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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1951
Page
2
Recent shortages of farm labour across Canada have forced farmers to curtail production in many regions. Despite increased use of machinery, tasks still require manual work, and securing outside help remains a persistent challenge affecting the domestic market. The problem varies by region and farm type but has been evident across the country for a decade.
The call up of men for armed services at the war’s start and wartime industry needs created farm labour shortages. Postwar Canadian industry has kept absorbing workers who otherwise would help farms. Temporary relief comes from bringing in farm workers, but they tend to move to cities after the required one year on the farm.
Workers move from farms to industrial plants seeking better wages and benefits. Without plans to match industry benefits such as regular hours and insurance, farm laborers may remain scarce as long as other sectors offer sufficient work.
A large roan steer aged seven to 17 years weighed 2450 pounds at an Edmonton packing plant and sold for 661.50, eight pounds dressed weight 1,448 pounds at 27 cents a pound. Marketing Service Canada Department of Agriculture notes the steer was raised by a hermit west of Pigeon Lake Alberta and shows signs of single-ox work with a Dutch collar.
In Tokyo the women's and minors' bureau reports slavery increasing in Japan with over 1500 persons known to have been sold into slavery this year and thousands more believed unaccounted for by authorities.
A collection of light anecdotes unfolds from a fortune teller tale to workplace scenes. A husband jokes about a nobler man, a kiss provokes sharp wit, hash orders trigger playful miscommunications, and a church collection subtly shifts the bill.
A former Calgary resident, Yukon game commissioner Mr. Kjar, plans to release 15 cows and five bulls in Hutchi Valley near Braeburn Lake, Yukon after transporting them 1700 miles from Elk Island sanctuary. He says elk can survive in the Yukon and the project will require education to persuade local Indians and sustain hunting.
Mrs A Gilroy who won prizes for her fruit cake at the Canadian National Exhibition received an offer from Edmonton of a dollar a slice for samples of the cake. Soil is a renewal resource, but it takes good scientific management to renew it.
In Yorkton police court a New Hampshire chicken sat in a cell while a kitten endured 48 hours in a brick kiln at 276 degrees. A rubber hand fooled Nashville police. A Peoria baby arrived with 11 grandparents. Joyce Geren of Connersville broke her arm days before ninth birthday. The Bachelor Club founder Pitofsky secretly wed Carrie Weber after planning marriages.
Open season runs November 26 to December 6 with a bag limit of one male Virginia white tailed or Jumiper deer over one year. Turtle Mountain Assiniboine and Rock Lake preserves open. Zephyr preserve closed. Moose hunting north of 53rd parallel by Manitobans only. Barren Ground caribou hunting closed except remote residents may kill one animal in December. Elk and Woodland caribou season closed province wide.
Prairie Christian training centre for the United Church of Canada conferences of Saskatchewan and Manitoba will open for registration at Qu’Appelle Sask on January 3 1952. The school aims to provide a rich experience of Christian fellowship for young people and lay workers. A W Kenner of Portage la Prairie Man said the project. A 10 member board of directors from each conference sits under chairman Dr W F Clarke of Portage la Prairie.
The Churchill Manitoba ladies club reports dances teas and handicraft sales plus a residents written book have raised 12000 over four years for local improvements.
In Argyle Manitoba Mrs. T. A. Henry found a three yolk egg among a basket from her sister-in-law a noted poultry breeder. The egg from a first year pullet is considered a possible record with mention of successful “cans.”
Victoria pair Ann Wilson and Phyliss Elwood rode two horses from Red Deer to Victoria in a nine week trek across the Rockies. They recalled attempting to bring their animals out due to Victoria's high horse prices and noted their ponies lived off the country as they traveled.
A visitor in Portsmouth England admitted taking flowers from the civic garden and sent a letter of apology along with a £1 note to the council as compensation. The report notes there are no snakes in Hawaii.
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