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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 25, 1941
Page
11
From Pennsylvania kitchens come cabbage and dessert ideas. Two cabbage dishes use heavy cabbage: Dutch Cabbage and Cabbage Filled Peppers with vinegar and mustard seeds for preservation. Also ideas for rennet custards with apples and pears, plus creamy milk alternatives to please children.
Officials from Canada's Dominion Department of Agriculture announced a small shipment of British Columbia breeding stock for export. The consignment includes 6 Rhode Island and 2 White Leghorn roosters, 18 Rhode Island and 12 White Leghorn pullets. Earlier shipments to South America, Africa, and the West Indies were reported satisfactory.
ATypeset diary fragment from The Acton Free Press recounts wartime life in Tyone district. The writer describes radio interference, boosted broadcasting power, and a community stunned by the district’s first war casualty.
Canada’s beekeeping forecast shows Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta expect strong honey yields with prices higher than last year. British demand remains robust with a 5 000 000 pound order and a guaranteed price in pounds per hundredweight.
Reports from Winnipeg and Manitoba tests indicate Thatcher wheat suffered about 25 to 30 percent yield losses due to rust. University of Manitoba and Dominion experiments show dusting Thatcher wheat with sulfur offered limited protection, boosting yield by roughly 6 percent in protected plots, with overall losses estimated around 37 percent in North Dakota conditions.
The report outlines U S aid to Britain under lend lease with emphasis on feeding the old and country’s winter needs. It notes Canada supplying hens and other foods, and details distribution, price controls, and government measures to ensure bread, meat, and dairy reach vulnerable groups amid wartime shortages.
A fragment describes Thor Mettaodist Church of Great Bellany urging Methodists at home or abroad to participate in a project called Yedda pews as part of a permanent restructuring led by a Ness secorder.
An unreadable line hints at a bet and someone named Hickey being pursued or pursued elsewhere. The text is fragmentary and unclear about event, participants, or outcome.
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