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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1936
Page
5
The piece recounts the link between agriculture and Christmas, noting the farm as the nation’s food provider and cultural foundation. It traces farm related customs from shepherds and stable births to Plough Monday and the boar's head feast, ending with the perennial toast Christmas and the Farm the Farm and Food.
The grain research laboratory reports 1936 western Canada red spring wheat shows the highest protein content on record. The general mean is 14.9 percent, one percent above prior surveys, due to hot dry weather across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia.
Dr J H J Upham says metabolic counts explain cold sensitivity in many people. He notes women have a fatty underlayer that retains heat, allowing a man in a heavy wool suit to feel chillier than his wife in lighter clothing.
Gladys Cote, a Chicago dancer, was mauled by a trained lion after the animal act. Trainer Dr. Noble Hamiter fought the lion with a chair after firing two blank-loaded pistols. Cote suffered severe lacerations and was carried from the cage while the audience stayed seated as the curtain fell.
Neighbors recall William as a man of principle after his sudden death. A woman comforts his grieving wife by recalling his punctual Saturday night habit of leaving his pay envelope, though it was always empty, highlighting the principle of the thing.
A concise note reports that Africa hosts over 275 distinct languages, reflecting immense linguistic diversity across the continent. The figure highlights the region's rich cultural tapestry and human geography.
The Canadian effort to breed barley combines high yield with malt quality. Saskatchewan work in 1935-36 produced 125000 second generation hybrid seeds from six crosses. Of 5000 promising plants sown in 1936, testing continues in the cereal breeding lab. Officials anticipate high yielding smooth-awn bars with strong malting traits within three to four years.
University of Minnesota scientists find soybean meal mixed with skim milk powder serves as a pollen substitute for bees during spring brood rearing shortages. Beekeepers in Minnesota face acute pollen shortfalls in certain seasons.
Two seedless watermelons were produced at a North Dakota agricultural experiment station this year. The report notes the experiment demonstrates seedless fruit development in local conditions and highlights ongoing breeding efforts at the facility.
The Dowager Marchioness of Reading, widow of the late Viceroy of India, returned from Canada and the United States to study relief work. She then discarded her title adopting the name Mrs Reed and toured incognito in an old car, meeting President Roosevelt and Vancouver residents while discussing immigration questions. Local police in a small town reportedly treated her with suspicion.
Hermann Goering ordered the Hitler Youth, about 6 million strong, to gather beechnuts nationwide to produce cooking oil and ease the fats shortage during Germany’s four year plan. The directive aimed to mobilize youths to collect beechnuts in forests for oil production.
Russia has bought 1,560 more sheep from British breeders for shipment, bringing total purchases by the Russian Commission to nearly 4,500. The Commission may continue buying sheep, but future purchases are expected to focus on cattle, especially Short horns and Herefords.
Pattern 5748 offers a turban and matching purse in single crochet with a rope-like trim. Instructions cover materials, an illustration, and stitches used. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern.
Henry Ford advocates a winter processing plan using soy beans grown on 4 million acres. Farmers would extract oil for industrial uses, produce meal for livestock, and mold plastic components while earning extra cash. The unit could be owned by groups for 3000 to 4000 dollars.
Canada has long set apart reserves to shield Indians from encroachment and allow uninterrupted development until absorption into society. Indians are treated as minors and wards of the Department of Indian Affairs, which oversees education health agriculture funds and welfare. The 1921 census counted 122 911 Indians with about 112 500 on reservations and shows continued growth over the last three censuses.
A tall square shouldered man with steel-gray eyes recalls army days and folds in a humorous exchange about drill sounds. He claims to have served in the Guards while his companion says Lancashire Fusiliers and notes the jingle of medals. London Tit-Bits referenced.
An antiquated Eskimo method used to deter wolves trailing a 3000 reindeer drive across 500 miles of Arctic wasteland laid traps with frozen tallow containing sharpened whale bone. As the tallow melts the bone springs open and wounds the wolves, slowing their pursuit. Deer were moved from the Point Barrow herd for the Barter Island drive amid near starvation in the Barter Island area last summer.
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