Pigs on the Story homestead supply seasonal market stock
The Story family kept crossbred pigs in the teens and twenties. Three breeding boars produced seasonal litters named Easter pigs sold in spring to fund farm tools and footwear, with another boar delivering winter litter called binder twine pigs.
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Farrow
R Bouvier Named Resident Administrator in Park District
R Bouvier is appointed resident administrator of the Local Government District of Park, assuming duties overseeing local services and community programs in the district.
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R. Bouvier
Park
Hog Producers Meet Discuss Marketing and Feed Grain Costs
Saskatchewan Manitoba hog producers convened in a one day session to discuss production and marketing. They urged reduced government involvement and called for better feed grain pricing, especially barley, and targeted producer representation on research projects. The piece also references Nitrogen fertilizer studies at the University of Saskatchewan and a brief health note on horse sleeping sickness and vaccination.
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Dick Page
Didsbury
Alberta
Harry-Jay Elder
Filmore
Saskatchewan
Frank Sepp
Manitoba
Hog Producers Marketing Boards
Frank Lepp
Montreal
Portage la Prairie
Weyburn
Canada
University of Saskatchewan
Vaccinate Horses Against Sleeping Sickness This Spring
Manitoba veterinarians urge owners to vaccinate horses against Western encephalomyelitis before mosquito season. Vaccination needs two weeks to take effect and is arranged through local veterinarians, as Manitoba faced a severe outbreak in 1975 due to favorable conditions for disease bearing mosquitoes.
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Manitoba Department of Agriculture Veterinary Services Branch
Manitoba
Seminar on Hunter Safety in Dauphin Manitoba
In Dauphin Manitoba on April 10 and 11 about 75 Manitoba Hunter and Firearm Safety Training instructors gathered to discuss teaching methods and safety. A panel including Dr. Robert Nero and Jack Howard led the lively session and the group urged that a firearm safety certificate be required before purchase, expressing concern about Bill C-83.
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Manitoba
Dauphin
Robert Nero
Jack Howard
Rick Squires
Ed Dunlop
Manitoba Hunter Safety Program
Hunter Safety
Manitoba Education Body Seeks Education Over Firearm Law Change
The Manitoba Hunter Safety Program instructors would cooperate with authorities if firearms ownership registration were removed. A recommendation urges amending Bill C-83 to drop the firearms portion and introduce a stress on education rather than legislation.
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Manitoba Hunter Safety Program
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