Virden Manitoba’s Official Name and Local Notes
Virden’s naming history traced to Gopher Creek and Manchester before settling on Virden after the eighth Duke of Manchester. Local notes celebrate hunting season, deer incidents, and town lore with brief sketches of residents, events, and jokes from Current Comments.
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Cyril Anderson
Virden
Manitoba
Geographic Board of Canada
Gopher Creek
Canadian Pacific Railway
Manchester
Duke of Manchester
The Duke and Duchess in Winter Wakeup Routines
A brief column notes Neil McNiven the grain farmer waking late in winter while the Duchess observes a change during deer hunting season. The Duke rises at dawn to roam the Canadian horizon amid neighbor curiosity about alarm clock methods.
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Neil McNiven
Feed Frozen Rapeseed With Caution for Ruminants
Farm Notes discusses cautious use of frozen rapeseed in dairy grain rations up to 8 to 10 percent due to energy differences. Dr. Ron McLaren notes frozen rapeseed has 32-35 percent fat and 45 pounds bushel weight versus unfrozen 40 percent fat and 50 pounds. Non ruminants risk from unprocessed rapeseed. ruminants detoxify better. Alberta and Saskatchewan trials show up to 10 percent unprocessed rapeseed possible in pig diets with modest feed efficiency losses. beef finishing rations tolerate up to 20 percent rapeseed screenings with satisfactory gains. Caution advised for very young animals. article continues on back page.
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Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Winnipeg
Ron McLaren
McLaren
University of Alberta
Alberta
University of Saskatchewan
Local Happenings and Community Notes
Well wishes go to Miss Marjorie Francis a patient in Hamiota Hospital. Mr and Mrs Alex Baxter return to Vancouver after visiting the 50th wedding anniversary. Don Kennedy spends a week in Winnipeg attending the Municipal Convention. Graham Standing of Winnipeg visits Mrs Thos Strachan. Mae Burron and Lorne Hayward visit Allan McPhaden’s home. Curling Instructional School two rinks entered in Hamilton Grey Cup Bonspiel led by Hec Gervais and Bob Pickering. Jim McConnell, Alliance president, curling with Gervais. Open House winners at Campbell’s Flowers draw include Rev D McCrindle and Mrs Elva Cochrane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Burron
Lorne Hayward
Allan McPhaden
The
Canadian Curling Alliance
Hamilton
Hec Gervais
Bob Pickering
Alliance
Jim McConnell
Hamiota
Gervais
Ara
Campbell’s Flowers
Rev
D. McCrindle
Elva Cochrane
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hamiota Echo Publications Ltd
U.S.A
England
F. S. Venables
By Jack Coomps
Anderson
Marvellous Manitoba
Ralph Clark
CKY
Brandon Sun
Ray Lints
Decker
Ernie Wallace
Lavinia
Bill Delbridge
Bill
Imperial Elevator and Lumber Company
L. L. Brown
Pythagoras
Parthenon
Athens
Lake of the Woods
Seba Beach
Son Bruce
Jasper
Chicago
Canada
Nancy Fogarty
Art Oakden
Bill Benning
Art Legnaroli
Hamiota Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Smith
Strathclair
Dorothy Milne
Willie
Pop
Roy McConnell
Wimp
John Ridley - Oakner
Neb
S. H. Brown
Tom Baron
Charles Bell
Parkland Parish
Tarbolton
J. Ross
United Church of Canada
Doug Aikman
Cardale
Christ Church
L. E. Daley
Hamiota Pentecostal
God
St.regis
St. Regis Hotel
On EO Hotel
Smith Street
Portage Avenue
Kennell & Strange
Kenton
Marjorie Francis
Hamiota Hospital
Alex Baxter
Vancouver B.C
Wm. Baxter
Don Kennedy
Don
Mrs. Graham _ Standing
Thos. Strachan
Cancer Unit
Canadian Cancer Society
Garry Kidd
Imperial Oil
C. S. Hrankowski
Hamiota Medical and
Shell Canada Limited
Edgar Higgins Decker
Thermo
Hamiota Echo
Hamiote
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