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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 27, 1927
Page
4
A historical report discusses Canada’s forest resources, value of primary forest products in 1925, and government reforestation efforts. It notes export pressures, the need for protection, and actions by the Dominion Government and Ontario to plant trees and set aside land for reforestation.
A collage of reflections asks if progress has made people happier and richer than in old days. It notes the rise of automobiles, air travel, women’s hair fashion, and wartime shifts, then ponders faith versus analysis and a shipboard moment about a ship doctor as a crowd grows wary of electric-powered slaughterhouses.
The piece argues Russia is unready for major conflict despite war talk. It notes limited navy, inadequate army, and industrial shortfalls for weapons and equipment. It suggests revolutions could follow prolonged fighting and that rulers fear domestic upheaval if war drags on.
The article says windbreaks protect fruit trees from moisture loss, wind damage, and drying during storms. It recommends native white spruce as the best evergreen shelter, planted eight to ten feet apart, with possible multiple interlaced rows in severe areas, and Caragana hedging across the plantation as an additional split protection.
A Dominion bulletin advises proper rabbit feeding to avoid failures in breeding. Good hay should be available when green fodder is scarce, with morning and evening meals of grain such as wheat or oats plus occasional carrot or celery. Remove leftover trough feed. in winter grind grain into a slightly moistened mash and provide pure clean water, with occasional milk.
The Dominion Department of Mines reports eighty three assurances of sodium sulphate deposits in Western Canada, mainly Saskatchewan, with twenty one prospects showing over 115 million tons of Andrews salts. The commodity supports Canada’s pulp and paper industry and various sectors including glass metallurgy dye and textiles.
The Var and Poultry Marketing Service reports the current poultry situation as only fairly satisfactory, with a generally good overall condition. The spring is cold and backward for young chickens, and prices or profits are implied to vary, as one speaker jokes about wealth from poultry ventures.
A Northern Ontario mine digs a new shaft tapping extended ore bodies and triggering a massive Canadian effort. Timber from British Columbia fuels construction while Canadian machinery, transport, and logging industries mobilize for a $2,000,000 project. Underground workings lead to mills and metallurgy, creating direct and indirect employment for hundreds or thousands.
An elderly woman sends trousers via Parcel Post after consulting a Postal Guide. The recipient is charged high letter-rate, prompts a dispute at the post office. The postmaster notes the parcel is Book Post though it isn’t a book, sparking the humorous exchange. A companion joke about a landlady and a sculptor closes the piece with a remark about Canada’s nickel mine near Sudbury.
A Fredericton Experimental Station guide outlines removing couch grass after harvest through repeated shallow ploughing and disk harrowing. Begin with early bay cutting, cover with a jointer, disk flat then progressively deeper, repeat weekly, then use spring tooth cultivator and light cultivation until winter, aiming to clear land without bare fallow. The process is time consuming but effective.
W H B Hoare of the North West Territories and Yukon branch organized long Arctic coast banding in 1924 25. Three young duck hawks were banded July 30 1924 between Babbage River and Kine Point Yukon Territory with one killed near Duchesne Utah February 20 1925 after migrating at least 2300 miles. Three robins were banded near Coppermine River in the North West Territories. The piece also notes Alberta highway progress and workplace chaff.
The Safety Department of Canadian National Railways introduces a four bracket device mounted on front and rear of hand cars and motors to keep the car on rails. Tests with a gasoline car at 10 to 30 mph showed the brackets reliably held the car intact on the rails.
The dredger uncovers varied wreckage from mud and anchors to fragment wood and a ship’s carved adornments. A small chest holds a crucifix and two children's bones while armor and a church bell emerge from a south coast estuary. Two skeleton hands, one large and one small, are found linked, with a corroded ring on a finger.
A Barkless dog developed by an Olympia breeder is described as not a real dog. The piece mocks the creature’s lack of barking, tail, eyes, ears, and joyful temper, contrasting it with typical canine traits and boyhood dog memories.
The article argues that a cheerful companion revealed by sharing likes over dislikes. Liking sparks enthusiasm and curiosity, while focusing on dislikes signals destructiveness and grumblings. A positive talker engages others, awakens tastes, and acts as a builder and creator.
A courtroom scene features a lawyer asking about U S presidents with improvised pauses and a joking exchange. The dialogue shows a tense moment as a respondent answers Adams and others slip into humor about thirds and self reference.
The article explains where strawberries raspberries and currants grow in Canada and how climate soil and protection affect yields. It notes early June ripening in Ontario and British Columbia with August finish in Quebec and other regions and highlights growing conditions soil type and the potential for commercial cultivation though much remains nonindustrial.
Reports describe enormous fossil remains from Sonora Mexico including a tooth twelve inches long and four inches wide likely from a crocodile-like alogaurus. Veterinary estimates place a full set of teeth near a quarter of a ton and a head as large as a motorcar with total weight in the scores of tons.
Journal reports a Kansas rabbit race beside a car reaching 38 miles per hour as the car finally gains. A University Heights student asks his father to honor a $5 promise for passing a year in school, prompting a skeptical reply.
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