Tree Planting on the Prairies in Manitoba and Northwest
Farmers on the prairie are advised on soil prep for tree culture under the interior department program. Spring planting is favored for moisture from snowmelt, deep cultivation, and avoidance of dry springs. Heavy gumbo soils may benefit from later manure. fall planting is rarely best, and stubble land is discouraged due to moisture loss and drying around roots.
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Prairie
Department of the Interior
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
E. Stewart
Prairies
Regina
Northwest
Anecdotes From a London Dinner Table
An anecdote recounts Lord Salisbury sparing an erratic lieutenant amid a revival of old tensions. A London dinner table turns to speaking, with Curran claiming public lips moisture for a quarter hour and Sir Thomas Turton boasting five hours in the House of Commons without thirst, a remark met with laughter.
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Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Salisbury
Salisbury
Lhave
London
Curran
Thomas Turton
House of Commons
Husky Chap Describes Farm Life and Lent Beliefs
A boy twelve, Russell Letter of Russell, Manitoba, writes about farm routine from November to April, driving binders, threshing, and haying across a hundred acres. He notes schooling, bush trips, and family work, then shifts to Lent lessons and Catholic observances like Ash Wednesday.
Ash Wednesday Opens Lenten Forty Days
Lent begins on February 12 with Ash Wednesday mark in Christian tradition. The observance recalls Christ's temptation in the wilderness and symbolizes mankind's penitence and spiritual reflection for the period.
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Wilderness
Speltz Grain Added to Western Canada Market
Speltz or emmer has been added to Western Canada crops and will be sold as spring feed when quantities allow. In Winnipeg the grain trades at 75c per bushel of 50 pounds, with ready markets at that price. Seed merchants expect good spring demand. it already grows in North Dakota with favorable coarse feed results for horses. It thrives on poor land and grows where oats fail, though Dominion experts have not fully approved its cultivation. United States experts view it positively. Brandon experimental farm Superintendent Bedford also endorses it for light soils.
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Canada
Winnipeg
North Dakota
America
Europe
United States
Supt
Bedford
Brandon Experimental Farm
Electrical line from Winnipeg to Silver Heights by mid June
A proposed Winnipeg to Silver Heights transmission line is expected to be completed and composted by the middle of June, signaling progress on the regional energy project.
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Winnipeg
Silver Heights
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Br. Gordo
Jamaica Plain
Russell Setter
Win
Father
Lord Strathcona
Russell
Christendom
Christ
Church of England
Russell Markets
Svck Wien
Speltz
Ayer
W. C. Layton
Sidell
Ste
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
Oprind Goods
Smellis Bros
Go, Russe
Weil
Ari
Tait
Eas
Plowqian & Atkinson, Russell
Ritpan
Mankind
Ripana Chemical Co
Spruce Street
New York
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