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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 25, 1962
Page
3
Pigs brought record prices at the Manitoba Winter Pair event with 73 boars selling for an average $151.95 and 51 sows at $106.86, totaling $16,542.50. Yorkshire boars and sows dominated sales with averages around $151 and $108, while Lacombe boars averaged $160.71 and sows $97. Last year Yorkshire boars averaged $85 and York sows $73.
The agricultural representative outlines programs covering Greenway Souris Arborg Grunthal Minnedosa and Fisher Branch with a one year test reducing warble counts by an average 7.4 per animal. A continuous program could yield better results and seed for up to 30 acres is provided at 1.70 per acre through the Soil Conservation Policy. Eight seed mixtures are offered adaptable to varied conditions. The annual poultry conference covers manure disposal ventilation poultry house construction high energy rations Leucosis control and other topics with on site egg testing by Hough Unit method and written improvement reports. Dates to remember include October 27 Elwood Downie Z Wawanese annual sale of 200 head of heifers and feeder cattle and November 1 deadline for futurity class entries at the Manitoba Winter Fair.
Premier Duff Roblin announced a $3,000,000 potash development in western Manitoba with Tombill Mines Limited leasing 4,617 acres between St Lazare Binscarth and the Saskatchewan border. The company had earlier leased about 4,000 acres and plans to spend $3,000,000 on mine development or plant construction in five years.
Homemakers offers color and light tips for rooms with dark walls. Use white or neutral accents to brighten spaces and choose a single quiet wall color with small accessories for contrast. For small rooms, pick few large pieces, maximize storage, and consider dual purpose furniture to enlarge the feel of the space.
Hallowe'en for UNICEF is organized again under MacGregor Sunday schools. Teams of children will canvass homes between 7 and 8 o'clock on Hallowe'en. Groups call at homes and collect small change. Posters in local stores show UNICEF work. Meet at Memorial Hall at 6.30 for organization, then return for a post canvass party.
In Waymart Pennsylvania two elderly farmhands Sigmund Rutkoski aged 88 and John Howish aged 63 were killed by a 1200 pound Holstein bull with six inch horns last week. They were badly trampled and gored in a narrow passageway from a barn.
Hartford News reports guests and visits over the weekend. Families from Portage, Poplar Point, Hartney, Winnipeg, and Ottawa are listed visiting relatives such as the Rintouls, Gourleys, and Smiths. Travel included a plane visit by Glenn Rintoul from Ottawa.
Rexall Drug Store advertises a weekend sale with two 34 percent extra jars of Adrienne All Purpose Cream for $1.28, a regular value of $2.50. The promotion promises hundreds of pharmacy items at reduced prices and highlights the Rexall brand.
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