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world war 2 department of labour notice
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Victory in Europe, economy on the homefront

Our History: October & November 1945

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The Second World War had ended with victory in Europe declared in May and in Japan in August of 1945, but the lingering effects were still clear in our fall issues of 1945. This advertisement in the Oct. 1 issue advised how armed forces personnel could apply to be released for farm work. Economizing was
Wayne Pringle holds the Century Recognition Business Award his store received for 100 years in business. photo: Daniel Winters
News, Our History

Boissevain men’s wear store still going strong after a century in business

Service and honesty are the keys to success for one of rural Manitoba’s
few remaining family-owned and -operated retail clothing stores

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Century farms are rare enough, but family-owned rural retailers that have managed to survive — and even thrive — in the era of big-box megastores are even harder to find. Pringle’s Men’s Wear, one of three retailers awarded the province’s new Century Recognition Business Awards, has managed to buck the trend. About a decade ago,
Mechanical binding of stooks was a game changer for Prairie farmers.
Our History

‘Binder Wars’ changed Prairie farming

Hand tying stooks effectively limited a single farmer to 25 acres and the invention of 
mechanical binders was a game changer for both producers and the farm equipment industry

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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
OUR HISTORY: August 1970
Our History

OUR HISTORY: August 1970

The history of Canadian agriculture is marked by periodic interest in exotic livestock that has not always lived up to the profitability claimed in advertisements for the breeding stock. This advertisement for chinchillas from our Aug. 13, 1970 issue is one of many that appeared over the years. Elsewhere in the issue we reported on
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Aug. 1, 1968

The August 1, 1968 issue celebrated the Co-operator’s 25th anniversary since its rebirth in 1943. It had started life as The Scoop Shovel in 1925, becoming the Co-operator in 1931 and ceasing publication at the height of the Depression in 1936. This advertisement from the issue reminds of a time when Manitoba Pool was not
Brandon was worth the trip — if you were looking for draft horses
Livestock, Our History

Brandon was worth the trip — if you were looking for draft horses

Many of the leading horse dealers in the country made 
their home in Brandon and brought in stallions and 
mares from Europe, Ontario and the U.S.

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The flood of settlers pouring into the West around the turn of the last century also meant a surge in demand for draft horses, and that turned Brandon into the draft horse centre of the Prairies. The town was home to many of the leading horse dealers in the country, such as Colquhoun and Beattie,
The Massey 101 was one cool machine
Country Crossroads, Our History

The Massey 101 was one cool machine

Stylish and powerful, the redesigned tractor won the affections of farmers across the country

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When it came to marrying style with functionality, James Duncan was the Steve Jobs of his day and his Massey Harris Model 101 Senior was — and is — as cool as anything to come out of Apple’s design lab. With its streamlined hood, bright-red paint with yellow wheels, chrome trim, and louvred side curtains
(depicts marker for John Ramsay).
Country Crossroads, Our History

The legend of John Ramsay: kindness in the face of tragedy

Betsey Ramsay’s grave lies near the long-deserted settlement of Sandy Bar in the RM of Bifrost

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Timeworn and solitary, the marble gravestone surrounded by picket fence lies in a hayfield overlooking the Lake Winnipeg shoreline about five km. east of Riverton. Its chiselled inscription, in a strange mixture of script and print fonts, reads: “IN Memory of BETSEY. Beloved Wife of JOHN RUMSAY. WHO DIED September 1876. Aged 35 years.” Lone
The museum’s Model 20 combine in storage. As can be seen, the engine was placed on the right side of the machine where it was very accessible though exposed to the elements. For 1938 the machine offered the ultimate in operator comfort, a sunshade over the operator’s position.  Photo: Manitoba Agricultural Museum
Crops, Did you know?, Our History

A game changer in grain farming

Australian engineer Tom Carroll was convinced that self-propelled combines were the way of the future

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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
Crops, Oilseeds, Opinion, Our History

Our History: Canola was a ‘calculated’ risk

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It was about three dozen years ago that my friends and colleagues at the then Rapeseed Association of Canada invited me over to discuss the specifications and definition for a new crop. When I arrived, Al Earl, the executive director of the association told me that the board had decided to name the new double-zero-type

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