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British and Canadian agricultural highlights across 1927
Federal statistics credit Man pete with a population of 63, Manitoba and Saskatchewan poultry pools have amalgamated. Sales of school lands in the prairie provinces in 1927 realized. Federal mounted police to resume provincial duties in Saskatchewan. The general strike in Britain cost unions 300000 members and £4,000,000. Saskatchewan pool elevators moved 84,000,000 bushels of 1927 wheat between Sept 1 and Jan 1. Homestead entries and soldier grants in 1927 covered over a million acres. A full survey of Manitoba pulp wood resources will be conducted by the federal government this year. The Lord Bishop of Aberdeen warns prohibition could trigger revolution in Britain. An abnormal tide and turbulent current caused property damage along the Canadia coast with four lives lost. Hundreds of British soldiers to emigrate to Canada receive agricultural training. Capt. F J Stephenson, Western Canada Airways pilot, killed testing a pane in January. In sixteen years Canada has won 14 world wheat championships at Chicago. 11 of those by British immigrants. An Englishman named Flowerdew wins Ottawa egg laying contest with white leghorns, some champions coming from nonfarm backgrounds who mastered farming to win.