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Our History: October 1887

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 29, 2016

This ad for the Winnipeg Livestock Mart and Feed Stable appeared in the October 1887 issue of The Nor’-West Farmer and Manitoba Miller. “Farmers, Cattle Dealers and Butchers will find this the Best Market in the Northwest,” it said. An article in the issue praised the success of a test of Russian wheat. Mr. George

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Polled Angus cow ‘Erinna’ graces the cover of Nor-West Farmer

Our History: April 1887

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 14, 2016

Erinna, a polled Angus cow imported by H.M. Cochrane of Compton, Quebec graced the cover of the April 1887 issue of The Nor-West Farmer and Manitoba Miller. The issue has much discussion of the merits of various breeds, including the Shorthorn, Hereford, “Holstein-Freizian,” “Red Polled,” Galloway, Devon and Aberdeen Angus. On raising hogs, it was

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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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The precursors of today’s Country Guide

Our History: November 1908

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 5, 2015

Though the exact nature of the transaction is not clear, it appears that the Manitoba Grain Growers Association took over the Nor-West Farmer in 1908, renaming it The Grain Growers’ Guide. It later became Country Guide in 1928. The publication served as the “official organ” of the Grain Growers Grain Company, which later became United

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XXRays Gang Plow and a combined harvester and thresher

Our History: September 1898

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 24, 2015

The XXRays Gang Plow advertised in the September 1898 issue of the Nor-West Farmer was said to penetrate “anything plowable, and draws 50 to 75 pounds lighter than other plows doing the same work.” The lifting spring was so powerful that “a 12 years old boy can easily operate it.” Among other machinery mentioned in

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Requests for Ottawa to take over grain terminals

Our History: May 1909

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 14, 2015

This ad from the May 1909 The Grain Growers’ Guide offered Brandon-manufactured windmills ranging in price from $60 to $160. In 1908, the Nor-West Farmer had been purchased by the Grain Growers’ Grain Company (later United Grain Growers) and had become the official “organ” for the organization. Much of the May issue was devoted to

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Solway stock farm, and “Treatment of Stubbles for Wheat Growing”

Our History: April 1892

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 16, 2015

The cover of the April 1892 issue of the Nor-West Farmer and Miller featured an illustration of the Solway stock farm near Shoal Lake. “The proprietor, Mr. John Tizard, owns land in the vicinity to the extent of 3,200 acres. His land skirts the lake for 11 miles, and is peculiarly well adapted for grazing

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Manitoba’s last 17 buffalo

Our History: April 1898

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 2, 2015

The April 1898 issue of the Nor-West Farmer featured a sad item on Manitoba’s last 17 buffalo, which were in a herd at Silver Heights and were about to be shipped to Banff National Park. The herd had been started from calves brought in 30 years earlier. Some of the animals had been intended for

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The best livestock market in the Northwest

Polled Angus cow ‘Erinna’ graces the cover of Nor-West Farmer

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

The precursors of today’s Country Guide

XXRays Gang Plow and a combined harvester and thresher

Requests for Ottawa to take over grain terminals

Solway stock farm, and “Treatment of Stubbles for Wheat Growing”

Manitoba’s last 17 buffalo

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