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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 10, 1923
Page
12
A Canadian horticultural article discusses starting perennials from seed, noting fresh seed is crucial and detailing steps from collecting seed in May to sowing, seed bed care, and transplanting by late June. It covers varieties like Delphinium and Phlox, advises on August sowing, and emphasizes patient cultivation for blooms the following year.
The Record of Performance for Pure-Bred Poultry began in 1919 by the Poultry Division of the Dominion Livestock Branch and shows rapid growth. Ontario rose from 26 breeders with 1,086 birds in 1919 to 40 breeders with 5,065 birds in 1921-22, including major breeds like Leghorns Plymough Rocks and Wyandottes. British Columbia ranked second with 25 breeders and 1, virgin etc. Alberta jumped in 1921-22 to 16 breeders and 662 birds with varied breeds.
Circular No. 12 from the Department of Agriculture outlines the pale western cutworm’s impact in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Estimated losses reach about three million dollars yearly. The pest appears irregularly, hindering invasion forecasts, but conditions for outbreaks can be anticipated. Arthur Gibson, Dominion Entomologist, notes underground feeding in May and June with surface exposure after heavy rains or irrigation.
A Northumberland County poultry raiser asks how to tell pullets from young hens. The Dominion Poultry Husbandman advises legbanding pullets each fall, using the right leg one year and the left leg the next. Bands of aluminum or similar material are wrapped around the leg for easy distinction.
The Livestock Improvement Trains on the CUR and NR routes in Manitoba will run in May and June with special cars for women meetings and boys and girls clubs. Films show Boys and Girls Club work, livestock care, poultry and crop topics. The Manitoba Department of Education views school group visits as attendance.
Provincial officers report last year's Saskatchewan crop valued at 100 million dollars more than production costs. They note costs of grain production are falling and farm implement prices have slipped to 1916 levels. Farmers seek immigration to meet labor needs.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. The statement defines courage, noting fear remains but is outweighed by resolve and control.
The Dominion Experimental Farms Branch issues Circular No 1v Silo Construction detailing pit silo design. It covers vertical cement plastered walls for firm soil and sloped sides for soft soil with drainage, cement wash, a raised curb, and steps for excavation and plastering. It warns of carbonic gas risk after filling and notes cautious ventilation during initial days.
The bulletin outlines winter clover hay and roots for roughage and summer green food with mash for fattening geese. For green geese feed heavy mash from the start. use hard grain for stock geese and grant range access when goslings are strong. Ducklings and goslings get a crumbly mash with specific portions. Water is essential at feeding times.
The Lewis and Clark journal notes wild Canadian geese roosting on cottonwood trees near Lake Winnipesaukee while large flocks feed on prairie lands. Some observers doubted nests in trees until later travelers confirmed the habit. The geese avoid predators by nesting high in cottonwoods.
An American aboard the Mauretania boasted of rapid U S building growth on return to New York. As the ship neared the Mersey, he asked a Royal Liver Building worker what it was, only to be told it wasn’t there last voyage, prompting a puzzled reply.
The article recalls Christabel Pankhurst’s strenuous suffragette years in Britain and France and notes her current preaching of the gospel of love. It links her wartime efforts for votes with a renewed religious fervor and social advocacy.
The piece argues that many farms have untillable ground where trees can be the sole crop. It contends that planting a tree benefits the next generation, and even if a tree only helps later, every person should consider planting for posterity.
Whaling operations on the Pacific Coast will begin as the Consolidated Whaling Company fleet departs for the annual hunt. A whale meat packing plant will operate at Kyuquot and a cold storage plant at Naden Harbour will chill meat for export. Expected output ranges from 2,000 to 25,000 cases.
A delegation from Edmonton led by J O M Imrie urged the Dominion Government to build interior storage cleaning and hospital elevators in Edmonton to support westbound grain via a Pacific coast outlet. They argued this would relieve eastbound congestion, spread wheat sales, and improve railway economics for the Canadian West.
Editor J Horace McMarn notes roses as oldest cultivated plant. He cites 2600 year old Athens history calling the rose Queen of Flowers. He explains the word rose across thirteen languages, forming a universal “rose reaction” in speech.
In London, Col L Amery, First Lord of the Admiralty, argued Britain can no longer bear full Empire sea defence alone. He urged relying on younger navies of the empire, built on close ties of tradition and training, for future security.
Banff sees upgrades to the Mount Rundis campground with enlargement and modern appliances. The Banff Windermere highway opening this year is expected to bring the heaviest tourist traffic ever recorded through Banff.
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