New 1956 autos emphasize safety and styling shifts
Detroit reports upcoming 1956 models will stress safety features like belts padded dashboards and collapsible steering wheels. Expect four door hardtops, new body shells for Lincoln and Continental Mark II, and early introductions from Ford Mercury GM Chevrolet Chrysler Packard Nash Hudson Rambler Studebaker and the Edsel line in various months.
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Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Chevrolet
Packard
Studebaker
Hudson
Edsel
Henry Ford
Alberta researchers seek farmer input on problems
Agricultural Engineer Don Dew tours central Alberta farms at Lacombe to identify farmer issues and set future study priorities. He stresses lab to field ties with the Alberta Federation of Agriculture and Lacombe Station as key to practical progress and better food production.
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Central Alberta
Don Dew
Lacombe
Dew
Alberta Federation of Agriculture
Experimental Farms Service
Alberta
G. E. DeLong
Summers smartest acpa pattern for a two piece outfit
Misses pattern 4832 offers a blouse and pleated skirt in contrasting colors with a convertible collar blouse and graceful yokes. Sizes 12 through 20 require 1 1 2 yards blouse and 2 yards skirt on 39 inch fabric. Send 35 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto with size name address and style number.
Storing Leftover Canned Goods Safely in Tin and Glass
Experts explain that after opening, tin in food remains minimal after two days, with acidity and lacquer coatings affecting tin dissolution. Perishability depends on contamination and temperature. sterile storage in can is sometimes safer than in a dish. Leftovers keep about as long as fresh equivalents, with consumer experience guiding limits.
Simple factors govern winter wheat stands says Alberta expert
A. J. Pittman of the Lethbridge experimental farm outlines six practical tips for strong winter wheat stands in southern Alberta. Emphasizing prepare fallow, disease-free Kharkov or Yogo seed, mercurial seed treatment, September planting, shallow moist seed beds, and timely fertilizer, he notes these steps boost germination emergence and winter survival.
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Lethbridge
A. J. Pittman
Field Husbandry Department
Alberta
Crochet Strawberry Design Doilies Pattern 7335
Fresh summer crochet item. Doily set features a large strawberry design with a lace center in sparkling colors. Pattern 7335 includes one large doily and 17 smaller 12 inch pieces. Use No 30 mercerized cotton in gay colors. Send twenty five cents in coins to obtain pattern.
Order 1955 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue
Plainly write your name address and pattern number to the Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street West Toronto. Order a copy for 25 cents and explore knitting crochet embroidery iron ons toys and novel links with many new designs.
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Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Saskatchewan ends government sale for beaver and muskrat pelts
Regina announces a policy shift allowing beaver and muskrat pelts collected next season in Saskatchewan to be sold on the open market. Trappers may choose local fur dealers or the Fur Marketing Service. The move follows years of government supervision and growing harvests, with aims to boost returns and fur production.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
J. H. Brockelbank
Saskatchewan Fur Marketing Service
Prince Albert
Department of Indian Affairs
Provincial
Department of Natural Resources
Brock
Brockelbank
Ants on the lawn warned as garden pests
The article explains hardworking ants can harm gardens by feeding on roots and plant juices and invading homes. It advises keeping foods sealed, using ant traps, and targeting the source by destroying the anthill with granular ant killer to cover about 800 square feet per application.
Home Workshop: three gadgets speed laundry and bench work
A basement workshop article introduces a removable canvas wash hopper that doubles as a laundry bag, a portable line reel, and a sliding pin box. It explains patterns 441 337 and 338 with construction steps, costs 35c, and notes the setup fits small spaces and any rugged bench.
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Chuck Thurston
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