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Prairie farmers chuckle quietly when they talk about a sudden drop in official figures for the amount of surplus wheat on their farms. Much of it has been bootlegged and books rigged, they say
Prairie farmers chuckle quietly when they talk about a sudden drop in official figures for the amount of surplus wheat on their farms. Much of it has been bootlegged and books rigged, they say

Prairie farmers chuckle quietly when they talk about a sudden drop in official figures for the amount of surplus wheat on their farms. Much of it has been bootlegged and books rigged, they say

Date1/16/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Prairie farmers chuckle quietly when they talk about a sudden drop in official figures for the amount of surplus wheat on their farms. Much of it has been bootlegged and books rigged; they say.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0019625F
      Magnificent Obsession II. Your basic prairie wheat farmer Robert Kieling, who normally hangs his hat in Blumenhof, Sask., had himself quite a year, ma(...)
      Magnificent Obsession II. Your basic prairie wheat farmer Robert Kieling, who normally hangs his hat in Blumenhof, Sask., had himself quite a year, ma(...)
      Murray, Anne, 1945-
      8/12/1980
      Touchy issue: George Fleschmann, president of the Grocery Products Manufacturers of Canada, says his lobby group has maintained relentless pressure against a proposal to help troubled Western grain farmers by jacking up the price of wheat. He says the pla
      Touchy issue: George Fleschmann, president of the Grocery Products Manufacturers of Canada, says his lobby group has maintained relentless pressure against a proposal to help troubled Western grain farmers by jacking up the price of wheat. He says the pla
      Loek, Dick
      9/11/1986
      Dying Beacon: Just as family farms are consolidating into huge, corporate ventures, the wheat pool's trademark elevators are making way for concrete super elevators
      Dying Beacon: Just as family farms are consolidating into huge, corporate ventures, the wheat pool's trademark elevators are making way for concrete super elevators
      Goode, Jeff
      8/17/1992
      Painting of a Prairie scene. A black-dirt road, surrounded by grass and cattle. One figure on h…
      Manitoba Prairie scene with three figures, horses and cattle
      Hind, William G. R., 1833-1889
      approximately 1870
      Jim Hewson says his father's farm might as well be used for housing because soil quality has been depleted by tenant farmers
      Jim Hewson says his father's farm might as well be used for housing because soil quality has been depleted by tenant farmers
      Bradnam, Sue
      1/25/1984
      To the farmers of Canada : it is claimed for Whitcombe's Farmer's Account Book, that by its use a thorough system of farm accounts may be kept in a simple form
      To the farmers of Canada : it is claimed for Whitcombe's Farmer's Account Book, that by its use a thorough system of farm accounts may be kept in a simple form
      Whitcombe, Charles Edward
      1873
      Spectre of separatism could begin to haunt the prairies if Ottawa continues to ignore wheat farmers problems, warns former Alberta premier E. C. Manning
      Spectre of separatism could begin to haunt the prairies if Ottawa continues to ignore wheat farmers problems, warns former Alberta premier E. C. Manning
      Geo, Mario
      1/17/1970
      Some of the billions in extra federal revenues is channeled to Prairie farmers caught in a world grain price war
      Some of the billions in extra federal revenues is channeled to Prairie farmers caught in a world grain price war
      Loek, Dick
      12/18/1986
      The happy couples are shown cutting their 225-pound weddding cake at the reception, which was held at the Peruvian embassy. The cake was elaborately decorated with drop icing loops and topped by three sets of tiny bridal figures. To see who would be marri
      The happy couples are shown cutting their 225-pound weddding cake at the reception, which was held at the Peruvian embassy. The cake was elaborately decorated with drop icing loops and topped by three sets of tiny bridal figures. To see who would be marri
      James, Norman
      6/21/1954
      Does Ontario need road blocks too?, On the march for Farmer Dad, She's marching to help her daddy and 1,300 other farmers carry their beefs about farm(...)
      Does Ontario need road blocks too?, On the march for Farmer Dad, She's marching to help her daddy and 1,300 other farmers carry their beefs about farm(...)
      Teskey, Frank
      4/5/1966
      Catalogue of books of the Guelph Farmers' and Mechanics' Institute
      Catalogue of books of the Guelph Farmers' and Mechanics' Institute
      Advertiser Book and Job Office
      1857
      PM tightwalks. Low bidders: About 500 farmers took over a farm-liquidation auction near Palmerston. They conducted the auction themselves and bought about $100,000 worth of equipment for $19.81
      PM tightwalks. Low bidders: About 500 farmers took over a farm-liquidation auction near Palmerston. They conducted the auction themselves and bought about $100,000 worth of equipment for $19.81
      Brennan, Pat
      2/9/1983