Nor-West Farmer and Miller Archives

Pure Bred Cattle and Sheep and Swine Breeders

Our History: March 1898

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 27, 2019

The March 1898 issue of the Nor’-West Farmer and Miller had this photo of the Pure Bred Cattle and Sheep and Swine Breeders Associations of Manitoba for 1897. Back row (l-r) G.H. Greig, Winnipeg (sec.-treas.); A. Graham, Pomeroy; P.W. Brown, Portage la Prairie; S.A. Bedford, Brandon; R. Waugh, Winnipeg. Seated (l-r) Jas. Dale, Grund; J.G.

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Sandison Farm nabs attention of Scotland Yard

Our History: December 1890

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 19, 2018

The December 1890 issue of the Nor-West Farmer and Miller contained a glowing, two-page-plus report on the success of the Sandison Farm near Brandon, including renderings such as the threshing crew shown here. It had “within the last four years, expanded from a moderate beginning to a size hitherto unapproached in this province.” That year

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NWMP puts out the call for recruits

Our History: March 1890

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 7, 2018

If farming wasn’t working out for you and you needed a new career, your experience with horses would help you reply to this advertisement in the March 1890 issue of the Nor’-West Farmer and Miller. The Northwest Mounted Police wanted able-bodied men “of thoroughly sound constitution” between 22 and 45 for a five-year term of

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Milking on the Barnardo farm

Our History: August 1891

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 30, 2017

The front page of the August 1891 issue of The Nor-West Farmer, And Miller featured this engraving of milking on Dr. Barnardo’s farm near Russell. Dr. Barnardo was founder of a controversial British organization to help destitute or orphan boys by sending them to work on farms in Canada, but was later seen as a

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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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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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Pure Bred Cattle and Sheep and Swine Breeders

Sandison Farm nabs attention of Scotland Yard

NWMP puts out the call for recruits

Milking on the Barnardo farm

‘Probably the most successful bull ever’

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

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