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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 18, 1948
Page
3
A chronique piece notes the birth of a prince and expresses royal joy. It blends reflections on Princess Elizabeth, national sentiment, and the author’s personal farming days with details on farm life, power cuts, threshing, and household adaptations, ending with a political aside about parliamentary leadership salaries.
The Financial Post reports on significant food sector developments affecting Canadian farmers taxpayers and industries. The article previews trends and outlooks for meat and egg supplies and related markets in the coming year.
Homemaker feature shows creative uses for odd gloves and fabric to craft gifts and practical items. It includes DIY projects like arm bands, doll accessories, pin cushions, and holiday tree trimmings, plus tips for saving electricity and simple recipes Welsh rarebit and cabbage dishes.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics projects overall grain production in 1948 will surpass 1947 with about 372 million bushels of wheat, 338 million of corn, and strong gains in barley rye and flax. Increases stem from higher yields and larger acreage, especially in Ontario Quebec Manitoba and the Prairie Provinces.
The article extols the ripening harvest of Canadian crops as a wondrous achievement. It credits energy, skill, science, and invention from farmers and workers, praising their contribution to global food supplies and the fight against hunger. It emphasizes national welfare and world aid from Canada's agricultural progress.
The article explains weed life cycles and control strategies for annuals biennials and perennials. It stresses targeting seeds for annuals and using fallowing and cultivation against perennials while noting the need to study each weed’s life history for effective eradication.
Britain remains the world’s foremost shipbuilder with 56 percent of total ceasals under construction. Global tonnage under construction reaches 4,021,889 tons, with the United States at 162,072 tons and Canada at 125,847 tons.
During the year ended June 30 1948 about 42 5 thousand pure bred domestic animals were imported duty free into the United States for breeding purposes, exceeding 1947 by over six thousand. Of these 34 4 thousand were cattle predominantly Holstein Friesians, 43 thousand sheep with more than half Suffolk, 28 thousand swine mostly Yorkshire, and 260 breeding horses. About five million US citizens are connected with Canada by birth or marriage.
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