The ad above appeared in our Oct. 26, 1967 issue. Smith-Roles was a Saskatoon-based manufacturer and distributor of farm equipment which had a distribution network through farms on the Prairies. The company went out of business sometime in the 1980s.
In that issue we reported on Manitoba Pool’s annual meeting, with the company (at that time still composed of 213 elevator associations) reporting that it handled 57.1 per cent of the 1966-67 deliveries in Manitoba, with net earnings of $2,366,470.
Speaking to the MPE meeting, a wheat board representative announced a new streamlined system of grain deliveries, in which farmers would be assigned a plastic plate containing their permanent number and other details, which would be used to accurately record each delivery.
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Avadex was reportedly in short supply that year, with demand not expected to match supply until the fall of 1968. For those who had supply, the advice for fall application was that the chemical would not work well if applied on hard, cloddy soil. “Several discing operations may help to get the chemical the necessary two to three inches in the soil,” the story said.
However, the extra operations may not have been necessary as we reported that “In contrast to the growing season, it rained in Manitoba in October.”
Turkey producers were concerned about U.S. imports, and the Manitoba Turkey Association had sent a telegram to federal Agriculture Minister Joe Greene asking him to impose anti-dumping duties.
