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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1926
Page
8
Amid shifting wheat pricing, a new protein content standard divides farmers. Proponents say higher protein benefits quality grain, while skeptics warn smallholders with high costs may lose income under the grading shift.
The guide stresses generous feeds and balanced rations. It requires at least 48 hours of age for chicks and warns against crowding. It advises brooder heat, three hour feedings, clean water, and gradual changes in diet.
Quebec bred Ayrshire cow Nellis Osborne of Elmsbade broke the world record for milk and butter fat production. The cow yielded 21,241 pounds of milk and 908 pounds of fat in a test under Canadian performance rules, surpassing the previous American record by 2,075 pounds of milk and 170 pounds of fat.
A 1994 Dowinion poultry report notes experiments over two years showing eggs treated by the Gopranize process have better flavor after storage. The study cites improved taste when eggs are removed from storage, with regional references to Charlotta and Dacling.
Fragmentary OCR describes a planting method with rows and spacing references. Terms like inches apart, plant height, and ripening are mentioned, but many words are garbled making full meaning uncertain. The passage seems to discuss agricultural technique and observation of results.
Canada would gain a nearly zero percent reduction in cereal exports to Czecho Slovakia if a trade pact is reached. BV Kveton of Czechoslovakia in Montreal says duties on wheat and flour would be lowered under a most favored nation arrangement. The Prague tariff suspends new duties until August 12, with hopes Canada will adopt the MFN framework afterward.
The report shows an 81 percent year to year increase in Canadian immigration for January to April. Figures: 39 442 in 1926 versus 21 776 in 1925, with gains across all months and sources including British, United States, and other countries.
Fragmentary text notes interactions between Canadian honey purchasers and Germany, mentioning eleven months to February 1938 and prices around 65 000 pounds. References to Netherland and Quebec Bay areas imply beekeeping regions and potential surpluses to support overseas development.
The declination project around Suinas Lake drains an area opening up land for roads and pasture. Government experiments grow red clover seed with an expected 8 bushels per acre yield on 600 acres this fall. Next season 5,000 acres ready. Minister Barrow projects $100 per acre profit and domestic supply without imports.
An inquiry for a quotation of 500 tons of registered Saskatchewan Marquis Wheat has been received from a British firm. The quantity equals about 16,000 bushels or 16 carloads and would be the province’s largest consignment if filled. The Saskatchewan Registered Seed Association reports substantial orders for registered seed wheat and other grains from Argentina, the United States and Canada in the past year.
Mr W Larhy Bilatt, superintendent of the Kentylle experimental station, outlines a method to locate queen cells by examining combs and tapping shallow supers. In practice the approach detected queen cells at the bottom of frames, aiding beekeepers in identifying overwintered colonies and queen viability.
Canadian apples from Nova Scotia Quebec Ontario and British Columbia show no arsenic in most sprayed samples. Dr Frank J Shuu reports analysis of 43 samples finding about half free of arsenic and the highest level only two hundredths grain per pound.
W. J. Chynoweth, ex director of the Bay of Plenty Dairy Association, visits dairying districts in Quebec Ontario and western provinces to buy dairy cattle. He reports Canadian cattle have greatly improved New Zealand stock and that Canadian animals have no superior. Canada offers fruitful prospects for New Zealand buyers.
Late summer pest control notes advise using Polaron spray against green cabbage worms the caterpillars of the white butterfly. A non poison option mixes four parts cheap flour with one part powder and stores twenty four hours before dusting. application methods include a duster or cheese cloth bag on a wand.
The Hudson's Bay Company governor told the annual meeting that 2,819,000 acres remain in prairie provinces. He argued land prices there are lower than North America, taxes on farm land are lighter, and spring wheat yields are higher, making Canada an inviting destination for farmers.
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