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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1950
Page
2
The problem of disposing surplus agricultural products is a complex, ongoing issue. Limiting production reduces surplus but yields unsold crops and food waste while hunger persists. Farmers face economic difficulties behind this dilemma despite efforts to balance supply and demand.
Dr. G H Barton, former Canadian deputy minister of agriculture, is appointed head of the FAO Commodity Problems Committee. The panel studies increasing world food supplies and distributing surplus crops to food-short nations, with meetings in Washington every two weeks and input from all 61 FAO member nations. The aim is to ease global shortages, raise living standards, and reduce farmers’ surpluses.
Fifty Canadian boys aged 15 to 17 undertook a bold voyage to Britain after their berths aboard the liner Franconia ran aground near Quebec. They reached London by air in two groups with one plane trouble free. Each boy carried 100000 dollars of insurance funded by Garfield Weston. They dined with the Duke of Gloucester and toured Parliament as guests of Beverley Baxter, meeting Field Marshal Lord Auchinleck. The Royal Navy arranged a motor torpedo boat outing for the group. Farmers could raise more pounds of fish per acre than beef, per the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Imperial Oil officials reported salt water was obtained in drill stem tests at the Stony Plain No 1 wildcat well on the Stony Indian reserve about 18 miles west of Edmonton. Drilling and testing continue with hope for commercial oil quantities.
Sixty of eighty three wedding guests fell ill after a reception in Meeting Creek Alta. Fourteen people including groom Gordon Kasa were hospitalized in Camrose and later discharged. Bride Margaret Brandell was only mildly affected. Officials blame heat spoiled cream as the likely cause.
A humorous collage of vignettes shows a poet finishing a poem while a sick man jokes about giving "fly" germs. Other quirky lines feature a confident rescuer, a patient obsessed with self, a doctor’s quip, and or a colonel query about Hemingway. The piece ends with a wife quip about calling spades and clubs.
Ottawa reports the 1951 census will omit a question on private farm debt due to rented property statistics. Historical data show Prairie farm indebtedness, with VLA loans rising to over 260 million and approved VLA farm mortgage loans totaling 175 million across Canada in four years, including 47 million in the Prairie provinces.
Ottawa report notes health reasons for Dr. T W Grindley's resignation from the Canadian Wheat Board effective August 1. The longtime agriculture official, born on the Isle of Man, has served as board member since 1949 after a career with the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and Royal Grain Inquiry Commission.
Gilbert Best of Gilbert Plains hauls a 29 14 lb trout at Trout lake to lead the season contest surpassing the previous 25 lb mark and the northern pike. He and Bert West of Flin Flon registered for a new automobile prize, with other locals noted in Beaver lake and Gail Motors. Ward of Dauphin reportedly caught a 29 lb trout at Beaver lake but was not registered.
Bonn reports the West German government will establish consulates in at least 12 more countries including Canada. Other listed nations are Australia Belgium Denmark Greece Holland Italy Luxembourg Norway Sweden South Africa and Turkey. United States Britain France and Switzerland already have German consuls.
Winnipeg officials warn of a severe cutworm infestation in western crops for 1951. Pale Western cutworms have already damaged crops and the forecast predicts greater, more widespread damage next year. Control relies on late July summer fallow completion and delaying land use until mid September.
Walter S. Maguire of Burnaby records seven golden crown kinglet eggs near Vancouver. This first proof the tiny species nests in coastal British Columbia marks a new milestone for Canadian wildlife fans. The note adds a detail about kinglet heartbeats, stating an estimated total of over 500 million by age seventy.
Ottawa reports recruiting applications for the Canadian Army have risen but only half meet the adequacy needs. One in fifteen applicants succeed as most are rejected for not meeting army standards. Government weighs Korea ground troop plans against recruitment prospects as entry rules ease while age single status rules stay.
Max Rosenthal, a Washington grocer, stacked sugar outside his store with a sign offering five pounds for 98 cents. About 800 pounds sold in four hours while nearby grocers kept to five pounds for 59 cents. Rosenthal said he wanted to test customer reaction and show price did not matter to buyers.
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