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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 27, 1950
Page
3
A reader muses on how spring aligns with 1840s patterns, noting wet fields in the Guelph district and hard winter effects on cattle and feed costs. The piece debates thrift versus meanness among farmers and the need for resilience amid potential losses and unpredictable events.
A column muses on thrift and foolish spending, arguing thrift means making use of what you have without being stingy. It contrasts penny pinching with generous thrift, notes spring hints like frogs singing, and ends with old timer proverbs about spring.
The passage notes that legends and superstitions echoed real observations of nature. It recalls how Indigenous knowledge read birds and beasts to forecast weather and hints at sugar helping in making a liquid transparent through sugaring processes.
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