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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 12, 1923
Page
2
A bulletin from the Department of Botany at Manitoba Agricultural College warns the public about poison ivy dangers this season. It notes the plant has three waxy green leaves on stems about a foot long and urges people to identify and avoid touching it, especially around children.
A crystalline Epsom salt lake lies on the Basque area of the Canadian National Railways in British Columbia. It covers seven acres with a hard surface and reaches at least 41 feet deep. Snowmelt floods its surface, forming brine that the sun then evaporates to form crust. Spring brings another seven acre pan ready for harvesting.
Live stock valued at 23895 dollars was sold to Manitoba farmers by two improvement trains touring the province. At Portage la Prairie 139 bulls were sold, vs 12 in 1922, and 51 cattle were purchased for shipment to butchers. Cash received totaled 16485 dollars with 1014.75 dollars from scrub bulls, leaving a balance due on contrage of 6484.75 dollars.
Farmers in Canada increasingly grow alfalfa and focus on cutting time. Growth indicators at the crown determine optimal harvest, while windrow handling and small diameter coils improve curing and leaf retention. Proper timing and air circulation reduce mould and boost hay quality.
The passage warns that hay heated in the mow risks becoming dusty and unpalatable, reducing its value and injuring livestock. It stresses dangers from overheating that degrade feed quality and threaten stock health.
The text explains summerfallowing to store moisture for next year’s crop and suppress weeds. If early plowing isn’t possible to curb weeds, use cultivation first. Woolworth-like disc harrows risk overfine soil. Cultivator controls weeds with fewer drawbacks, varying by weed type and spring practice to kill winter annuals and bring moisture to the surface.
The Dominion government bans barberry cultivation in provinces and Manitoba and Saskatchewan list it as a noxious weed to be destroyed by inspectors. Most barberries in the prairie provinces are already gone and eradication will finish this year. Even with rust possibly persisting, removing barberries reduces rust sources and grain loss. The Japanese barberry may be planted, but common barberry must be uprooted and destroyed.
Complaints to the Russell Council report bathing in the creek near the Concrete Bridge on the public highway as a nuisance and danger. The by law will be enforced and prosecutions pursued after two publications of this warning.
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