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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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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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‘Bale as you combine,’ and the Virden Auction mart opens

Our History: June 1961

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 9, 2016

The Welger combine-attached balers advertised in our June 1, 1961 issue were “proven under Canadian conditions” and would “fit most self-propelled combines and are making extra money for hundreds of enthusiastic growers.” The bales could go to the Stramit strawboard factory in former air force hangars in Carberry, which had its official opening the previous

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Kirschmann Spra-Coupe, and wheat exports see a five-year low

Our History: June 1968

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 2, 2016

This Kirschmann Spra-Coupe advertised in our June 13, 1968 issue featured a 54-foot spray pattern and speeds up to 25 m.p.h. The main front-page news that issue was Manitoba Pool Elevators directors recommending that the Pool convert to a “line” company. Unlike the other two Prairie Pools, which were centrally owned from the start, each

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Tire sales and the farmer’s guide to nuclear attack

Our History: May 1961

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 26, 2016

This ad from our May 11, 1961 issue offered a special on tractor and truck tires, with a 15×30 — 6-Ply offered at $135 ($1,135 in 2016 dollars). Tire prices may not have been at the top of farmers’ minds at the time — a front-page story referred to a new illustrated government publication called

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The Bredt Trophy

Our History: April 1961

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 25, 2016

This photo from our April 27, 1961 issue shows Tom Watson, president of the Elkhorn-Arawana Crop Improvement Club, receiving the Bredt Trophy from Manitoba Pool Elevators director G.G. Jamieson. The trophy was named in honour of Paul Bredt, MPE’s second president, who was credited with steering the company through the difficult times of the 1930s.

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Resolution to lift ban on coloured margarine sees repeat defeat

Our History: March 1957

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 31, 2016

This Dodge 1-1/2-ton was on sale for $2,495 in our March 28, 1957 issue. According to the Bank of Canada inflation calculator, that would be $21,720 in 2016 dollars. If you were perusing the classifieds, you could find “Four, 10-month-old Hereford heifers, some polled, $90. Five young cows, to calve soon, $175.” If you were

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‘Probably the most successful bull ever’

Our History: March 1892

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 17, 2016

The March 1892 issue of the Nor-West Farmer and Miller featured this artist’s rendering of a champion Shorthorn herd owned by Mr. W.S. Lister of Middlechurch. Each of the animals was described in detail. For example, the bull, Gravesend’s Heir II, was “got by the Cruikshank bull Gravesend, probably the most successful bull ever used

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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

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Capture more profit by feeding cattle to finish

United Farmers of Manitoba wins the election

A reaper and thresher in one machine?

‘Bale as you combine,’ and the Virden Auction mart opens

Kirschmann Spra-Coupe, and wheat exports see a five-year low

Tire sales and the farmer’s guide to nuclear attack

The Bredt Trophy

Resolution to lift ban on coloured margarine sees repeat defeat

‘Probably the most successful bull ever’

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

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