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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 26, 1930
Page
5
The article notes nineteen years of Dominion success in North American wheat competitions dating from 1911. It highlights how Canadian exhibitors, mainly from the West and Prairie Provinces, repeatedly won top honors for hard red spring wheat, spreading prestige across the wheat-growing region.
Hon. T. A. Crerar notes Western Canada shifted from 214 to 425 million bushels annual wheat in four decades. Acreage rose from 11 to about 25 million dedicated to wheat by 1929, with total cultivated land over 50 million acres including summer fallow and temporary pastures.
Canada produced about 21.23 million pounds of wool in 1929, up from 19.61 million in 1928, with provisional value around 4.25 million dollars. Ontario led with 6.3 million pounds, followed by Quebec 5.50 million and Alberta 3.05 million.
An agricultural note stresses the farmer’s need to service the fanning mill before spring oats work. It highlights three functions: removing impurities by air, ridging to separate foreign grain, and sieving for size and weed seeds. Regular checks of sieves and fans, careful repairs, and steady feeding from the hopper ensure efficiency and quality.
Advertising in newspapers is plain common sense. The largest advertisers recognize newspapers reach the mind and heart of readers at supper time when they read. Sowing the seed with follow-up ads yields fruit for those who deliver good values.
Alberta reports fur production from July 1 1928 to June 30 1929 totaling 1 669 562 pelts valued at 2 473 191 40 dollars. Exports in the period reached 1 622 693 pelts worth 3 871 797 80 dollars, compared with the prior year’s value of 1 561 691 50 dollars.
A visiting official recalls an informal encounter where the London manager allegedly called him a liar, highlighting tensions during a routine introduction. The remark is noted as a single casual insult within the exchange.
A brief meditation notes that some people fade from sight yet remain in memory. It honors those who endure through stories, traditions, and quiet acts that keep them present in communities.
Mr. Davies, former superintendent of the fourth district, is promoted to general superintendent in charge of western lines with headquarters at Winnipeg. He is succeeded by R. J. Foster, who takes over as fourth district superintendent.
A Canada wide report notes strong demand for young saddle and hunting horses. Dr. W. R. Motherwell states Canadians seek mounts abroad, with Irish imports rising as local stud districts deplete. Sales of yearlings to three-year-olds fetch high prices, while a shortage of suitable heavyweight stallions limits supply.
A farmer in need asks Si Warren, known as the town fool, to help with extra hands. The farmer offers payment equal to Si's worth, prompting Si to reply he won't work for that measure.
A pianist urges a vocalist to sing louder and more enthusiastically. The vocalist defends his effort, insisting he is already giving his all and asking what more he can do to ensure success.
At a Toronto convention the Viscount Willingdon accepted the nomination as honorary president of the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club. Lt. Col. Bartley Bull of Brampton invited him and received a telegram confirming the governor general’s acceptance. J M McGillivray of Sardis was elected president and BC director, L D Macintosh of Hartland elected Maritime director, Robert Davidson of North Hatley Quebec director, Col. Bull honorary director. One hundred delegates attended from across Canada.
The 1929 Canadian crop report shows wheat total at 299,520,000 bushels from 25,255,002 acres, down 267,206,000 bushels from 1928. Oats yield reached 282,838,300 bushels, barley 102,313,300. Prairie provinces produced 276,664,000 wheat, 141,620,000 oats, and 79,787,000 barley amid unusual climate conditions.
Canada advances aerial survey mapping under federal auspices with air navigation maps for aviators. A scale four miles to one inch covers Montreal to Morrisburg, and eight miles to one inch for Winnipeg to Regina. 1929 saw 76 455 square miles photographed, surpassing 1928 by 10 000.
Style No. 3141 offers a two piece skirt and bodice with a dipping back hem to slim the figure. Available in sizes 16 18 36 38 40 and 42 bust with 3 x 39 inch material and matching bindings. Pattern price 25 cents.
The University of British Columbia will sell purebred Jersey and Ayrshire cattle on March 5 as government curbs on agricultural spending prompt asset disposal. The offering may include at least 40 head, with progeny from imported Ayrshire stock, six bulls and four heifers by noted Scottish sires. Jerseys are university breeding stock, and ten purebred Clydesdales, mostly mares and fillies, will also be offered.
The airship R-100 will not fly to Canada in spring and may stay in its hangar. A Europe tour is proposed to help the crew gain experience in handling the giant vessel. A Cambridge University lecturer designs a house featuring glass walls metal furniture and a fountain with colored lights.
A youthful Quebecer known as Ti Bonhomme rehearses for the Winter Ice Pageant to be staged in Quebec this month. He dreams of the International Dog Derby in February and mimics Jeff, lead dog of Arthur Beauvais, as he braves cold weather with vivid imagination.
Nathan Haskell Dole writes from a transplanted Bostonian perspective to Alfred E. Smith defending his use of radio with the a short as in hat. He cites classical precedent from Ovid Fasti where radius in ablative has a short a, arguing there is no sense in long versus short vowels.
Nine of ten diphtheria deaths occur in children under ten, local health officials report, highlighting the disease’s severe risk to young youngsters and urging vaccination and preventive care.
A pithy remark notes that vanity or a swollen head can dull judgment and hinder thinking. The quip portrays a man whose brain is pinched by pride, leaving him less capable of clear thought.
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