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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 07, 2008
Page
4
Agriculture has become a big business with new combines and tractors costing hundreds of thousands of dollars and extensive marketing. Yet farmers retain a sense of community, as shown near Yorkton when Graham Spencer suffered a heart attack and neighbors, aided by dealers, organized a rapid harvest with ten combines to finish his crop in days.
A columnist contrasts Al Capp's shmoo with the real Dexter cattle. The piece extols the Dexter as a compact, milk producing small cow, compares mini breeds like Mini-Hereford and Lowline Angus to traditional cattle, and muses on beef and dairy self-sufficiency amid rising feed costs. It notes Pam Ayres’ English farm ties and Australia’s breeding programs, ending with a tongue in cheek vegetarian takeaway about Dexters’ cuteness.
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