Fall Wheat Harvesting Under Way in Halton County
A July 12 report notes several Halton fields cut for winter wheat with most still at stock stage. Yields range from 30 to 50 bushels per acre. Hessian fly damage seen in some fields. Drought stress and heat threaten corn and pastures, while rotational grazing shows clear benefits. Eastern Ontario haying under way with ample moisture and farmers like Fred Webster of Picton maintaining Holstein herds and feeding dry hay.
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South Halton
Halton
Picton
Fred Webster
Agricultural Representative Service
Fred
Marks- Tan
Kemptville Agricultural School
J. A. Dalrymple
K.as
Geo. E. Raithby
Ontario Agricultural College
New Fly Killer Eyed By Halton Farm Readers
Farmers discuss a new dry insecticide for barn use with active ingredients Malthion and Tribute. Kemptville School reports excellent results with Malthion Barnfly spray while readers are urged to try these materials for barn fly control. Fat hogs noted as economic waste by R K Bennett cites market prices and lard yield concerns affecting Ontario hog producers.
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Halton
Kemptville School
R. K. Bennett
Canada Department of Agriculture
Ontario
Kemptville Agricultural School
Bennett
Canada
U.S
Canadian meat aims to be world top supplier
Kipling Saskatchewan Citizen notes that replacing hit-and-miss ranching with a focus on meat types demanded by world markets could position Canada as the leading global meat supplier.
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Canada
Kipling
Old Cooking Hints Told To Busy Bees
The Busy Bees group met at Mrs. J. Dredge’s home in Rockwood with good attendance. Mrs. S. Coxe gave the day’s thought and Mrs. A. Allen reported current events. Mrs. Peter McLean chaired home economics and presented on old fashioned recipes and modern cooking tips.
Yukon Leaders See Bright Future From New Discoveries
Whitehorse based George Black former Yukon parliament member and longtime Ottawa speaker says Yukon’s future looks bright with tungsten and other minerals. Now 81, he and wife Martha will celebrate 60 years of marriage in August. He criticizes proposals to link Yukon with southern provinces and calls Ottawa administration satisfactory.
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Whitehorse
Y.T
George Black
Yukon
Martha
Black
House of Commons
Martha Black
Ottawa
Forestry Workers Travel 900 Miles for Poplar Seeds
In northern Ontario near Longlac, scientists drive 900 miles from the Lands and Forests research station near Mapk to collect windblown poplar seeds. Dr. Carl Heimburger leads a team of "fluff chasers" to meet industry demand for reforestation within two years, sourcing seeds from the Longlac district.
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Lands and Forests Research Station
Mapk
Toronto
Ontario
Carl Heimburger
Lands and Forests Department
Heimburger
Poplac
Maple Station Uses Refrigeration To Grow Poplar Seedlings
Dr Heimburger orders refrigerated seeds to beat natural limits for poplar growth. At Maple station seeds are sterilized, planted in sterile flats, and grown under plastic covers with fumigating gas. seedlings cross and re cross to form hardy strains, reaching one foot in a season from seed and up to ten feet in nursery soil.
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Heimburegr
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Woor
Longlac
British Columbia
Alcan
Kitimat
Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd
Port Arthur
Dr. Heimburger
Nature
Vanity
Asive
van Wyck Cleaners
Massey-Harris and Ferguson
Massey-Harris-Ferguson Limited
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