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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
2
The Dauphin Herald notes relief for merchants as provincial government accepts responsibility to finance road improvements. Local authorities pressed for travel improvements and the province takes the long view in public works despite financial strains.
A essay argues for urgent conservation of Canada’s forests and wheat lands. It cites Sweden’s reforestation success, contrasts machine farming with mixed farming, and warns of sparse western populations. It urges all weather highways, irrigation where viable, water management, and a national plan to expand markets for farm products via tourist routes and increased transport. It warns of long-term prairie decline without policy change.
A three man crew on 700 acres in the Wimemra wheat belt of Victoria Australia using a modern auterheader harvested 3300 bushels in one day starting 5.45 am and finishing 8.45 pm. They ate on the machine and stopped only to bag grain and oil parts. The yield reached 43 bushels per acre.
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