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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 14, 1954
Page
3
The Foren Biology Division of the Department of Agriculture in Ottawa reports experiments on artificial defoliation and natural detachment of leaves, finding broad leaved trees may endure complete foliage loss for two or more consecutive cycles.
Studies in the Maritime provinces show beech defoliation in late June or July leads to dead or weakened trees next spring, while birch and aspen regrow foliage if dormant buds remain. Conifers vary with species, with some tolerating partial or complete defoliation for years, others dying after bud loss.
A mistyped reminiscence describes a freezing night with cars idling on Main Street and windshields icing over. The writer ponders the invention of the plastic scraper and notes drivers adapting with improvised tools and limited mobility as temperature and power strain.
A garbled OCR fragment outlines a local notice with unclear names and actions. Readable parts point to a public matter and an official source, but key dates and participants are illegible.
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