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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1971
Page
5
An auction is set for Frank B. Klassen’s property located miles south of Gladstone on No High Gray, one mile east and one mile south. Sale details and timing to be announced by the clerk.
An auction notice lists machinery for sale on Saturday June 19 including a 7 ft power mower a 10 hammermill and a rubber-tired chaser. Also offered are timbers gates belts a threshing machine and farm tools with hay and straw. Cattle include Jerseys Hereford and Roan cows heifers calves and yearling steer with several milking animals noted as bred or calf at foot.
Manitoba's 100 major egg producers face bankruptcy due to high prices from producers and a conflict with Quebec that has crippled export markets. Peter Dyck, chairman of the Manitoba Egg and Pullet Producers Association, warns that prices below cost could turn Manitoba into an importer within two months. Manitoba exports about 10,000 15-dozen cases weekly, mainly to Quebec before its import restrictions. He cites federal plans to buy Manitoba eggs for overseas aid to stabilize prices but warns production cuts or government purchases for only six to eight weeks may be needed to restore the 23-cent-a-dozen level.
C J Munro of International Harvester Canada reports at the Canadian Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute that 1971 farm equipment sales should rise at least seven percent with 15 percent ahead of last year. Saskatchewan up 51 percent and Alberta 29 percent flag optimistic short term trend. tractor sales expected at 19,500 units, an eight percent rise from 1970 amid a four year downtrend reversal. Political note: four Conservative, three Liberal, one Independent and Social Credit opposed the Speaker's ruling.
The Manitoba Health and Social Development Department will survey about 5,000 Manitobans aged 66 and over this summer to guide elder care planning. Health Minister Rene Toupin described it as part of a comprehensive effort to improve services and facilities for seniors, covering income housing health and clothing questions.
Bob Helm of Canadian Protein Pastures Ltd touts hydroponics as a solution to future food shortages. The system grows vegetables indoors using nutrient solution and fluorescent light, with potential tomato production units planned in major Canadian centers. Hydroponic grass also boosts milk yields and is valued for cost efficiency, with about 5,000 installations in North America.
About 500 union demonstrators gathered at Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg to pressure CAE Industries Ltd to keep its troubled aircraft maintenance plant open. MLA E. B. Osler guaranteed the plant would not close as unions urged Ottawa to preserve work here amid loss of a $5 million contract and declining staff from 1000 to 545.
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