Agricultural Representative Notes Portage Carberry Farm Day
Long report summarizes the 12th annual livestock day at the University of Manitoba with a full schedule of talks on carcass quality, digestion, beef cattle nutrition, lamb feedlot performance, and breed development. It also notes a career change for the author and introduces successor Jim McKnight for the Portage Carberry area. Additional pieces cover wheat moisture protein, flax yields on clean land, and rape growing guidance including varieties Arlo and Golden and pest considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Manitoba
J. R. Weir
Faculty of Agriculture and Home Economics
Animal Science
Portage-Carberry
Morden
Jim McKnight
MacGregor Oe
Burning Bush A Noxious Weed Warns Manitobans
Gardeners are warned against planting kochia or Burning Bush in Manitoba. Weed specialists say Kochia was classed as a noxious weed three years ago and may be prosecuted under The Noxious Weeds Act. Once confined to a southwest area, it has spread to Shoal Lake and the Red River Valley, infesting cultivated fields with seed that disperses abundantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Department of Agriculture and Conservation
Manitoba
Shoal Lake
Red River Valley
Controlling Pocket Gophers in Manitoba Farms
Manitoba farmers seek control of pocket gophers using natural predators first, then poisoning, gassing, or trapping if needed. Gophers tunnel underground during most of the year, surfacing mainly in breeding season to feed on alfalfa and grass roots and occasionally invade gardens. Canada’s R D Bird describes gophers as the size of common gophers with hairless tails and large external cheek pouches, noting they resemble moles but moles are rare in the province’s fields. He suggests methods including placing baited turnip, carrot, or potato dust into a tunnel, or pouring calcium cyanide gas into a tunnel after locating it with a probing stick. A standard gopher trap can be used with the trap jaws parallel to tunnel sides, the opening covered with a shingle and soil, and light excluded to prevent the animal from burying the poison or trap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
R. D. Bird
Canada Department of Agriculture Research Station
Winnipeg
Changes Made In Branding Rules in Manitoba
Manitoba bars and brands rules tighten livestock identification with new registration required for all brands. Amended Animal Husbandry Act limits brands to four positions and specific shapes, two letters or numbers plus symbols, with G in reverse position. Registration aims to prevent ownership confusion and brand duplication as cattle mixing grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Animal Husbandry
Department of Agriculture
Seed weed spreads far and triggers hay fever
Weed breaks off at soil surface and rolls with the wind, enabling miles of spread from a single plant. It is a heavy pollen producer aggravating hay fever sufferers. Experts say control is best achieved by spraying the seedlings with 24D or MCPA at one-half pound per acre.
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MacGregor Herald
Roland Dann
Connie
Macgregor and District
Prruage la Prairie
THE
C. W. Sloik
St. N.W
Portage LA Prairie
Herb Borton
MacGregor
J. S. Thomson
Royal Road North
Harry L. Trump
Optometrist
Rosser Avenue
Brandon
Enone PA wzBur
Erle R.george Cee Od
AL Lye, QC
Austin
Austin Credit Union
Austin, Man
Doris Randall
Agricultural Representative
H. PA. Barnsley
Portage-Carberry Areas
Ukrainetz
Federal
Scott
Saskatchewan
W. C. Chubb
Canada Department of Agriculture
TCA
Dalapan
Hammond
Gladstone, Manitoba
Vancouver
Rockies
Vancouver Harbour
Nanaimo
Malahat
Victoria
Seattle
Livestock Branch
Norquay Building
Royston
England
Macgregor Greenhouses
Burden
H. E. Orchard
Austin Community Hall
the Shades
C.S.T
Austin Pony League
Cardinal Ball Clube
Camu
Marshall Wells
R. Gal
Zenith
W. Lye& Son Ltd
Macregor
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