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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 07, 1924
Page
5
Northern Alberta settlers in Beaver District with sixteen years northward experience advocate mixed farming over sole grain crops. They cite transport limits, inflation, high interest, and labor costs as main hindrances, urge welcoming newcomers, and emphasize affordable soil, fuel, water, and building materials.
A message to Mr KR Gladwyn Newton reports the Dominion Government Experimental Station has taken over a large 36 acre tract behind Wintermere from the Soldiers Settlement Beart. No notice has yet been received for gathering or motor development work, and the area, once cultivated, has deteriorated into a wild state in recent years.
A crew of sixteen men and a foreman arrived at Mite 227 on the Hudson's Bay Railway to open a gravel pit for repairs. Sixteen carloads of ties have been shipped, with more expected, as renovation of the Vine from The Pan to Mile 331 is projected to cost about 400000 dollars.
The report records 68,741 animals condemned and destroyed in California since the root and mouth disease outbreak. It lists 442 infected herds and 26,314 cattle, 19,916 sheep, 18,402 hogs, and 412 goats condemned or slaughtered.
An entomological bulletin notes late summer hatching and May nymph emergence across field crops. Broadcast mixtures using Paris green or white arsenic with molasses juice and citrus peel, or sawdust and salt trials, are advised, covering five acres per batch. Best results come from morning applications. Prairie Criddle mix uses horse droppings with Paris green and salt. Old pastures should be ploughed six inches deep and harrowed immediately after.
Leslie Boyd and George Seris report that Canadian grain routed through United States ports for export is being mixed and that complaints exist about shipment quality. They urge Canada to press the United States to tighten regulations. European boards find grain quality satisfactory in nine ports.
The Dominion Flak Commissioner cites wholesale fruit dealers showing McIntosh as the prairie provinces and British Columbia’s top apple. Second choices include Yellow Newton in BC and Wagener in Alberta and Saskatchewan, with Delicious and Spy favored in several regions and eastern provinces leaning toward Gravenstein and other old varieties.
British Columbia records show motor vehicles rising from 6 688 in 1914 to 39 506 last year. Government data reflects rapid traffic growth with highway spending totaling 7 750 547 in five years ending March List. Federal contributions reached 1 251 935.
An engineer and a fireman under a Beauvais locomotive clung upside down as the engine started. It sped seven miles before slowing. the men then used their feet to apply brakes and avoid disaster.
A lighthearted observation notes that people worldwide find joy in the humor shared between lovers. The line highlights universal affection and the human appetite for amusement within romantic bonds.
Across Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta creamery butter output rose sharply in early 1924 led by Saskatchewan gains of 1.0 million pounds for January and February. January 473112 and February 551514 pounds show 27.4 and 37.4 percent increases over 1923. Western export trade grows with Manitoba sending 180 carloads and Saskatchewan exporting over 7 million pounds to Chicago New York and eastern markets.
The Department of Immigration reports Canada saw 148 560 entrants in the last 12 months up from 72 587 the prior year. British-born arrivals rose 111 percent to 72 919 while U S immigration fell seven percent and other countries rose 237 percent.
Tuskegee Institute figures show 28 lynchings in 1923, a drop from prior years. The report notes lynching as a violent, collective act but emphasizes the reduced total compared with larger historical totals.
In 26 years from 1757 to 1783 nine British prime ministers included four dukes. In the recent century only one duke has held the premiership, highlighting shifts in aristocratic influence over cabinet leadership.
Early April shows a payroll contraction of over one percent with reduced operations similar to 1923 though a larger share was hit last year. Maritime Provinces and British Columbia report payroll gains while other provinces trend downward. An entire stamps issue commemorating the Crown Prince's wedding was destroyed in a great earthquake.
Completed in January 1924 at a cost of 915000, the Strauss-Cascule Victoria bridge links Esquimalt Harbor to Oak Bay a six mile route, with two spans the highway and railway. Built by Canadian Bridge Company it involved 10000 cubic yards of concrete and 1000 tons of steel. Funding came from federal provincial and city sources withCPR and Esquimalt Nanaimo railway lines ready at opening. The bridge supports future streetcar lines and marks a major engineering achievement in Victoria.
Saskatchewan government to provide financial help to the wheat producers pool in the province in the form of a loan. A. F. E. Wilson cites a 6 million acre target via waivers and existing contracts, aiming for mid June completion. Premier MacDonald speaks on using the experts report as a path to European peace and disarmament cooperation.
The sheep raiser holds the decision to sell buck lambs at top price next fall or accept a discount of two dollars per head. A decree imposes a two dollar per hundredweight cut on all buck lambs bought after July’s mild die. Wether lambs yield thicker carcasses with finer flavor than rams and emasculation is similarly simple and essential.
The Edmonton Board of Trade asked for a survey of all province coal deposits. It was decided to recommend no railway extension unless district coal quality was outstanding. Regarding the Hudson's Bay Railway, no recommendations for further expenditure could be made at present.
The United States entomologists questioned bee industry after analyzing marked bees. Each insect averaged five or six trips daily of about 15 minutes, with half the day resting and long intervals between trips. Hard workers lasted about three weeks, while the laziest survived up to five months.
KR Booth head of a major Canadian lumber and paper concern marked his 971st birthday on April 7 by visiting the Ottawa River mills to oversee daily operations. He started as a lumberman and, through industry and foresight, built the vast business he now leads.
Canadian National Railways colonization department with Dominion immigration officials arranged passage for ninety immigrants from the S.S. Cedric in 92 minutes last week. The settlers were ticketed for farm positions across the western territories.
In Tibet, a traveler notes one way per tour is taken by a monk amid Londos diverse newspaper holdings.
Mr. F. C. Elford stresses healthy breeding stock and proper egg handling for successful hatches. He advises not chilling eggs, using a covered box, maintaining 50 to 60 degrees F, selecting normal eggs and discarding deformed ones, and avoiding rough handling at the start of incubation.
The Irish Free State asks the British colonial office to implement the boundary article of the Anglo Irish treaty. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Dublin reports Britain would appoint a commission to draw a definite line separating Ulster from the Free State.
A London specialist in nervous diseases warns that winter fogs contain acid and irritating substances like poison gas, risking the throat and respiratory membranes. He notes many children have contracted fog poisoning this winter.
A short remark notes that skinny individuals can consume large amounts without gaining weight, highlighting an odd paradox about metabolism or body type.
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