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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1907
Page
3
Nat Burden, misidentified by a maid, helps Lois Trevor and her mother restore order to their flat. A shared late supper and a hospital calm follow as Lois learns Nat’s true character. After Burden’s firm faces a crisis, Lois supports him with quiet affection and hope.
A Delineator essay questions if Americans are as courteous in life as their laws and self respect suggest. It notes many polite acts are lacking when disagreement arises and cites Dr. Johnson as an example of courtesy lacking in reverence for others. It observes that rude talk undercuts conversation and that roughness is spreading beyond men to women.
In Dixie After the War Mrs. Myrta Lockett Avary recounts Lincoln meeting General Pickett’s wife in Richmond. Lincoln, presenting as George Pickett’s old friend, offers a personal amnesty for the sake of the child, praising the mother’s eyes and good manners.
The narrative recalls a move from New York to Ontario with a family in 1849. The reader describes crossing the Niagara, entering Brantford and Ayr, settling on 200 acres, hiring Andrew Muir, and beginning a hard farm life. Harvests, grain yields, and prices reflect the era, with 26 bushels per acre and tribulations of lodge and wind.
The London Chronicle reports an honors list from the Gazette honoring retired colonial civil servants in modest posts. The Imperial Civil Service medal is awarded to George Bonner lightkeeper at Point Aconi Nova Scotia George Currie lightkeeper Isle of Coves Ontario Narcisse Cusson letter carrier Montreal Canada Robert Francis coxswain Harbor Master's Saint Helena Joseph Roy messenger Attorney General's Department Quebec William Stephen Short letter carrier London Ontario Dorilas Tremblay lightkeeper Portneuf Quebec.
Hon H R Emmerson Minister of Railways and Canals addressed the Canadian Club of Cornwall outlining the Intercolonial Railway as Canada’s best investment. He traced its history and said it cemented confederation by linking provinces, expanding trade and reducing sectionalism, with Ontario benefiting most. He compared subsidies for canals and railways to the Intercolonial’s value in national prosperity.
Canada’s Labrador coast shows increasing export values from 1900 to 1905 with 1,030,432 dollars in 1906 despite a smaller catch. The article notes Labrador’s vast resources are underappreciated by inland Canadians and urges action, warning against frightening the horse.
A practical guide from American Cultivator by A. B. Alexander on horse hoof care. It details hoof soundness, growth, and shaping, warns against weak or brittle feet, and links nutrition and shelter to strong hooves. It advises on pastern angles, cornet and sole care, and stresses prevention of cracks and founder for market-ready horses.
A farmer explains homemade bushel crates sized eighteen by thirteen by twelve inches with quarter inch veneer sides and bottom and half inch ends. Crates speed digging and loading potatoes and apples, allow stacking without bruising, aid winter storage, and simplify sorting by variety. They also reduce handling during harvest and storage.
Barnyard manure ranks as a highly efficient means for farmers to restore worn soils. Its effectiveness lies more in enhancing soil physics than in supplying nutrients, by increasing humus content, improving texture, and boosting water absorbing and retaining capacity.
The ration used at Canadian experimental farms for seasons improves winter egg output. It combines shorts two parts, ground oats one part, cornmeal one part, meat meal one part, with boiling water to form a crumbly mash suitable for cold weather production.
A man who tends his stable nightly by watering and giving a light feed ends with round, Greek, good-looking horses, reflecting diligent routine in horse care.
Wisconsin breeder notes four primary hurdle designs including fourteen foot four inch strip hurdles with upright nailed supports, eight inch spacing yielding a forty two inch high setup, hinged four to five foot units joined for pens, and ringed woven wire fences for summer plots. He also describes six inch board hurdles for winter yards and cites weight as a drawback for daily movement.
The successful farmer of the future must know both farming science and business, with focus on markets for farm products and on cost of production and internal farm management.
The duck, with good treatment, will average about four eggs a week from February 1 to late June. Production will gradually decline thereafter, ending by the last of July.
Salt rubbed inside the churn after rinsing with hot water makes it clean and sweet. Rinse the salt out with water.
Agricultural note urges oats as a dominant feed for poultry to build bone and muscle. Hulled oats recommended as among the best foundation grains, with other grains included as supplements.
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