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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 18, 1935
Page
4
Experimental farm notes discuss whether certain rusted fields are worth harvesting. It advises on seed-bed preparation, timing for removing weedy crops, burning infested areas to kill seeds, plowing to control perennial roots, and using uncut crop as winter grazing before spring burning.
Farmers with commercial livestock should weigh the feeding value of shrunken wheat before disposal. The grain has higher protein, making it good for growing stock cattle and laying poultry, but low starch means it is not a high fattening feed. For fattening pigs, mixing with ground barley is advantageous.
The note discusses using ground or shriveled grain like oats barley and wheat in livestock feed. It suggests winter feeding with barley and mentions wheat in poultry rations to improve overall nutrition and bull content in oats and barley.
The Manitoba Sheep and Swine Breeders Association plans its annual sale in the Winter Fair Buildings Brandon on October 16 and 17. Purebred boars, rams, ewes and grade ewes will be offered. all rams and boars must be graded by the Dominion Live Stock Branch before sale acceptance. Buyers unable to attend may mail orders and still receive only high quality stock. On the same dates the Manitoba Winter Fair will hold its annual event.
JM Wardle, longtime chief engineer for National Parks of Canada, is promoted to deputy minister of the Department of the Interior in Ottawa. Born in Chilliwack in 1888, he helped build major highways in Banff and along the trans Canada route, including the Banff Windermere road and the Kicking Horse Trail. He led construction on the east and west legs of the Big Bend and on the Lake Louise to Jasper route. Wardle has been a key figure in Canadian mountain road development since joining the department in 1913.
Prize lists and entry forms for the Pali Lamb and Bacon Hog Show are available from the Secretary at Exhibition Offices Brandon. Classes include singles and groups for lambs and hogs with carcass divisions, and generous prizes offered in both departments.
Decker Orrwold United Church announces their anniversary services on Sunday September 24 and October 13 at 2 30 and 7 30 pm conducted by Rev T D Barnett of Hamiota. A fowl supper is planned for October 4 and a concert by Brookie Music Company on October 15.
Japanese Ambassador T Matsudaira enjoys a brief leave from duties at Banff Springs Hotel while en route to London. Australia’s Premier Lyons praises the British Empire for peace and urges broader Canada Australia trade. The Algonquin Hotel opens for summer with Gov Gen and Lady Bessborough among guests as Katy’s Cove remains a popular beach. Canadian Pacific expands Great Lakes service with new Port Arthur calls and deck activities for a week long round trip via Port McNicoll and Fort William.
The piece highlights Atlantic travel with steamship trips from Saint John to Digby and Boston to Yar mouth with Lake side Inn. It notes Cornwallis Inn as a base for trips to Evangeline Country near Grand Pre and August at Banff Springs with golf amateurs competing for the Prince of Wales Trophy and the Willingdon Cup.
New figures indicate lumber dominates sea trade by value, copper consumption rose about 37 percent from 1932 to 1934 with Europe up 23 percent, and lead up 14 percent. Rubber fell 14 percent while U S demand for rubber remains high. Newsprint production hit a 1934 peak with Canada increasing its share and boosting output 3.7 percent from 1933 at 35.3 percent of world supply.
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