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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 06, 1940
Page
4
A reader recalls old cow treatment methods in Ontario using a three inch tail incision and garlic poultice with a ginger anise beer drench. The message shifts to Britain’s need for support, Canadian tariffs, and wartime trade with Britain and Europe. It notes wheat and potato crops and global supply changes affecting prices.
The piece praises Londoners resisting daily Nazi bombings and argues England needs much more wheat and metals plus aircraft and tanks to sustain the war effort. It stresses urgent material shortages and intensified production.
The gross revenue for the Canadian National Railways System for the week ending October 2, 1940, is $5,201,981, versus $5,192,458 in the same week of 1939, showing an increase of $9,536.
Due to storage shortages and a quota system, North West Line Elevators Association orders a half cent per bushel price rise on Board street wheat and refunds the same amount to farmers who delivered since August 1. The action, effective immediately, aims to offset delivery and track price losses amid reduced carlot quotas of 750 bushels.
Analysis notes farmers have delivered about 190 million bushels of wheat to elevators from Aug 1 to Oct 19 and expect around 300 million by Dec 1 at current rates. Estimated cash reach equals about $140 million by Dec 1, with nearly 200 million bushels still to sell before Aug 1 next year, suggesting credit should be as good or better than recent years.
A compact quotation item cites two famous lines about rising from low depths to high heights. It presents the concepts of perseverance and self-improvement attributed to a pastor and a philosopher.
The notes stress careful selection of breeding stock and feeding to produce strong litters. Planning for spring litters should start before fall breeding, with culling of inefficient sows and gilts. Breeding should occur when animals are gaining weight, not losing it, to maximize litter size and health.
The Hamiota Y P U held a reorganization meeting electing Jean Morrice as president, Bill Webb as vice president, Jean Hudson as secretary treasurer, and naming group leaders for Christian Culture Isobel Penny Christian Citizenship Berry Strickland Christian Fellowship Gladys Brims Recreation Lauretta Spearman Wallace Fraser with Robert Gilmour as pianist. Meetings are biweekly Sundays at 815 pm in the church parlors with the Portage Young People's Convention delegates speaking at the next gathering on November 10. All area youths are invited to join.
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