Despite the fact we have been experiencing beautiful weather these past few weeks, the fields are pretty darn wet! The heavy rainfalls we’ve been receiving, coupled with the shorter days, don’t allow for things to dry up too quickly. I still have water standing here at the Emo Agricultural Research […]
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This column most closely will resemble Forrest Gump’s legendary box of chocolates—you never know what you’re going to get. So reach into this goodie bag of tidbits and see if you pull out anything you’re interested in. And if you come up empty, I’ll remember to throw in a Tootsie […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo The following is Part 2 of an article providing information on weaning calves, continuing with potential problems: 8. Feed change Avoid drastic feed changes. A change in diet requires the growth of different organisms in the rumen to digest the feed. Depending on the […]
Somehow, I think I was born with the love of coffee. It’s in my genes. When I was a baby, my Great Aunt Annie took care of me one time and couldn’t get me to stop crying. So she fed me “coffee soup”–milk laced with coffee. After that, I was […]
American Pie and his bride have been spending the summer in their honeymoon retreat on the Rainy up by Hooterville this year. “It has been just wonderful! Peace and quiet with just enough work, including the new garage, to keep me just busy enough,” Am enthused as he pointed out […]
Pete Foster, 81, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 at his residence in Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont. Pete was born April 17, 1932 to the late Arthur and Laura Foster (LaBelle) in Emo, Ont. and resided in the area for most […]
William Keith Smith, 76, formerly of 340 Third St. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances. Keith was born in Fort Frances to William “Bill” and Jean (nee Matheson) Smith. He resided in Fort Frances at the family […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of William Alexander Snider on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, surrounded by his family, as the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. at the age of 74. He was predeceased by his parents, Dora May and Roy […]
It is with profound sorrow that the family of Bruce Robert Lowes announces his passing on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. After a courageous five-year battle with cancer, Bruce passed away with his family by his side at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Bruce was born in Fort […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Germaine Mary Roth announces her passing on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont., 23 days short of her 103rd birthday. Germaine was born Sept. 29, 1910 in Pinewood, Ont. She was one of nine […]
Today marks the 12th anniversary of “9/11”—the images of which still haunt us a dozen years later as we remember all the innocent lives lost on that terrible day. The world, meanwhile, waits with bated breath over whether the United States will launch a military strike against Syria in the […]
