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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1925
Page
5
Rev R Graham B A writes in The New Outlook on how bread wheat dominates daily life and shaped civilizations from Burns era Scotland to ancient Egypt. He praises ancient tillers of the soil and the modern farmer, noting wheat as civilization’s cornerstone and enduring emblem of progress.
The article recalls July thunderstorms as a busy time for bell ringers in rural lore. It notes beliefs that church bells dispel lightning and thunder with inscriptions such as The winds so fierce disperse and Lightning and thunder I break asunder. Historical church accounts mention offerings to ringers during storms.
A fragment notes a remark about placing a sign on a mailbox and a quick question about its purpose. The exchange suggests a mundane local dispute or joke without names or places.
The Dominion department of agriculture launched a bacon hog campaign three years ago to improve grading and export bacon sides known as Wiltshire. In 1924, 89 000 more hogs graded select bacon than in 1923, with improved thick smooth hogs and record hog marketing, aided by higher year end prices due to stronger export demand and domestic consumption.
An Ontario study at Brandon Manitoba from 1912 to 1923 tested sowing depths of one to four inches on heavy clay loam. Results show intermediate depths yield best, with two to three inches most satisfactory, though soil type and moisture affect ideal depth.
Dominion entomological branch authors R C Treherne and E R Buckell publish Bulletin No. 39 on grasshoppers in British Columbia. It notes control methods for gardens and fields and emphasizes the challenge of open range measures, urging study of natural and artificial controls.
At 114 years old Captain Satz of the former Haps burg army ends bachelor days and weds Térears, a much younger partner described as flapper age. The unusual match marks a final life change as he grows older.
The passage argues the American West has lost its open, free land to fences mortgages and development. It notes homesteading declines, farmers face mortgages at eight percent, and youth may seek opportunities abroad as volume of available free land diminishes.
A. E. Palmer of the Summerland experimental Farm told the Western Canada Irrigation Association convention in Kelowna that the sugar beet industry would transform irrigation prairie conditions. He said 11,000 acres are assured for beets next year and predicted up to seventeen sugar factories to handle the crop.
The Dominion live stock branch announces a feeder purchase policy to aid cattle feeders from Eastern Canada. Eligible buyers who purchase one or more loads at fall feeder sales or direct from range areas may receive government assistance covering a one way fare and incidental expenses for a feeder moving west, subject to department conditions.
A Portland tramp asks a Chinese man for help at a kitchen door. The Chinese man, with a bland smile, exits by replying Call Friday and shuts the door. The brief scene from The Argonaut presents a wry social vignette.
A historical note records that the first hard tennis courts were constructed under the order of King Henry Vu, marking an early royal influence on modern court facilities.
Coal is being mined beneath the sea more than four miles from the English coast. The project marks a notable shift in mining methods as extraction moves offshore.
The article states that at its greatest breadth the English Channel measures 150 miles across.
Mr Derick of Brandon Manitoba Dominion experimental farm advocates sweet clover as a reliable soil builder and forage source. He urges early seeding with nurse crops, shallow but firm seedbeds, 10 to 15 pounds per acre, and cutting at the early bud stage for palatable hay. Mixed with brome grass and inoculated seed aid seed production on newer fields.
The provincial livestock commissioner reports Saskatchewan's livestock value at $163,993,000 for 1924 with a total of 872,819 pigs and 468,151 milch cows among other counts. Swine rose by about 200,000 from the prior year while cattle and poultry saw slight declines. The combined value of livestock and products totals $193,922,278.
The Grand Forks Gazette notes farmers grew wealth by 142 782 000 dollars in 1924, boosting agricultural revenue to 1 453 365 000. It argues workers in the nation’s largest industry are both wealth producers and beneficiaries, while acknowledging mortgage and crop issues as transitory.
In Melbourne the Hon H E Pratten minister of trade and customs introduced a Customs Act amendment. It requires imported goods to be 75 percent of British manufacture to enjoy full tariff preference.
A shipment of six prize Clydesdales was sent from Glasgow aboard the Canadian Pacific steamship Metagama destined for Ontario buyers Mr. James Torrance and Mr. Wm. Meharey. Exporters are A. Montgomery and Co. of Jordirland Kirkcudbrightshire. Experts say this is one of Scotland's finest batches sent abroad in years.
Saskatchewan bulletin urges citizens to destroy rats to curb plague spread and damage. It highlights methods including nesting destruction, food denial, trapping, poisoning, and carbon monoxide fumigation. Forestry has expanded tree distribution for windbreaks and beauty, aiding farm moisture, soil control, and fruit growth across Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta.
T J Irwin of Glasgow urged Canada to push its government for aggressive action to admit Canadian cattle to Great Britain on equal terms with Irish cattle. He argued Western Canadian cattle earn a premium due to faster gains in British feed lots and praised Canadian cattle as healthier and more vigorous than Irish stock. He advised Canadian farmers to use proper foundation stock to gain pounds per head rather than shillings.
Discovery of zinc in the Sudbury nickel district prompts an American syndicate to diamond drill extensively to gauge the deposit size. Ontario currently produces no zinc, while British Columbia supplies most of Canada’s output and Quebec contributes modestly.
The Queen's dolls' house, opened last year at Wembley, is now housed in a Windsor Castle room by Sir Edwin Lutyens. It will soon be shown to the public during castle visiting hours.
A diner complains about a long wait for his steak, and the waiter pretends to echo the man’s sentiment. The exchange ends with a wry closer about patience and life’s worth.
Subway construction in Tokio faces severe challenges due to soft ground, with excavations causing streets to sink as much as a foot in some areas. The ground conditions complicate engineering plans and delay progress on the project.
Manitoba butter and Canadian product rise in British favor as letters to dairy commissioner L A Gibson report excellent quality in recent shipments. An Glasgow importer notes high color avoidance while praising quality. Gibson says pasture season limits artificial color and pale butter. W A Wilson confirms shipments gave excellent satisfaction and price differentials among New Zealand Australian and Canadian butter narrow to within a few shillings per 100 pounds.
Very little coal, not more than two or three thousand tons, stays unstip ped from the trial shipment of 25 000 tons from Alberta mines. The remainder will likely move east after the grain harvest rush. The special carrying rate by Canadian National Railways expired after August 15.
A voracious note on English literature compares prose to poetry, praising the Bible of 1911 and Shakespeare of 1623 as twin pillars of literary greatness, asserting no other country matches their equality and grandeur.
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