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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1945
Page
11
A compiled guide covers canning and preparing tomatoes, suggesting peeling in hot water, cooling, and air drying, plus steps for boiling, bottling, and sealing in jars. It also lists tomato based dishes including cocktails, salads, spreads, baked dishes, and sauces with assorted vegetables and seasonings.
Gwendoline P. Clarke writes a period piece titled Chronicles ol featuring rural life on Ginger Farm with playful satirical tone and dated phrasing. author details remain uncertain.
A long reader column argues for standard time over daylight saving as farmers fear dew and hay losses. The piece cites business interests, local councils, and wartime norms, urging local leaders to align with the public need and restore standard time. The author notes a personal update: Bob has left for Toronto with the Canadian Army and is expected back as a civilian.
In Hamilton Ontario Murray Hendry returned from a luckless fishing trip and while reboarding his boat a 11 inch black bass leaped from the water, struck his cigarette from his lips and landed in his lap.
Government experiment at the 11thsylvania County Experimental Station explores a coal fed curing system using thermostatic control to ease labor in tobacco barns. Director KE Mo Matthews says the upgraded furnace allows farmers to tend other work while tobacco cures.
Wrathirr and Mrat describe rapid snowmelt from warm late March and early April. Farmers moved cattle to pasture early but cooler weather in April and May stunted grass and cattle growth. The Current Review notes feed supplies were depleting as cattle conditions deteriorated.
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