Two main ways to boost egg profits for farmers
The article outlines two primary strategies for egg producers to raise profits. First ride the poultry cycle by timing sales to low supply periods and adjust yearly plans to expected production. Second cut costs by increasing eggs per hen and expanding flock size, with data from Alberta's Mixed Farm Study showing cost differences by production rate and flock size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf Petersen
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Petersen
Mr. Petersen
Corby the Fiddler Man Leaves Willowdale for Cypress Hills
A roaming fiddler named Corby charms Willowdale women with guitar songs and quick escapes. He courts Miss Roche, Miss Simpkins, and Mrs. Masters, who pushes marriage with a stipulation filled life. He plans ties to Coral Sands but disappears toward Cypress Hills, still playing and wooing.
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Corby
Willowdale
Miss Roche
Plas
Vi Roche
Miss Vi
Bob
Beautiful Kitty
Kate Simpkins
Miss Simpkins
Mrs. Masters
Coral Sands
Tanner
Angel
Foundation seed development in Canada overseen by breeders
Plant breeders at Vernon British Columbia reviewed vegetable seed standards ahead of the Canadian Seed Growers Association meeting. Foundation seed, produced by research staff, must meet strict purity and disease criteria before certification and distribution to registered growers. Hybrid vegetable seed use is rising with limited CSA registrations.
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Eet
Vernon
B.C
Canada
Vreeder
C.S. A
Europe
United States
C.S.G.A
Morden Statiery
Flower arranging course offered by Michigan State University
Michigan State University expands higher education with a university level course in flower arranging and gardening. Women students attend special instructor training and later teach short courses in their hometowns to gardening groups and women's clubs.
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Michigan State University
MSU
Christmas decorating guide from Better Homes and Gardens
Guidance on festive home decorating with color balance and simple, elegant touches. Advice covers doorway greens, swags, garlands, tree focal point, harmonious color schemes, ceiling decorations, garland draping, fireplace trim, stocking ideas, and using evergreen roping, beads, and papier mache accents to create a cohesive Yuletide display.
New Portrait of Queen Elizabeth by Edward Seago
British artist Edward Seago, who has shown in Canada five or six times, paints a new equestrian portrait of Queen Elizabeth in full regalia for Trooping the Colour. The five foot canvas shows the Queen on a chestnut horse Winston against a dark sky with a distant scarlet troop line. Commissioned by the Coldstream Guards, the image may be finished in November after four sittings including one in Buckingham Palace grounds.
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Canada
Queen Elizabeth
Edward Seago
Winston
George VI
Seago
Coldstream Guards
Noveber
Buckingham Palace
Unusual Mantis Invasion Hits Tweed Ontario Streets
An unusually large swarm of praying mantises gathered on the lighted main street of Tweed Ontario. Officers from Lands and Forests note the incident involves a non native invader among about 1 550 known mantis species, with Chinese Mantis first identified in Pennsylvania in 1896.
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Tweed
Ontario
Main
Department of Lands, and Forests
South America
Pennsylvania
Canadian Trade And Employment Report Highlights September Gains
Canada posted a 16 percent rise in exports in September while nine month totals showed an 11.7 percent gain led by metals chemicals and forest products. Shipments rose 3 percent in September and railway carloadings continued to climb with an 11.4 percent year to date gain. Employment and unemployment remained near seasonal stability with wages and labor income at record August levels.
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Canada
Yale Hallowe'en Gift Tests Hickman Recruiting
Friends sent a 275 pound tackle to Yale claiming he is Greek not in English. Herman Hickman worries about first rate material as he coaches. In a separate note a jingle laments reckless driving and car repairs from lost parts.
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Herman Hickman
Yale
Connecticut
Herman
New Haven
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