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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1961
Page
6
Five day courses at the Agricultural Extension Centre Brandon cover latest techniques. Tuition usually five dollars with accommodation for four persons. Beef Cattle Course leads the slate from November 27 to December 1.
December program details for Swine Course listed with contacts Joe Forbes and Howard Barnsley Agricultural Office Portage. Skunk control via raw egg and gopher poison method suggested by Ron Craig with tape seal yields up to three months. Portage Carberry ag rep area reports six potato test plots with Norland top yield at 124 bushels and several other varieties ranking. Upcoming Nov 22 4 H Leaders supper and meeting in MacGregor Hall with speaker Mrs Evelyn Sutton. UN reports Soviet imports from Red China down 23 percent in 1960 and exports to that country down 14 percent.
A Saturday Oct 7 ceremony at St Stephen United Church Bagot joined Louise Ione Landers and Daniel Stuart Rintoul in a double ring wedding officiated by Rev Earl Armistead. The bride wore silk organza lace gown with pearl accessories and carried stephanotis. attendants wore hot pink nylon organza. Reception for 100 at Rossendale Hall featured a three tier cake, pink and white decor, and a dance. The couple will reside in Extra Manitoba after a short honeymoon.
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair announced the first 14 members of Canada's agricultural hall of fame. Portraits will be unveiled Sunday at the fair. Named include Fraser Valley dairy farmer Alex Mercer and Winnipeg race horse breeder Robert Speers. The hall of fame origin began last year with nominations from national associations. Other inductees include Joseph Edward Brethour and Duncan O Bull among notable breeders and organizers across Ontario Quebec and Nova Scotia. The list features breeders importers and leaders who shaped Canadian agriculture.
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