Canadian Thanksgiving Day and wartime farming notes
Thanksgiving prayers invite observance across Canada as wartime ration inquiries reveal coupon rules for honey and doctor or feed dealer trades. Fur farming values rise to 40 million dollars with mink and silver fox pelts driving 1943 production. Junior farm clubs stay active despite wartime population shifts while 1044 national championships in Toronto highlight dairy beef swine poultry and crops. Books ship to Canadian POWs in Germany and penicillin production pressures spark a broader technical workforce shortage especially among women.
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Dominion of
Canada
Ottawa
Africa
Britain
U.S.A
Toronto
Germany
Dickens
Sabatini
Galaworthy
Buchan
Dumas
Surplus Poultry Prices and Winter Commerce Highlight Ottawa Report
Indications from Ottawa note allied governments plan to take surplus higher grade poultry from Canada for export as canned goods at a ceiling price. News promises stability for farmers, while Christmas tree marketing faces difficulty due to rail and manpower shortages. Wrens Naval Service marks two years with 5,000 members, serving across multiple duties. Domestic electric refrigerator releases end August with only 225 new units left for hospitals. Bureau of Statistics reports 1944 midyear physical volume up 5.1 percent, industrial production up 2.8 percent, national income at 4 percent.
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Ottawa
Canada
Departments of Labor, Transport, Mualtiogs
W.ptb
Nce
Naval
London
Bureau of Statistics
Megatherm cooking eyed to speed meals in postwar era
New York report outlines high speed megatherm electronic cooking using mega therm heating to uniformly heat foods instantly. Proponents say could transform lunch counters restaurants hotels and home kitchens, with faster service and simpler operation though crusts and browning may disappear.
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New York
Vernon W. Sherman
Federal Telephone and Radio Corp
Sherman
Apple Harvest Sprays Reduce Fruit Drop and Bruising
The 1940 spray program aims to minimize fruit drop at harvest and bruising by using napthalene derivatives and napthaleneacetic acid salts. These chemicals slow maturation effects. weed control tests show growth-regulating sprays killing bindweed within days.
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Ture
Ithe
Nyshuland
Yne Bulletin
Department Cays
New York
Geneva
WPTE Revokes 10 More Standardization Orders
The WPTE announced cancellation of ten further standardization and simplification orders affecting wood and metal products, bringing last week’s revocations to 53. The actions include orders A-U31 on administrators, A134 for school furniture standardization, A-20 on asbestos products, A306 amended, A-165 on caskets, A-771 on wood pencils and penholders, A533 on office furniture and A GOT amended, and orders on Venetian blinds, incandescent and fluorescent lamps.
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WPTE
Let Inclujes
Will Need Horses For Europe s Farms
Canada’s breeding stock may play a large part in rebuilding European live stock and farm power after the war. Horse numbers have declined dramatically in Russia Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Greece and Germany while authorities warn the task of supplying farm power will be tremendous, driving continued demand for Canadian horses.
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Europe
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Greece
Germany
Red the Ohio farmer becomes first in Aleutians farm
An Aleutian base greets its first farmer as Navy mess officers receive the Mvestack ordered from the States. Red, once an Ohio farmer, returns to farming in the north with a dairy Ayrshire cow, two dozen chickens, and a sow with a mixed litter en route. He says he is better at farming than swabbing decks.
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Aleutian Island
Red
Ohio
Salt in water for poultry to curb feather picking
Some poultrymen add a tablespoon of salt to each gallon of drinking water to deter feather picking in flocks. The practice is noted as an observed remedy. effectiveness varies and is not universally accepted among farmers.
Blueberries Grow From Johnsons Farm Experiments
E W Johnson of Vale Inland New Westminster reports two new blueberry bushes yielding berries one inch in diameter. He notes success comes from growing plants from cuttings and pruning after New Year. Fresh vegetables gain more vitamin with prompt chilling after harvest.
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New Westminster
Mall Plume
E. W.J. Johnson
Vale
Johnson
Aussies Hit Snag in Rubber Search
A decorative hedge plant expanding rapidly has become a pest in some areas. Sydney University’s Department of Organic Chemistry notes the vine is disease free, grows quickly, and requires careful consideration for Australian economic plans and future manpower needs.
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Department of Organic Chestry
Sydney University
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Canadian Army
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