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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1923
Page
4
The bulletin titled Poultry Feeds and Feedings outlines step by step chick care from hatching to transition to range feeding. It covers starter feeds including bread crumbs milk and grit, gradual feed increases, and later switch to coarser seeds. It emphasizes access to dry feed, grit, water and sour milk and mentions hand feeding diminishing as birds adjust to hopper feeding.
The Game Conservation Board approves Bowron Game Refuge in the Dominion Government. The 70 by 40 mile park includes Dowron Spectacle Sandy Long Isaac Indian Point Lakes and connected streams forming a 200 mile circular waterway. It hosts moose deer caribou mountain goat and many fish and birds with a snow clad peaks backdrop.
At a Western Manitoba meeting a farmer boasted shipping ten lambs to Winnipeg for 83 for tax coverage. His wife sent dressed poultry to the same market earning 186. He claimed the poultry income more than paid their taxes, noting farming’s profitability hinges on rendering all possible value. Reginaer.
Passage notes that belief can mask insincerity as a man remarks on faith in a woman. The line explores the gap between stated trust and actual motives.
A guide by W T Macoun outlines sowing windows for vegetables and flowers. Early spring sowing covers carrots lettuce onions parsnips peas radishes and herbs. cabbage cauliflower celery after frost risk. beans corn cucumbers melons squash later cabbage seed after frost and turnips late. Early potatoes may be planted during frost risk as they recover after freezing. Melons eggplants peppers ornamentals require similar care and should be set out early. Harden seedlings before transplanting and using plants can yield better bloom and crops than seeds for many annuals including sweet alyssum coreopsis poppy gysophila portulaca and similar varieties.
W. T. Macoun advises farm gardeners that fruit trees bushes and strawberry plants perform best when planted soon after soil dries in spring. Roots should be kept moist and planted promptly with trees and bushes set two to three inches deeper than before while strawberries stay near their prior depth. Ornamental trees and shrubs require similar care for best results.
J B Harkin Dominion Parks Commissioner told the Kiwanis Club in Ottawa that Canada’s national parks drew about 26 million dollars in tourist traffic in 1922 while only about one million dollars was spent on maintenance, implying a 2000 percent return. He urged expanding protected areas beyond the Rockies.
G H Hutton, superintendent of animal husbandry for Canadian Pacific Railway, promotes trench silos and sunflower ensilage. He says silos cost little beyond labor, and widespread use could save Western Canadian farmers millions and cut dairy costs by about twenty percent.
Sunflowers suit cooler regions where corn fails due to weather, growing well in lower temperatures. In areas with reliable corn, there is little advantage to switch. If corn is unreliable yearly, consider planting sunflowers proportionally. Without a silo, sunflowers cannot replace corn.
A Philadelphia Ledger quip notes a natural history class query about a dromedary. Student Robert finally answers, defining a dromedary as a two masted camel.
Frank Yiegh of Toronto told the Canadian Club in Buffalo that Canada is the richest per capita nation due to its vast natural resources. Elsewhere the article notes snow walls six feet six inches thick in France and rifles firing at fifty five yards, with projectiles stopping at five and a half feet.
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More than 10,000 books were published in England during the past year, indicating robust output across authors and publishers. The figure underscores continued literary activity amid shifting market dynamics and reader demand.
A British firm introduces a heat conducting enamel coating for pot bottoms to speed boiling. Tests show an electric kettle on a hot plate boils in five minutes instead of eight. Sold in kitchen tins with brush, it aims to cut gas coal and electricity costs for households.
Naturalists note lark heard at 3.2 a.m., thrush at 3.8, sedgena bler at 3.19, blackbird at 3.25 with about 30 species singing before 4 a.m. A famed bird lover lists best singers as migrants nightingale and blackcap and home birds blackbird thrush and lark.
A concise reflection on enduring through scarcity, noting daily effort to make do with limited resources. The phrase suggests common hardship and resilience in pursuing desired comforts.
The Department of Agriculture in Ottawa plans approved Barred Plymouth Rocks flocks to supply breeding stock and hatching eggs. The Manitoba Poultry Promoter will manage breeder gains, enforce parentage standards, maintain records, and cull flocks for three years while aiding market access and profitability. Pamphlet No. 25 outlines scheme details and the Record of Performance A certificates.
A historical note explains misspelling stems from poor eyesight in early life. It argues correct spelling relies on accurately photographed word shapes in the brain. If the eyes fail to capture a perfect likeness of a word, memory and spelling suffer.
Saskatchewan produced 8 901 104 lbs of creamery butter in 1922, up 1 871 051 lbs or 26 6 percent from 1921, per a Provincial Dairy Commissioner report. Farmers earned about 9 498 600 dollars in cash for dairy products sold off the farms during 1922.
Stella and four Brownies host a magical End-of-the-Earth party for fairies and forest folk. Invitations travel via honey bubbles blown from a dandelion stem, delivering whispers to Oak-tree Fairies Flower Fairies and Bee guests. The night shines with moonlight lanterns Fireflies music by Wood larks and a festive dance with glittering sandaled attire.
In 1922 Alberta led drilling activity with about 220 000 feet logged. A major gas field near Medicine Hat and Calgary produced 180 million cubic feet daily for domestic and industrial use. Several southern Alberta oil wells were profitable though small, with one Northwest Territories well. Montana success spurred seven Canadian boreings, but only partial depth reached and no new producers yet. Spring work is expected to resume and uncompleted wells may begin producing.
A German Gypsy camp near Berlin sparked police interest by selling heavy gold spurs to metal dealers. Investigators found the band all owned similar heirloom spurs passed down through generations. The group sold some to fund larger scale horse-trading, citing depreciated paper marks as motivation.
English investors have acquired substantial stakes in the Daly Alaska Prince John and Forty-nine mines in the Stewart district. The Provincial Minister of Mines authorized collecting mineral samples from various B C districts to be sent to the Agent General in London for display at exhibitions.
Field work for the Moriey sheet revision of the Sectional Map of Canada by the Topographical Surveys Branch is complete. The map highlights topographical features including lakes streams mountains and wooded areas with roads classified by importance. Banff Alberta, a famed mountain resort, lies in the area covered by this sheet.
An imperial edict once forbade canes or walking sticks for all but patricians. The ban made canes a coveted symbol among the nobility and evolved into a social distinction over time.
For more than a century a renowned London firm has specialized in inventing and producing locks and safes designed to thwart burglars, maintaining a long tradition of security engineering and practical protection.
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