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Bringing Model Trains To Life

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Devoted to the development, promotion and enjoyment of the hobby of model railroading, Earl Symonds of Sandy Lake, Manitoba shares his enthusiasm. Symonds’ exquisitely detailed model panorama – known as the Manitoba & North-Western Railroad – roars over 3,000 feet of 1/87th HO scale track. There are eight subdivisions and three divisions – the 1880
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In Brief… – for May. 20, 2010

Hometown upgrades: This year, 253 rural communities will share $450,000 in provincial Hometown Manitoba grants to launch a variety of outdoor renovation projects that will improve and enhance their local public areas and main streets, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers says. The Hometown Manitoba program provides annual funding in three categories: Meeting
Country Crossroads, Other livestock

The Clegg Collection Will Live On

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Perhaps one of Rollie’s favourite and most valuable pieces in the collection, is the horse-drawn First World War ambulance. It was while restoring the buggy his wife Gladys had driven shortly after they married in the 1940s that rekindled Roland Clegg’s interest in horse-drawn vehicles. He took on that project for his granddaughter in 1975.
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Homegrown “Fiction” Charms Crowd

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You’ve heard about local food. How about local laughs? For three years now, Anna Glover and Ellen Martens have been harvesting small town anecdotes and yarns from local people, and creatively processing them into a comedy routine called the “Ellen and Anna Show.” At the recent Farm Focus 2010 in Boissevain, the pair sat in
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“Betty Crocker” Farming On The Way Out

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“If you build something up to be a house of cards, it can be easily knocked down. We can’t live in a house of cards.” – RENE VAN ACKER GM no silver bullet STAFF When 400 of the world’s experts got together at a symposium six years ago to brainstorm a way to increase biological
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Industrial Ag Model Is Broken, Says Ag Economist

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It’s just a matter of time before small towns humming with diversified, locally based economic activity surrounded by a thriving countryside filled with hardworking farm families start making a major comeback on the rural landscape. Why? There’s simply no other choice going forward, according to John Ikerd, a retired U. S. agricultural economist and author
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Briefs continued – for Feb. 18, 2010

Fatal mishap: A driver who abandoned a broken-down half-ton and a set of heavy harrows partially obstructing the traffic lane on a major highway overnight has been charged with criminal negligence causing death after a car collided with the equipment, killing the occupant. The accident on Hwy. 16 near Russell June 27, 2009 killed Jason
Livestock

Measuring Your Cattle Operation’s Productivity With ADAs

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“If you’re working against nature, I’ll tell you what, you’re going to lose. That’s all there is to it. And the number one thing you’re going to lose is money.” – Terry Gompert Cow Longevity Is Everything Forget everything else, says Terry Gompert, because cow longevity is the most important factor in ranching. “You’ll start

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