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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
13
An advert urges homeowners to fix up verandahs and build granaries now. It touts low shed costs, saving on farm machinery storage, and notes past wheat piling due to limited granary space on the Goose Lake Line.
Manitoba agriculture professor T. J. Harrison highlights sow thistle as the top weed in the prairies. The bulletin covers identification, spread, and eradicative methods, with photos and guidance on cropping and tillage. Farmers may request Extension Bulletin No. 4 from the Department of Agriculture in Winnipeg.
Orders have been placed in Canada for 35 million dollars worth of shells to be delivered in 1917. Sir Edward Grey has refused the United States Red Cross society’s request to ship supplies to Germany. British workmen have given up August holidays to avoid curtailing war material output. Auto licenses issued to 10,400 Manitobans this year, up 1,600 from last year.
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