Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 24, 1984, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free april 1984 weather parches Manitoba farms extreme Lack of precipitation forces Farmers to pump water for Stock in a co a in i t i by Joscelyn Proby desert like conditions Are forcing some Farmers in Western Manitoba to pump water this Spring for the first time in Trudy Veenendaal said that in the 10 years she and her husband have had their hog farm at Carman she has never seen it so she said in a Normal year the dugouts Are overflowing from the Spring but this year one dugout is almost empty and the other barely half veet Tendall said she expects to Start pumping water from the Boyzie River this the first time Treyve done she Doest know what the expense will but regardless of the Cost we need the she said they already losing Money on Selling them for seven cents less a Pound than they Cost to Richard agr water super visor for the Manitoba water services said Creek which usually flows for a month after the Spring run did riot last a week this he said the Lack of precipitation is most serious in the Southern half of the West of the red he said his department has received about 58 applications from Farmers to pump which is More than double the number Ever received in the livestock Farmers Are suffering particularly because of the Large amount of water required by their he last precipitation amounted to Millimetres from november to less than half the average precipitation for the Winter pasquillo said the situation was aggravated by the which thawed the ice during the Day and froze the water again at night until most of it was absorbed into the Only a torrential amount of rain could Start a Spring Runoff he Thomas provincial director of water said water volume in the Assiniboine River was less than half what it was in other years at the Peak of Spring the reduction in volume this Spring is typical of fivers rising Lii Southern he Brian another Carman said he has already pumped River water five Kilometres for his they require about litres of water a he in other his dugouts have dried up in july or but this year is much he there is far less water than there has Ever he Grain Farmers have enough moisture in the ground from the Fain Ealief this month to germinate the but without More Fain the crop will not be Able to Craf Nef there is moisture the first 18 inches Down below it is he he said he believes the moisture has been getting less Over the last six he said that in local Wells hit the water table at 30 whereas this year they do not hit water until 59 people famous names and what there doing to stay that daily on relax Winnipeg free press Home delivery 9570550 correction Dominion stores advertisement of april 21st 1 should have read product of California grown fresh strawberries 88e we apologize for any inconvenience caused our valued Piu week pay As you co shape up for Spring the professional Way registered dietitian for weight 4 year graduates for Nautilus 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