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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 14, 1943
Page
3
The article urges building daily mineral and vitamin intake with calcium iron vitamins A B C through foods like milk leafy greens and whole grains. It lists breakfast through dinner menus and answers a question about eggs in baking, highlighting CBC Farm Broadcasts and Kay Stevenson as a broadcaster.
A diary style piece reflects on choosing a farm with durable wells and outbuildings, windbreaks, a heated house and basement. The author notes chores, weather struggles, and a farm community visit, while debating national plans to increase food production and possible subsidy ideas influenced by Gardiner-Wickard. The tone blends domestic details with policy speculation and farmer concerns.
German authorities in occupied Holland expand censorship by banning residents from carrying poster glue painting material tar chalk or any coloring substances to prevent pro Allied slogans on walls. The measure targets civilians and aims to curb political expression amid occupation.
In Toronto on November 16, the Swift Canadian Company Limited was fined ten dollars under the Farm Products Grades and Sales Act for possessing for sale third grade creamery butter labeled First Grade. Ontario requires clear, accurate branding of butter quality on wrappers. The case was investigated by Dominion Department of Agriculture officers.
Ontario agronomist C. W. Owen describes soybeans as a versatile annual forage and soil enhancer. Used as hay or pasture, soybeans provide emergency feed when crops fail, and as a cover crop fix atmospheric nitrogen with proper nodulating bacteria. When harvested for seed only, plant residue remains to improve soil and fertility with continued fertilization as needed.
A British plan proposes pooling soft drinks produced in Britain to streamline transport. The agreement would consolidate 400 000 tons of products annually, aiming to reduce logistics costs and improve distribution across the country.
A wartime account recalls the 1940s air raids that struck Welsh villages like Cwmpare. Firefighters battled incendiaries as ARP workers helped the homeless, with 27 villagers dead and many homes damaged in a single night. The scene illustrates how the Blitz reached rural Britain beyond major cities.
A lady phoned the president of a large department store at 2 am praising a hat bought last week. The mogul, sleepily replying, asks why she calls about a hat, only to hear the line ends with a note of the hat’s truck delivery.
Provisional 1942 estimates show Quebec wheat oats barley beans buckwheat and mixed grains up over 1941 with hay clover alfalfa and fodder corn also rising. Cheese production climbs while butter drops eight percent and maple syrup output reaches 2 272 400 gallons.
Farmers urged by the Used Goods Administrator to return empty jute feed bags for dried grains and other bulky products. Shortage of material from India delays new bag supply as brewers, distillers, and rallists rely on used bags to meet rising meat and dairy demand.
The notice emphasizes timely return of all tags for jute and licensed peddlers. Bags are vital to agriculture. Take care of them, don't damage them, and keep bags moving into trade.
Alberta fur market shifts as bush rabbit demand falls after last season’s record pelts. Traders say plentiful supply and lapsed Australian pelt imports reduced demand for Alberta rabbit hides. Farmers and hunters watched prices slide as market expectations cooled.
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