Prize list for seed and livestock premiums
A historical prize list offers monetary awards for best 2 bushels of barley oats rye and potatoes with varieties named to donor ownership, plus cash prizes for flax and grain scores, poultry and fowl winnings, and breed cock and goose pairings with multiple denomination awards.
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John Strachan
Geo. O'Neil
A. C. Little
A. C. Kemp
Fall Rye
Jas. A. Stewart
Jos. A. Shier
Alf. F. Sutherland
What Will Canada's Answer Be
Canadian soldiers press for home-front support to supply the millions needed to sustain the fight for freedom, asking what answer the nation and its people will make to back victory for Canada.
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Canada
Freedom
Home
Seed Grain Fair Rules and Exhibit Requirements
Rules detail 1917 grain exhibition with minimum sale quantities for each class, entry fees for non members, impurity restrictions, one entry per exhibitor, labeling and declaration forms, judging times, and director reserves sampling rights. Entries close 9.30 am, judging at 10.00 am. potatoes kept under prearrangements.
Rules for Poultry Fair Compliance Adopted
The document lists rules for poultry fair entry including killing by bleeding, thorough fasting, no food in crop, display undrawn with head and feet on carcass, dry plucking, and neck feather restrictions. It also bans pullets from competition and advises winter use for others with notes on age and conditions. Signed by A Stewart and Jas Scott, Jun Secretary.
Poultry Show Prizes and judging Criteria
Jas Kirk Jr offers 3 dollars for best dressed cockerels with ownership transfer to the donor. Charles Penny posts 5 dollars for best gobbler pair, F C Bennett awards 5 dollars for best goose pair. Judging covers appearance 40 points quality 25 points and fleshing 35 points with detailed criteria like killing, plucking, bruises, pin feathers, breast bone, skin, texture, age, spur size, breast depth, back and pelvic coverage.
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Jas. Kirk, Jr
Ready for Frompt Operation of Military Act
The machinery for enacting the Military Service Act began with the Governor General's proclamation calling the first class. Reports for service or appeals for exemption are now invited, with a nationwide organization to locate men. The first class includes all unmarried British subjects 3 to 34, or widowers with children, with a November deadline and penalties for noncompliance.
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Beene
Jas. Scott Jr
Best
Timothy
Canada’s Victory Loan
Winnipeg
Man
R.A
P.O
Victory Loan Committee
Minister of Finance
Dominion of Canada
Hamiota
Orange Hall
It. A. Stewart
Jas. Scott
Chas. Penny
F. C. Bennett
Tribunal Man
Minnedosa
Post Office
The
Military Service Council
Thrift
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bank of Hamilton
J. E. Hood
Windows
Imperial
A. Kerr
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