colonist summary notes experiments along the Hudson Bay Railway and elsewhere in Manitoba to study agricultural production, while urging a revival of religious, family-centered values. It argues the state cannot replace home influence, and that organized parental effort and pure religion are the antidotes to social decline.
Manitoba dairy sector reports substantial progress in 1925 with creamery butter output at 13,663,312 pounds up 1,030,608 from 1924. Butter fat shipments to the U S from Southern Manitoba reach about 1,000,000 pounds. Cheese production totals 765,107 pounds, up 264,774 from the prior year. Creamery butter exports to Great Britain amount to 15 car loads or 126,000 boxes valued at 2,416,680 dollars.
The general agricultural agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway reports Manitoba gains 756700 acres and Alberta up 293797 acres for spring work. Saskatchewan shows a 1196698 acre decline due to reduced fall ploughing, to be addressed when farmers resume field work in spring.
Dr Samuel Johnson disliked the Scots and used every chance to show it. In his dictionary he defined oats as food for men in Scotland and for horses in England. A Scotch friend praised the line saying there are no foods equal to it for men in Scotland and horses in England.
The Banff Winter Sports Carnival showcased ice yachting dog sledding and skiing with snow covered peaks around Lake Minnewanka as backdrops. Competitions included a Strongheart Trophy dog derby and events for skiers hockey and fancy skating drawing visitors from Calgary Alberta and across the Rockies including Vancouver Victoria and the United States.
Endows monument creator Eve Quillen seeks a $10,000 endowment life insurance policy to fund a perpetual trust. Funds would maintain the lawn around the marble obelisk, including regular flowers, mowing, tree pruning, and an annual cleansing bath.
A Genevan Bible of 1588 containing Milton's signature John Milton dated February 24 1654 sold for 205 dollars to Mr Halliday of Leicester at Sotheby's London with a rough paper slip bearing Elizabeth Milton 1664 as the poet's third wife name nearby.
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