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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
4
Transient notices advertise vacancies losses and sales with column insertions. Copy for advertisement must be in the office by a set date to ensure publication the same week.
With high feed prices, keep only hens that lay. Cull those with decreasing egg production as summer nears. Use a four point evaluation including molt timing, feed intake, activity, and leg color. Record egg output for one week, then decide and seek Poultry Specialist guidance if needed.
The article lists hereditary potato diseases to spot in seed fields led by leaf roll and black leg. It urges culling infected tubers and black leg symptoms such as top wilt, stem tilt, soft rot, and hollow centers, noting seeds grown under poor conditions worsen spread.
A World War I letter to the editor praises the YMCA work in France. The writer notes the Y’s tea, letters, sporting goods, and support for Canadian Corps sports and base operations, urging continued help and wide publication.
The text outlines Black Scarf and Leaf Mosaic as major potato diseases. It describes symptoms such as brown rings on stems, bushy tops, purple stems, aerial tubers, and small potatoes. It notes Black Scarf can be seed-spread and tied to sap flow disruption, with formalin as a treatment.
An informal meeting of the Community Club executive approved a public gathering on Tuesday August 20 at 8 30 in the Orange Hall to discuss reorganization. Rev FC Middleton will attend and speak on community movement with a discussion to follow.
LS Taylor is reappointed secretary treasurer for the Hamiota Consolidated School Board. A Heisterman is caretaker. Tenders for school vans on routes show Geo Sheardown on Route A at 5.00 per day. R J Beamish Route B at 5.50. Jne W Anderson Route C at 5.00. W J Warren Route D at 5.50. W C Fraser Lone Route E at 6.00. A Smith on Routes F and G at 5.50 and 6.50 per day.
Knox Church C E S held a successful picnic at Shoal Lake sponsored by the Presbyterian Church Christian Endeavor Society. The gathering last Thursday enjoyed good weather, a camp fire, and a departure by car as daylight faded.
Chas Ruby general manager J H Roos secretary and P D McKinnon loan manager of Mutual Life touring the West called on L S Taylor local agent yesterday. They expressed great pleasure with the crop outlook in this district and urged prudent storage of surplus vegetables in the season of plenty.
Rev RE Spence will lead Sunday worship at Zion Methodist Church with themes on The Strength of Joy and Christ Coming at the Fourth Water of the Night. Service starts 7 pm with a children’s story and Sabbath School at 12 10. Strangers and visitors welcomed.
Rev Geo Lockhart and Mr James Fleming of Manitoba College Winnipeg resume duties for August. Subjects Sunday at 11 am To Save others and 7 pm There is a Rest. Sabbath School at 12 10 Oakner 2 pm and 3 pm Bible Class and preaching with There is a Rest as the sermon title.
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