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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 27, 1927
Page
5
Governments from Britain and Canada back a ten year offer of up to 6000 pounds to help British youths ages 15 to 36 migrate to Canada. The plan funds farm training centers and grants for equipment creating opportunities for boys to work on Canadian farms and become independent settlers with future farm ownership.
A government backed scheme offers up to 2000 to buy farms and stock for young British men aged 18 to 25 to settle in Canada. Provincial training centers, joint British and Canadian funding, and farm stockyards at Saskatoon are part of the program, with overall admin by the Dominion Government. Work begins now with livestock shipments anticipated.
A cable to the Department of Trade and Commerce reports Britain ready to buy Canadian timothy and clover hay. If weather stays favorable, Canada could export over 4 million tons this season, with Ontario and Quebec production up and rains affecting yields.
A bulletin from the Department of Agriculture recommends disinfecting threshing machines to prevent cereal smut spread. Clean inside and out, place absorbent sacks soaked in formalin inside the machine, seal openings for five to six hours, then sterilize exteriors with a knapsack sprayer. The process takes about half an hour and costs little.
Saskatchewan wool growers show growth as 708 contracts now in force with the Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers Limited. Manager W W Thomsen reports 46 116 fleeces affected, with overall fleece volume increasing despite fewer contracts than last year.
The prairie provinces lack adaptation for commercial apple stowing but Manitoba around Morden shows potential for hardy home orchard varieties. Experimental trials began in 1924 with many seedlings fruiting in 1925 and 1926 yielding Patten Greening Hibernal Anis Galetia Green Sweet Dudley and Duchess. Fire blight remains the main threat and is combated by removing infections.
Canada seems poised for higher exports to Britain says James Malcolm after touring the British Isles. He cites proper packing and reliable supply as keys and notes Sir William Crawford will visit to discuss cooperative advertising plans.
Louis Louis-l Dreytus a French banker and grain merchant addressed the French American committee in Paris praising Canada as the world’s greatest wheat exporter. He said Canadian wheat is equal in quality to others except some Russian cereal and that Canadian supplies will continue to rise.
Canadian grown seed exhibits claim high honors at international events with wheat winning 14 of 16 championships. Oats alfalfa Timothy and field peas also win prizes while barley alsike red clover sweet clover field beans oats and rye secure top or high placements.
Developing Western Fruit shows a thriving horticultural business at Droomiore on the Russell branch of the Canadian National Railways. FL Skinner cultivates fruits and shrubs, with some stock from the Ural mountains, aiming to suit Western Canadian climates. Products are shipped this year to the Pacific Coast and Ontario. Skinner contributes to the Heston Horticultural Society and writes on garden subjects, highlighting Western Canada’s untapped potential in horticulture.
Department of Agriculture reports many Saskatchewan farm homes not yet registered. Deputy Minister F Wo Auld says up to two years of protection for unregistered names, but after May 1 1824 no protest allowed if another has a registered name.
A Lyons chemist Nanwat Mallaval claims a new method to separate true from false diamonds using ultraviolet photography. Clear images indicate genuine stones while dark halos mark fakes and the negative shades reveal each diamond’s origin. An earlier attempt with x rays reportedly failed.
Sir Alfred Yarrow, famed marine engineer, suffered insomnia while traveling. He designed an electrically actuated bed at the National Physical Laboratory to mimic the Canadian Pacific train ride's smooth, rocking motion. The bed was showcased at a London Institution of Electrical Engineers exhibition in Hoyland.
Canada strengthens seed export leadership with Captain Maive de Hirst noting Italy Denmark and Russia as buyers while experiments in pasture crops favor rape over corn. Canada expands civil aviation aims to establish an air mail service Pacific coast seaplane bases and regional routes with Royal Canadian Air Force testing in St Lawrence and Manitoba mining areas.
The 1926 Alberta salt works near McMurray produced 2.057 tons, contributing to Alberta and Nova Scotia share of Canada’s 262.347 tons total. Ontario supplied 961 percent, with Alberta and Nova Scotia supplying the rest. The works are on the Athabasca River north of Edmonton. Magazine editor Frazier Hunt leaves Cosmopolitan to ranch at Eden Valley, Alberta, joining a local ranching life while remaining advisors to Cosmopolitan.
Sir Frederick Stupart, head of Canada's Meteorological Service, believes a balloon station will soon be established in or near Halifax to gather meteorological reports for aerial navigation.
The Saskatchewan Livestock Board voted to ask the Provincial Government to raise its annual grant from 140990 to 15000. Barber, replying to a joke about hair dye, confirms a ten year old change.
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