Ontario Plowmen to Compete at Portage
Two top Ontario plowmen Ivan McLaughlin and George Dixon will compete at Portage la Prairie Plowing Match on June 17. McLaughlin a past Canadian champion and both men won Esso class at last year’s International Plowing Match earning a trip to a national event. The Manitoba Championship and Western Canadian Championship will highlight the day with new veteran and mounted plow classes. The Imperial Oil trophy will go to Manitoba’s best plowman who will represent the province at Dundas Ontario in October. A large attendance is expected.
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Ontario
Portage la Prairie
Ivan McLaughlin
Stoufville
George Dixon
Georgetown
Winnipeg
MceLaughlin
Dixon
McLaughlin
Canada
Manitoba
Metcalf
McDonald
J. C. Forbes
E Texaco
Bank of Montreal
M.L.A
Dundas
Portage
Govs to Reduce Hay Permit Fees
Hon Gurney Evans minister of mines and natural resources announced Friday that hay permit fees will be reduced due to hardship. Rebates on about 800 permits will be issued shortly with the minimum ton rate dropping from 37.5 cents to 50 cents and an additional 50 percent dues charge kept for taxes sent to municipalities.
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Gurney Evans
Mines and Natural Resources
Evans
Howden Appointed Weeds Specialist
The Honourable Errick F. Willis announces John Stuart Howden as weeds specialist with the Soils and Crops Branch. Howden, ex western Canada technical supervisor for Green Cross Products, will work with Jack Forbes and municipal inspectors to lead the province weed control program in Manitoba. He served in the RCAF as a Squadron Leader and is a 1949 Manitoba Agriculture graduate and charter member of the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists.
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Errick F. Willis
John Stuart Howden
Howden
Western Canada
Green Cross Products
Jack Forbes
St. Germaine
R.C.A.F
University of Manitoba
Manitoba Institute of Agrologists
Green Cross
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Insects Threaten Manitoba Gardens Pine Needle Scale and Cutworms
Manitoba entomologist warns two insects may threaten crops for weeks. Pine needle scale infesting conifers in southwestern Manitoba shows white scales on needles. control with 50 percent malathion emulsifiable concentrate, one pint per 25 gallons, first now with a second in ten days, third in mid August. Cutworms plague gardens and fields from spring to June, mainly nocturnal. spray soil with aldrin or heptachlor formulations, or dust with aldrin, for home gardens and large fields.
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Manitoba
D. R. Robertson
Robertson
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