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Strikes affect grain shipments from coast to coast

Our History: September 1974

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 8, 2016

Still around after all these years — this ad from the Sept. 19, 1974 issue encouraged farmers to try Avadex for fall application. However, the then-recommended method of harrowing it in twice at 90-degree angles has certainly changed. News about strikes affecting grain shipments were common in that era, but that issue’s front page covered

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British folks happy with ‘Bacon for Britain’ program

Our History: September 1948

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 7, 2016

Crossword enthusiasts may wish to have a go at this Manitoba Cooperative Wholesale ad from our Sept. 2, 1948 issue. During the Second World War, farmers had been encouraged to raise hogs for the “Bacon for Britain” program, and a brief article in the issue reported that the British were happy with the product. A

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Wet weather far from a distant memory

Our History: August 2014

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 25, 2016

Weather in recent years may have some farmers thinking almost fondly of the 1980s, which were even drier than the 1930s. Above is our weather page from just two years ago in the August 28, 2014 issue. Daniel Bezte wrote about yet another unusually strong area of low pressure which had brought more rain. The

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Cereal Implements, first in self-propelled swathers

Our History: August 1986

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 18, 2016

Canadian Co-operative Implements Ltd. (CCIL) started in 1940 as a co-op to market equipment and later manufacture its own. In 1973, CCIL built a large plant in Winnipeg to manufacture combines, swathers, discers, cultivators, harrows and other equipment. The decision turned out to be a poor one for the company, and it struggled for several

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Capture more profit by feeding cattle to finish

Our History: August 1983

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 11, 2016

The Manitoba Beef Commission, a marketing agency established by the NDP government in the late 1970s, ran this ad in our August 18, 1983 issue. It encouraged cattle producers to capture more profit by feeding their animals to finish, and offered marketing assistance plus financing assistance through MACC. The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association and the

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Mosquitoes develop resistance to DDT

Our History: August 1952

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 4, 2016

We’re not certain whether the “Big Stinky” fly trap advertised in our Aug. 7, 1952 issue lived up to its claims, but we hope the bottles of fluid were well packed when being mailed from Toronto. The ad was below a story which said that while some mosquitoes in the U.S. had developed resistance to

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United Farmers of Manitoba wins the election

Our History: July 1927

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 28, 2016

Last week the Manitoba government announced that PTH 10 from the U.S. border to Riding Mountain had been renamed in honour of John Bracken, premier from 1922 to 1943 and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1942-48. Bracken had been a professor of animal husbandry in Saskatchewan and principal of the Manitoba

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A reaper and thresher in one machine?

Our History: July 1927

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 21, 2016

The July 1927 issue of The Grain Growers’ Guide featured some ads for a new concept in harvesting — combining the reaping and threshing in a single machine. Below this ad for the Massey-Harris version was another ad for a more questionable product, the “wonderful new Vapour Humidifier and Gas Saver,” which purported to increase

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A mail-in coupon for bale stooker “particulars”

Our History: July 1967

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 14, 2016

This ad for the Williamson bale stooker in our July 13, 1967 issue reminds that it used to be that if you wanted “particulars” on a piece of equipment, you had to phone or write rather than visit the company’s website. Our main story that week described Manitoba’s crop conditions as a “hodgepodge.” Crops were

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‘Never worry about grain loss’ and supply management for eggs

Our History: August 1976

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 7, 2016

Supply management was top of mind in the August 5, 1976 issue, which lays out details of a hard-fought federal-provincial agreement to transfer control over egg marketing to the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency (CEMA). But getting the last two provincial holdouts — Manitoba and Saskatchewan — to relinquish control required a compromise. Manitoba’s Agriculture Minister

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Our History

Strikes affect grain shipments from coast to coast

British folks happy with ‘Bacon for Britain’ program

Wet weather far from a distant memory

Cereal Implements, first in self-propelled swathers

Capture more profit by feeding cattle to finish

Mosquitoes develop resistance to DDT

United Farmers of Manitoba wins the election

A reaper and thresher in one machine?

A mail-in coupon for bale stooker “particulars”

‘Never worry about grain loss’ and supply management for eggs

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