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Manitoba Agricultural Museum reopening May 29

By Manitoba Agricultural Museum May 27, 2020

The Manitoba Agricultural Museum will reopen to the public on May 29, 2020 with reduced hours, new safety measures and new opportunities to rediscover the museum. At this time, only the outdoors spaces will be accessible for walk-ins, while the buildings of the Homesteaders’ Village and the museum indoor exhibits will be accessible on reservation[...]

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Grain elevators as ‘works for the general advantage of Canada’

By Manitoba Agricultural Museum June 5, 2019

While the “no mixing” rule has long been discarded, a legacy still remains in the form of the 1925 Government of Canada declaration that elevators are “works in the general advantage of Canada.” This declaration is still in force and sometimes rears its head causing bureaucrats, farmers and others in the grain trade to scratch[...]

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The origin of the ‘no mixing’ rule

By Manitoba Agricultural Museum May 24, 2019

Recent articles by the Manitoba Agricultural Museum on loading producer cars mentioned the “no mixing” rule that was in force in the early days of the western Canadian grain trade. One reader has inquired about the origin of this rule, which is a very interesting tale. The “no mixing” rule meant when grain was graded[...]

Country Crossroads, Other

Second World War-era photos show novel solution to labour shortage

By Manitoba Agricultural Museum July 24, 2019

Photos recently donated to the Manitoba Agricultural Museum may show one farmer’s novel solution to labour shortages during the Second World War. The Dickson Henderson family of the Boissevain area donated several digital images to the museum. One photo shows a pull-type combine set up to allow remote operation of the tractor from the combine[...]

Country Crossroads, Other

Threshing in the Path Head district 1903

By Manitoba Agricultural Museum July 8, 2019

The photo collection of the Manitoba Agricultural Museum contains a photo of the Thomas Hunt outfit threshing in the Path Head district of Manitoba in 1903. The Path Head district lies between MacGregor and Katrime. Thomas Hunt was born at Dunkeld, Bruce County, Ont. in 1862. In 1874, when Thomas was 12 years old, his[...]

Country Crossroads, Other

The McCrindle Sawyer Massey 25-45 gas tractor

By Manitoba Agricultural Museum April 17, 2019

The Manitoba Agricultural Museum’s collection contains a Sawyer Massey 25-45 gas tractor, donated in 1960 by J.M. McCrindle of Foxwarren, Manitoba. James Marshall McCrindle was born in Nova Scotia in 1879 and later came to Winnipeg when his family moved there. McCrindle then moved to Foxwarren in 1897 to work as a clerk in Laycock’s[...]

Country Crossroads

Farm machinery of the past

By Manitoba Agricultural Museum July 7, 2016

Bruce Black of the Brandon area has allowed the Manitoba Agricultural Museum to copy negatives of photographs taken around 1920 on the farms operated by the Black family. This photo shows a grain wagon with tandem teams hitched to it with the evener for the lead team directly hooked on the tip of the wagon[...]

Cereals, News

Farmers of yesteryear protected western wheat quality

By Manitoba Agricultural Museum April 22, 2014

Determined to Remove Grievance of Farmers: Sir Wilfred Declares Government Has Secured Evidence of Mixing of Wheat and is Pledged to Punish the Guilty Parties” So reads the title of a front-page article in the Manitoba Free Press of Tuesday, July 19, 1910. The body of the news article reports on a meeting between the[...]

Crops, Did you know?, Our History

A game changer in grain farming

By Manitoba Agricultural Museum June 12, 2013

What was designed by an Australian, built in Ontario, field tested in Argentina, revolutionized grain farming, and — 75 years ago — was sold to a Rapid City farmer? Full points if you guessed the first commercially successful self-propelled combine, and bonus ones if you knew it was the Massey Harris Model 20 purchased by[...]

Our History

‘Binder Wars’ changed Prairie farming

By Manitoba Agricultural Museum September 11, 2013

The 1880s were known for the “Binder Wars” — a time farm machinery manufacturers slugged it out for supremacy in grain binder sales. It was no ordinary battle as hand tying of wheat sheaves was the biggest, single limiting factor on Prairie grain farms at that time. Stooking was critical because the slow-maturing varieties of[...]

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Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high on US weather worry, soyoil rally

Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north

Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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Manitoba Agricultural Museum reopening May 29

Grain elevators as ‘works for the general advantage of Canada’

The origin of the ‘no mixing’ rule

Second World War-era photos show novel solution to labour shortage

Threshing in the Path Head district 1903

The McCrindle Sawyer Massey 25-45 gas tractor

Farm machinery of the past

Farmers of yesteryear protected western wheat quality

A game changer in grain farming

‘Binder Wars’ changed Prairie farming

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