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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 31, 1939
Page
4
A note indicates a request to purchase Broome items at the Red A White Store in Hamlets, with a reference to an Isabel involved in the Broome matter. The readable text is limited but points to a purchase inquiry and a person named Isabel connected to Broome.
Nash factory sales for the first quarter rose 186 percent to 22.0 units, outpacing the U.S. automobile sector which gained 579 percent overall. The Nash Kelvinator group climbed to fourth in factory sales and ninth in registrations, with March showing the strongest gains of the period.
The Manitoba Provincial Exhibition at Brandon will be held in July 1939 with generous prize money and popular classes. The colt competition now includes girls and boys, dairy heifers remain a staple, and the Manitoba Department of Agriculture will assist with livestock shipping within the province. Applications to the Extension Service director are due at least thirty days before opening. Machinery displays remain a highlight with "Machinery Row" space fully utilized.
Wanted skilled wood workers in Lavinia and McConnell for turning repairing furniture finishing and novelty items like lamps and smokers stands. Apply to Wiltshire Hamidta for orders and pricing.
Weather data from Brandon Farm shows 17.1 inches of rainfall for a three month period ending October, below the 25 year average. Snowfall was ten inches below normal, but runoff in spring partially offset the deficit. To conserve soil moisture, the report advocates weed control through surface tillage rather than plowing. Plowed summer fallow may suit heavy soils or woody perennials, reducing cultivations when successful.
Thinning guidance covers carrots beets turnips parsnips onions and lettuce with specific spacing. Carrots 1 to 2 inches, then 3 inches later. Beets minimally thinned for greens. Turnips 2 to 3 inches tall, six inches for early varieties, up to one foot for ratabaya. Parsnips 3 to 4 inches. Onions require 3 to 6 inches, head lettuce thinned to one row then 6 inches between plants.
A district organization promotes road safety at each meeting stressing the safe highway message and urges members to consider traffic issues in their community activities.
An editorial notes drivers pass through town in dust and at high speeds and urges safer behavior. It cites highway signs in Saskatchewan offering hospitality and a warning to slow down for public safety.
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