Feed the birds this winter

Providing for and feeding wild birds can be a very rewarding and enjoyable activity. Bird feeding is the most popular form of providing for wildlife and is practised by many homeowners. Other means of providing for birds include installing birdhouses, providing fresh water and the planting of trees, shrubs, evergreens and flowers to provide shelter

U. K. producers have success with batch farrowing

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. A recent survey by U. K. pharmaceutical company Janssen Animal Health suggests that more than half of producers in the country farrow batches of sows every


Thoughts on Remembrance Day – for Nov. 6, 2008

Wars are raging in the world. Even during Bible times many wars were fought. November 11 is a day filled with special memories for me. I can still see the tanks rolling into the little town where we stayed, escaping the hunger in the big city. The Canadian soldiers came and set us free from

Reverse Halloween

Halloween as a rural child meant we would go trick-or-treating around the country neighbourhood. Eventually we would all end up at the same home for an impromptu party. This was a home where an older brother and sister lived. She would bake all kinds of things as well as buy some treats for the neighbour