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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
5
In a farm house by the fire a Reeve and his Western nephew discuss Canada’s revenue mix. They examine customs and excise duties, federal expenditure, and who bears the tax burden, with figures on provincial contributions and a verdict on direct taxation.
In Brant County farmer J W Clarke testifies at Guelph Agricultural College that a 25 acre farm yields sizable sales from poultry fruit and honey. He reports Orpington poultry bred for sale, dressed poultry and various crops including strawberries grapes apples and tomatoes with annual income and expenses noted.
The article notes a cattle price surge in Winnipeg and Edmonton as butchers fetch high prices similar to Toronto and Montreal. It explains western ranches turning into wheat farms, a drop of over eighty thousand cattle receipts in Winnipeg in 1911, and rising uncultivated land across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba leading to grain spoilage and higher living costs.
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