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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 23, 1925
Page
5
Farm boys are urged to drive future progress by breeding seed and improving yields rather than chasing city riches. The essay argues the next century will center on higher acre yields, better seed stock, and larger unit production of farm animals, with farm-minded youth leading the way.
J P Babcock chairman of the international fisheries commission and assistant commissioner of fisheries British Columbia says Canada and the United States will tag salmon in their waters from April to July to test migration. California Oregon Washington Alaska and British Columbia participate with a halibut tagging project north of Hecate Straits. A specially equipped halibut schooner will catch tag and release halibut marking the first such attempt.
Official Ottawa statistics show total dairy exports for Canada in the year ending January 1925 at 193,913,982 pounds valued at 36,293,205 dollars, up from 174,126,779 pounds worth 23,108,526 in the prior year. Butter and cheese led gains with butter at 22,539,327 pounds worth 8,043,881 dollars and cheese at 122,768,700 pounds worth 28,056 dollars.
The provisional board approves a five year contract making Saskatchewan Cooperative Poultry Producers Limited the exclusive marketing agency for producers who consign poultry and eggs from 1925 through 1929. The pool may set grade standards, advance payments, and regulate delivery with exceptions for domestic use breeding exhibition and hatching.
A report to Thomas Molloy, labor and industries commissioner, from M L Pritchard of London notes Saskatchewan flax straw yields usable fibre and tow. Pritchard argues for growing flax for fibre, citing excellent straw quality and potential economic gains for the province.
At a convention representing 15,000 industry members in British Columbia the Egg Marks Act extension was urged for the Dominion. They also pressed stamping eggs with country of origin and raising the American egg tariff to eight cents per dozen or equal to BC eggs imported into the United States.
Australia introduces a national butter brand Kangaroo made from pasteurized cream and graded by experts. Butter must pass strict tests and earn 92 points to bear the mark. The aim is 65 percent of exports to Britain this year. At a recent English show the Kangaroo butter swept first second and third in the colonial section.
In recognition of the growing hog industry in Saskatoon as a shipping centre, the Dominion live stock branch will assign a hog grader two days weekly. The move follows discussions at a bacon hogs course at the university led by A P McNab William Nolan and Mr Young of the Nolan Livestock Co.
A pair of buffaloes depart Wainwright Park heading to Antwerp to replace one lost at sea. They travel with a fine male from Edinburgh. Three Elk Island Park specimens head to the National Zoological Gardens of the Transvaal in South Africa.
John Filmore Hayford director of the Northwestern University College of Engineering died in Chicago after a period of partial paralysis since January. His death came as a surprise to colleagues and scientists who had just recognized his earth measurement standards.
A fragment notes women discussing long daily labor and schedules. The line references extended hours and ongoing conversation about workload without broader context or details.
A youth told an employer that in five years he would have a better job, not this one. The employer recalled this confidence and offered him the position days later, where he proved capable. The piece concludes with a quip that boasting about thinking over work is bore-like, comparing to a woodpecker.
The Philadelphia area saw alcohol related deaths fall by more than 85 percent during the first six weeks of 1924. Officials attributed the decline to prohibition enforcement and public health measures.
The total value of Alberta agricultural products for 1924 is estimated at 217,477,808.23 dollars, reflecting lower grain yield but higher prices and gains in other sectors. Grain, hay, and green feed rose sharply in value due to use as feed and higher per ton prices, while dairy and other production showed smaller changes.
The report notes Germany as a major seed importer for domestic and Central European use, with Hamburg central to the trade. Canadian exporters supplied clover seed to German importers, totaling 20 157 bushels worth 123 477 dollars for the year ending March 31 1924, the only seed Canada sold in quantity to Hamburg firms.
An Ontario era newspaper notes Saskatchewan’s climate and tree belts, highlighting J. C. Mitchell of Cahinda as World Wheat King and praising shelter belts for land value, wind protection, shade, and fruitful gardens. It argues trees attract buyers, raise farm appeal, and support orchard crops and fruit growing in the prairie.
The Morning Post reports straw pulp paper printing using DeVaines’ process with salt and lime as the only chemicals. Experiments in France show great success and Canada plans mills to produce fifty tons daily, promising a winter industry for the Dominion. Editor H. A. G. Wynn leads the initiative.
Four committees were appointed at an Ottawa conference of citizens and public bodies to lay foundations for an all-Canadian forest preservation organization. Hon. Charles Stewart chaired the meeting. The goal is preventive measures during Save the Forest Week with plans for a year-round national influence across the Dominion.
Hubert Broad watched his soft hat drift off while his baby runabout aircraft climbed to about 1000 feet. He chased it to the ground, landed beside it without stopping the engine, picked up the hat, then resumed the flight to his North London airdrome.
Lethbridge Herald argues for a price that will sell Alberta coal freely to eastern consumers. Railroads operators and miners should cooperate to adjust to that price and win the eastern market.
A brief classroom moment shows a student asking about brakes during a driving lesson. The teacher emphasizes braking as the first action in an emergency, while the student quips about brakes being built into the car.
To cut province wide losses from noxious weeds estimated at 25 million dollars annually, conferences will be held at contract points through June. Rural and urban municipalities along with Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways will join with the Department of Agriculture at Estevan Carlyle Weyburn Regina Moose Jaw Wolseley Assiniboia Shaunavon Swift Current Conquest Rosetown Kerrobert Wilkie Biggar North Battleford Saskatoon Prince Albert Nokomis Lanigan Humboldt Melfort Canora Yorkton Melville and Balcarres to plan a coordinated province wide weed control drive with action details to be discussed.
A terse note on facing an unavoidable cold front. The line suggests resilience as readers prepare for harsh weather with practical gear rather than opposition.
A reader from Jersey City New Jersey cites a letter about Carter's Little Liver Pills matching his own symptoms and claims they cured sour stomach and gas improving appetite. The letter urges others to try the product and notes it is sold in drug stores.
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