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The “one and only disker” for what the farmer wants!

Our History: February 1957

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 4, 2016

In February 1957 you could buy “The one and only disker” which was built in the farmers’ own factory here in Winnipeg by men who know what the farmer wants!” At the annual meeting of the Manitoba Vegetable Growers, directors complained about lack of co-operation from the provincial government in setting up compulsory inspection stations

A photo taken December 23, 1915 of the presentation of the final petition for women’s suffrage by the Political Equality League. The four women pictured are Lillian Beynon Thomas, Winona Dixon, Dr. Mary Crawford and Amelia Burritt.

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It’s been a century since women gained the right to vote

Petitioning government took persistence, patience — and years

By Lorraine Stevenson January 28, 2016

Men and women in galleries mark the occasion by singing ‘O Canada.’” “Cheers on the floor of the house…” So declared the headlines of the January 28, 1916 Manitoba Free Press. Jan. 28 marks exactly 100 years since the Manitoba’s legislative assembly gave unanimous approval to the bill that made Manitoba first in Canada to

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Legislation to be passed for two new farm support programs

Our History: January 1991

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 28, 2016

This ad from our January 17, 1991 issue reminds of when the Prairie Pools operated XCAN, their own domestic and export marketing company. The front-page story that week reported that Grains Minister Charlie Mayer had announced that legislation would be passed to implement two new support programs, GRIP and NISA, for 1991-92. They were necessary

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One of the “vilest of weeds?” Depends on who you asked

Our History: January 1890

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 21, 2016

A full line of binders, mowers, rakes, straw cutters and plows and harrows was available at The Patterson & Bro. Co. in Winnipeg, which ran this ad in the January 1890 issue of The Nor-West Farmer and Miller. Among the questions discussed in that issue was the merits of couch grass, “some pronouncing it one

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Replacing the Manitoba Farm Bureau, and rust problems in winter wheat

Our History: January 1984

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 14, 2016

Our lead story in the Jan. 5 issue was that a series of 25 meetings had been arranged to discuss the idea of a new general farm organization to replace the Manitoba Farm Bureau, which had collapsed over differences over how to pay the Crow freight rate benefit. Spokesmen for farm organizations worried that poor

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“This Business of Farming” and the reintroduction of bison

Our History: January 1966

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 7, 2016

Our first issue of 1966 served as a companion guide to a five-day television short course called “This Business of Farming,” which was a joint project of the CBC, the three Prairie Departments of Agriculture and the three Prairie universities. Topics to be aired for five days included farmstead planning and beautification, wintering the beef

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European farmers sail home for Christmas

Our History: December 1925

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 24, 2015

This ad from the October 1925 issue of The Scoop Shovel offered European farmers the chance to catch a vessel home for Christmas, with the last vessel leaving St. John, N.B. for Liverpool on Dec. 16. In the December issue, editor J.T. Hull offered his own version of a Christmas story, but with a twist

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$2.00 a day until there’s four inches of snow!

Our History: December 1974

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 17, 2015

Judging by this ad in our Dec. 12, 1974 issue, there was also a lack of snow as we approached Christmas that year. Our front-page news that week was the introduction of a bill to establish the Western Grain Stabilization Act. Farmers would contribute two per cent of their income to a maximum of $25,000

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Crow debate continues, livestock producers get $20-million payment

Our History: December 1989

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 10, 2015

This ad from our Dec. 14, 1989 issue reminds of how mobile communication worked before cellphones. Don Mazankowski, the agriculture minister on the new Joe Clark government, had organized a major “Growing together” conference which attracted 2,000 delegates to Ottawa. It got off to a bad start — the same day Agriculture Canada forecast a

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Become a chinchilla farmer in your spare time

Our History: December 1968

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 3, 2015

Prairie farming has a history of exotic livestock ventures that offered more promise than results. This ad for prospective chinchilla ranchers ran in our Dec. 5, 1968 issue. In an unusual move, we ran a front-page editorial to bring attention to the need to dry grain from the disastrous 1968 harvest. The editorial said that

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Our History

The “one and only disker” for what the farmer wants!

It’s been a century since women gained the right to vote

Legislation to be passed for two new farm support programs

One of the “vilest of weeds?” Depends on who you asked

Replacing the Manitoba Farm Bureau, and rust problems in winter wheat

“This Business of Farming” and the reintroduction of bison

European farmers sail home for Christmas

$2.00 a day until there’s four inches of snow!

Crow debate continues, livestock producers get $20-million payment

Become a chinchilla farmer in your spare time

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