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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1927
Page
4
The article argues prairie agriculture powers Canadian progress and revitalizes trade with the Mother Country. It notes that over thirty years commercial currents between Canada and the United Kingdom have transformed, with British wheat purchases and other Canadian exports rising in value far beyond prior levels.
For twenty years before 1897 Canada's commerce with the Motherland was nearly stationary. By June 1895 trade began to surge as Canada settled its prairie agriculture, expanding wheat growing and promising a lasting economic link between Britain and the Dominion. Western wheat resources show untapped potential and a strong long term bond between the British Isles and Canada.
The drill plow invention by Peter Isaac, a Russian-born farmer, combines plowing and seeding in one pass. Demonstrations at Manitoba Agricultural College impressed agronomists, promising time and labor savings and weed destruction. The system supports early spring planting for quicker growth and weed control. POTATO disease inspection and seed certification progress described, with Pamphlet No. 51 from Ottawa outlining rules, standards, and steps to obtain disease-free Canadian certified seed.
An four winter study at Kapuskasing Ontario experimental station compares sunflower silage with oats peas and vetch silage for winter lamb feed. Lambs fed sunflower silage averaged 6.24 pounds daily gain versus 6.17 for the other mix, though feed cost per 100 pounds was 19.37 dollars for sunflower and 15.63 for the alternative.
After five years for grand larceny Atwell Austin left the Kansas penitentiary on parole with patent rights to an electrically operated railroad crossing gate he had worked on as a convict. Another inmate provided the $1900 needed to secure the patent.
A Scotsman touring a battleship asks about a grenade on a marine’s cap, is told it is a turnip, and protests he did not ask about the head. Canada’s dairy export data for the year to Oct 31 1927 show 4 188 974 gallons fresh cream and 3 842 175 gallons fresh milk valued at 5 131 002 dollars, mostly to the United States. The quote notes the saying about successful men and their many followers.
Saskatchewan researchers at the Scott Experimental Station report silage may shift farming toward diversified crops. Oats and corn falter in drought and frost, while sunflowers offer the most dependable silage with strong frost and drought tolerance, though following crops may yield less.
Harvey J. Sconce, Illinois agricultural scientist and author, has bred corn varieties with purple green bronze yellow lavender and pink hues. The 2,500 acre farm near here showcases his colorized stalks and leaves. Sconce began selection in 1902 after graduating from the University of Illinois. He developed codless corn padded corn and chrysanthemum corn with some varieties offering genuine economic value.
The North German Lloyd liner Stuttgart arrived harbor reports 80 percent relief from seasickness using a mask device perfected by the ship's surgeons. The mask carries the tang of solid earth and was tested during the voyage.
An Ontario study at Lacombe Experimental Station tests removing hulls from oat chop for young pigs over 127 days. Results show hullless oats cost under $42 per hundred weight to finish versus $5.70 more per hundred for entire chop, with unhulled feed extending finishing time.
A Lincolnshire man, R F Parker, reports his hen laid two eggs at a time four times weekly after sunstroke last year. The bird produced three eggs on two occasions and, after separating from others due to jealousy, continued laying eleven to twelve eggs weekly.
More than 1 000 600 acres were sown to fail wheat in Canada up to October 31 this year, per the Dominion department of agriculture. Nearly 900 000 acres were sown in Ontario and about 94 100 in Alberta. Forty eight years ago Edison’s first electric lamp shone out and probably soon went out, but the idea persisted.
A Canada wide report shows the Tree Planting Division expanding shelterbelts across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. From 1927 to 1928 hundreds of thousands of seedlings are sent to over 11 000 farmers with growing interest in orchards shrubs and lawns.
A Dominion Department of Agriculture bulletin advises selecting well matured turkeys in fall for breeding and market fattening. Turkeys should roam by day, have straw barn shelter at night, not be housed with hens or in heated stalls, and receive limited rations in winter with daily grain. Grit and oyster shell are advised. March brings extra grain and a noon wet mash with skim-milk.
Pattern 2 guide advises cleaning windows in freezing weather using a soft cloth and kerosene. It emphasizes careful handling and suggests steps to apply kerosene sparingly to remove grime without streaks.
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