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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 31, 1951
Page
7
The article discusses priority of seeding and harvest for last year’s crop, then focuses on summer fallowing to reduce weeds and, crucially, conserve soil rainfall for next season. Early summer fallowing by May or June preserves more moisture, increasing potential yields for the 1982 crop, while late fallowing wastes stored moisture.
The piece covers a new pamphlet The Flowers for Exhibition by F J Weir and lists 4H Seed Club Montcalm barley project standings with members such as Walter McFadden and Verne Schwalm. It also notes dates for Brucellosis meetings, a fat stock show, and an agricultural conference. An ad summarizes Shell Cockshutt weed killer 2 4 D usage with safety tips and field results.
Canadian farmers receive the 1951 Census farm schedule by mail and may obtain copies at post offices. Farmers were asked to complete what they can and hold the forms for the census taker in June. Some sent schedules to Ottawa, prompting a reminder to keep them for on site completion. The Port of Churchill, Manitoba, handled a record 20 ships in 1950.
Classified notice seeks a girl or woman for general hotel work. Offers steady employment and high wages at the Central Hotel in Russell.
Legal notice states nonpayers of cottage rentals at Silver Beach by December 1950 risk loss of ownership if unsettled by June 15 1951. Rural Municipality of Russell office closure June 4–9 1951. Council to hold a revision court June 1951 to hear and decide electors roll changes at the Municipal Office Russell May 9 1951.
The Council of the Rural Municipality of Shellmouth will hold a Court of Revision on Saturday July 7 1981 at 2 PM at the Municipal Office Dropmore to hear complaints about electors rolls including additions removals or corrections. Dated Dropmore May 21 1951. D A Bradley-Hunt Secretary-Treasurer RM Shellmouth.
The Rural Municipality of Russell gives notice of a by law to open and establish a public road in North West Quarter of Section Nineteen Township Twenty Range Twenty Nine West of the Principal Meridian Manitoba. A plan by George A Warrington dated November 29 1948 is on file for inspection. The council will meet May 15 1954 at 1 PM to hear objections from landowners prejudicially affected by the by law.
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