Solar homes and egg prices in wartime farm notes
A rural column discusses solar homes with south facing glass and heat savings, laments coal soot on windows, and questions practicality for families. It covers egg price slumps, farmer profits, and the need for greater poultry production. It then details pig brooder options including hexagonal houses, in-pen brooders, and heated boxes with electric or water heat.
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Hken
Outaldo
Ottawin
England
S. A. Hilton
Dominion Experimental
Nappan
Kleep
Wartime Nutrition Plan Guides Homemakers In Canada
Wartime advice urges households to save vitamin content in foods through careful planning and low temperature cooking. It promotes economical meat preparation with pot roast recipes, safe handling of pork, reheating cautions, and flavoring ideas using herbs and vegetables for one pot meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Useful Hints to Avoid Chick Losses
Agricultural guidance notes that in 1943 Canada hatched more chicks, but many died early. Emphasizes proper housing, heat, sunlight, air, and high quality starter feed to ensure chicks survive and grow. Warns that chilling or poor care prevents recovery and hurts future production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Nutritional merit ranking of vegetables by vitamins
A London meeting of the Nutrition Panel of the Society of Chemical Industry graded vegetables by carotene vitamin A and vitamin C and minerals iron and calcium. Green vegetables topped the list with broccoli tops watercress mustard greens and spinach. cabbage and cauliflower followed with less carotene. tomatoes and lettuce mid ranked. turnips peas radish leeks and onions at the bottom. asparagus cucumber celery and marrow not graded due to minimal vitamins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nutritiona Panel
Society of Chemical Industry
London
Eng
Neighbourhood Pride and Home Upkeep
The text extols pride in tidy, well maintained homes improving property values and community welfare. It notes the effort and cost of repairs, lawn care, and flowers encouraging neighbors to follow lead. It also mentions Britain supplying armaments to Russia between 1941 and 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile
Renal Estate
Examining Fruit and Vegetables in Storage
Officers advise winter checks on stored fruit and vegetables to curb wastage from mold, rot, and pests. Remove affected produce promptly, test quality after room temperature exposure, and discard suspect apples, cabbage, and blighted tubers. Maintain temperature controls to slow deterioration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Phillips
Division of Horticulture
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Itythe
Canada Eats Better Despite Wartime Rationing
A Wartime Information Board report across 23 countries finds Canadians eat better now than before the war despite rationing. It notes some shifts in habits among higher income groups but says overall intake remains ample and nutrition stable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadllans
Canada
Wartime Information Board
Australian radio operator holds line under fire in New Guinea
In the Forts Viver area of New Guinea a small Australian force faced three Allied attacks from Japanese forces. Wireless radio kept front line communication alive as nineteen men carried the radio sets. Signals operator Levy of Grenard South Australia endured 36 hours under fire before a Japanese shrapnel shell destroyed his radio and one pound of marmalade carried for 300 miles.
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John HW
Viver
New Guinea
Avia
Levy
Grenard
South Australia
Colin Wills
Bbcs
Red Cross Sports Gear Drive Reaches German POs
London reports that over 10,000 parcels of sports gear have been sent to British prisoners of war in Germany. The effort, led by top sportsmen, provides boxing gloves, rugby balls, rubber rings, table tennis gear, hockey sticks and more, funded by matches across Britain.
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London
Red Cross
Germany
Great Britain
Sicily
Alles
Land in Scotland
London CP reports that land in Scotland from next February will be subject to controlled planning under the New Town and Country Planning Act. The land owner must seek local authority consent before development, placing the onus on the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scottland
Uda
Quebec Observer Warns of Bloc Popular Strength
A Quebec political note compares Bloc Popular to a farmer who overestimated a summer hotel order. The farmer promised a hundred frogs daily but delivered four, claiming misled by the noise in his error.
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Mifelonp
Quebec
Bloc Popular
Oomarah
Hla Farm
Saving amputations through early infection treatment
A British science news report discusses new methods to prevent amputations by detecting infections early. It argues such treatments could save limbs and reduce hardship for wounded soldiers and others, viewing this progress as a major positive development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science News
Telly
Costs Reduction in Poultry and Indian Frontline Training
The Dominion Department of Agriculture urges cost cutting in poultry by improving management and health to reduce mortality and feed waste. It notes home-grown feed and green fodder as savings. Separately, a thousand-mile India-Burma frontier force trains intensely along jungles and mountains guarding India against Japanese advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Articulture
Bombay
Guardian of
India
Tdl Party
United Nations
St Benedict on Immigration
The article argues most Canadians are either immigrants or descendants and prejudice against more immigration rests on flawed logic. It notes bias exists across generations and among French Canadians fearing language decline, with limited enthusiasm for immigration from France and few recent arrivals from British sources before the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eskimos
Indiana
France
Young Welsh Hero Wonnie Smith Receives Gallantry Awards
Four foot tall Welsh youth Wonnie Smith aided Joyce Blair in water trouble showing courage beyond his size. He earned the Royal Woman Society Parchment for Gallantry and the Boy Scout Certificate of Gallantry for his actions.
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Wonnie Smith
Royal Womane Society
N Tne
Joyce Blair
Wondale
Boy Scout
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Chronicles
Ginger Farm
Gwendoline
Claire
Britain
Russia
Scotland
St. Benedict On Immigration
Kro
British Navy
Dept. of Pensions and National Health
J. R. Heller
Division of
Veneral Disease Control
United Sates Public Health Service
A. D. MacDonald
Medical Research Council of Great Britain
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