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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1946
Page
2
The fragment lists publishing details for the Springfield Leader Weekly and notes staff roles and advertising rates. It then provides a long roster of place names with associated individuals, likely distribution or staff credits, ending with the year 1946.
The Christian Science Monitor argues the UN faces two enduring concepts of international order, Anglo American and Russian, needing harmonization. It notes Russia’s push to keep UN policing within Big Three control while the US and Britain seek broader UN jurisdiction for peaceful settlement, a balance seen as essential to postwar world order.
A succinct poem by Gemmill reflects on the other fellow across the street. It critiques pomp and fear with a call for faith and quiet resolve. The speaker insists on discretion while noting the world’s chatter and imagined grand speeches.
John F. Moore of the Dominion Experimental Station Beaverlodge Alberta outlines ideal orchard sites on high ground with east slopes, windbreaks perpendicular to prevailing winds, winter protection from rabbits, and permanent fences. He advises rich soil, weed control, liberal spacing, and specific planting distances for apples, plums, cherries, currants, gooseberries, and raspberries, plus pruning and thinning for air flow and sun access.
A notice urges spraying only as needed to control insects or disease, stressing careful, targeted applications to protect crops and minimize impact.
Canada produced 19,626,000 pounds of total wool in 1945, up 347,000 from 1944. Shorn wool fell by over 600,000, but pulled wool rose by nearly one million due to higher sheep and lamb marketings. Apparent wool consumption increased by about 11,000,000 pounds, with shorn wool value estimated at $4,020,000 and cash income $3,661,000, down $106,000 from 1944.
The article urges widespread seed treatment for small grains including flax as crop insurance in 1946. It highlights cereal smuts as seed-borne threats causing large losses, with 800 cars of wheat graded smutty in 1944–45 versus 400 in 1943–44, signaling an alarming rising trend.
Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta plant pathologists meeting in Winnipeg urge all wheat oats and barley seed to be treated for surface borne smuts unless field checks or lab tests prove otherwise. Mercury dust is recommended for wheat oats barley and flax with strict safety notes.
A treatment program for cereal and other crops is available through the Dominion Laboratories of Plant Pathology with offices in Winnipeg Saskatoon and Edmonton, or directly via Line Elevators Farm Service Winnipeg.
The Meat Board on March 29 announced higher export bacon prices and a revised price schedule for Wiltshire sides and export cuts effective April 1 for hogs slaughtered from that date. An agreement with the United Kingdom for a $2.50 per 100 pounds rise on A grade Wiltshires through 1947 was announced by Agricultural Minister Gardiner on March 26. Premium reductions go into effect April 1, creating a net $2 increase per hog in price and premium combined.
Over the past twelve years British farmers lost 904000 acres to the government for building work sports fields army areas and other uses. Averaging 66200 acres per year this land may revert to owners as wartime requisitions end and gov ernment releases land.
The report urges farmers in Europe and Asia to donate excess wheat to markets for shipment abroad amid looming shortages. It warns the need will extend beyond August into the winter of 1946 and into 1947, calling on those with good moisture reserves to consider sowing more wheat to meet famine risks.
The Dominion Government has not requested extra wheat sown acreage this spring, leaving decisions to individual farmers to offset hunger and disease in Europe and Asia. The text notes Europe and Asia will need supplies for the next 18 months and reminds readers that those regions are future customers for Prairie products.
The Argentine corn acreage is officially estimated at 9,916,000 acres the smallest planted area since 1924-25. European weather and soil conditions have been favorable for spring field work. The first shipment of 500,000 tons of Russian wheat has arrived in France. Weather remains favorable for seeding germination and growth of the U.S. wheat crop.
The Kentville fire department has purchased a trailer pumper and 1,300 feet of hose, the fourth Equipment piece funded by the firemen themselves from community-raised funds, as reported by the Kentville Advertiser. A separate note urges price controls be kept longer to protect future interests, echoed by the Huntingdon Gleaner.
Perth Ontario farmers could attract hired help by exempting farm labor from income tax to raise take home pay or by increasing ceiling prices to boost farmers income and enable higher wages.
A Collingwood Ontario bulletin urges wise management of forests streams and fish and game. It highlights education through understanding laws and full support of enforcement agencies as worthwhile public programs.
The Picton Ontario Gazette questions the shift to tomato grading, noting initial resistance and suggesting that farmers may someday accept grading as standard. It calls for an educational program to aid adoption and understanding of the new system.
Merchants plan store improvements to boost town appeal while citizens can aid in beautifying the community with a rake. A Canadian democracy values freedom of speech ensuring newspapers present truthful, unaltered views free from publisher influence.
Miss R Spencely visits Great Falls School April 9. Junior Red Cross sales raise 23 dollars with 2 from a Short Circuit item. Pine Falls Badminton Club invited to play April 11 with Don Fraser Carl Peterson Helen Fergusson Iris Fraser named to team. Don Baker returns home April 5 after discharge from RCAF. Lawrence Lee back April 5 to study for exams.
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