Freezing for Home Vegetables and Fruits
W R Phillips of the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa explains why many home freezing efforts fail and how to fix them. Start freezing after harvest, blanch vegetables and some fruits, and choose proper airtight packages. Use ribbed waxed cellophane or rubber containers, keep zero degree storage, and consider pre freezers for efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Phillips
Division of Horticulture
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Govt Loans Help Farm Improvement In Canada April 1946
Loans exceeding one million dollars were made by chartered banks in Canada under the Farm Improvement Loans Act for April 1946. Many are intermediate term up to ten years for farm building work. The Act aims to improve over five thousand farms next year with seven thousand five hundred farmers having used the act in 13 months. Loans carry five per cent simple interest and are available through banks or the Department of Finance Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Department of Finance
Ottawa
Veterans flood Red Lake mining district seeking work
Hundreds of ex servicemen head for Red Lake Ont hoping to mine by luck. G W Campbell notes most veterans lack real mining experience and must take five per cent interest jobs, earning about 150 dollars monthly with board and expenses.
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Winnipeg
Ory
Red Lake
Ont
G. W. Campbell
Campbell
Son Takes Over Weekly Ry Steady Leadership
A local weekly newspaper notes a change in leadership as the long time manager Mr Sharp, who founded the pauper fund nearly 28 years ago, passes duties to his successor Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Sharp
Redistribution Debates Signal Key Parliament Clash
In Ottawa movers debate a decennial redistribution of seats under the BNA Act. Ontario and Quebec gain seats while Saskatchewan and Manitoba lose, with opposition from Progressive Conservatives and Social Credit and support from the government. Also notes on an Atomic Energy Control Board plan and PM Mackenzie King’s record tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Prairies
Hatah North America
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Social Creditse
D. C
John Diefenbaker
Lake Centres
Diefenbaker
Solon Low
Social Credit
Canada
Howe
Atomic Energy Control Board
Ward
United States
Northwest Territories
Turnip Brown Heart Prevented by Borax in Field Trials
A four year trial at Dominion Experimental Station Lennoxville Que shows borax addressing brown heart in turnips caused by boron deficiency. Applications before seeding at 10 and 20 pounds per acre raised sound roots from 1.5 percent with no borax to 7.5 percent and 8.0 percent respectively. Fair exhibits note the benefit of borax use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Experimental Station
Lennoxville
Que
Fall Faira
Clearing Auction Sale of Farm Goods and Household Items
Auction notice for Walter T. Miguqwan at Lot 6 Con 1 808 Trafalgar Ontario. Sale June 15 1846 at 8 o clock DST. Items include horses cows calves implements hay grain furniture and tools. Cash terms with no reserve as the farm is sold. Auctioneers Hindley & Elliott. Clerk R R Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter T. Migqwan
Trafalgar
Tralgar
D.S.T
Bath
M. H
Heintzman
McClary
Quebec
Hindley & Elliott
Search for Music Ends on Doorstep
Regina United Church press report says copies of Mendelssohn St Paul were sought for a choir in Toronto Montreal Chicago and London but failed until F E Moore organist and choirmaster of the Metropolitan Church found copies in the nearby First Presbyterian Church library ending the abortive search.
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Son
M. J. Coldwell
John MacNicol
Toronto Davenport
F. K. Townsley-Smith
CCF
North
Mr. Howe
Mackenzie King
King
Herlin
Kitchener
John A Macdonasl
Mr. King
R. R. Ford
Hational Clothing Collection
JUREE
Rural Hydro Service
Ontario
Hydro
Commission
THE
Hydro-Electric Power Commission OF Ontario
PLR
Duchees of Richmond
Eitiels Minty Transport
Carriee Ale
Canadian Pacific
Liverpool
Montreal
Bain Joho
Duchess of Tenon
Canadi
Doicloas
Morear Otland
Australia
Coean
Princess Kathleen
Britiah Columbia Steamship Service
Pacific Bell
Fron
Wo-Coean C.P
B.O
Australasiad’ Line
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