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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1950
Page
6
At a federal provincial agricultural conference in Ottawa government officials outlined the coming year's supply expectations for farmers. The discussion highlighted essential needs including farm labor machinery and fertilizers and how these factors will affect cash returns to farmers.
Prices for fertilizers are forecast higher in 1951 due to higher production costs and freight rates. Steel demand for defence and shortages of essential materials may hinder farm equipment production. Strong Canadian food demand could keep farm prices high with little chance of surpluses, though supply, labor, and weather will influence crop success.
A dated collection of quick quips and wry exchanges without a clear single event. Jokes cover book sellers gamblers dogs prom talk and a Hollywood star with six wives. Names like Harold Tommy and Mrs Timkin appear amid snippets and punch lines.
Ottawa reports the Christmas tree trade has grown into a 2.5 million dollar seasonal industry. In 1949 50 Canada produced about 11 million trees and exported 7.5 million. British Columbia led in production. Nova Scotia exported 2.026 million, as private land is turned into plantations.
Regina. Dr. J B Mawdsley head of the geology department at the University of Saskatchewan says a major new uranium source may exist at Charlebois Lake in northern Saskatchewan. Preliminary field notes say the area likely adds to the province’s uranium bearing regions with pegmatite deposits and uranite crystals rather than pitchblende.
Northwest Command officials report a piece of fabric similar to parachute silk found in a tree top twelve miles northeast of Edson. Edmonton hunter John Hipsner spotted the orange fabric. RCAF will send a three man para rescue team to the area to investigate origin.
In Moose Jaw Saskatchewan a top price of 5.25 per pound was paid for the reserve grand champion dressed turkey at the 13th annual All-Canada Turkey Show sale. The 15-pound hen-turkey exhibited by Mrs V Zinn of Tuxford was bought by Canada Packers for 78.15, a Saskatchewan record. The grand champion dressed chicken shown by J R De La Hay of Tuxford sold for 2.50 per pound.
Regina reports the Saskatchewan Fish Game League estimates coyote damage at 100000 dollars this year on farms. The coyote population is placed near 100000, with losses including all types of livestock slaughtered by the predators.
Canadian Co operative Processors Ltd with plants in Swift Current and Edmonton advances a new pet foods division for Canadian and American markets. The shift stabilizes the local horse processing sector, preserves 130 jobs across the two plants, and aims to benefit 30 000 shareholders in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
In the first half of 1950, 7,307 Britons emigrated to Canada, 28,620 to Australia, 5,468 to New Zealand, and 4,917 to South Africa. Commonwealth Relations Secretary Patrick Gordon-Walker released the figures in a parliamentary reply, noting higher annual totals from the previous year in most destinations.
In a North open One Diamond South rebid Two No Trumps. West doubled and South shifted to Four Clubs, then Three Clubs. North's Two No Trumps rebid set the stage as West's unwise double allowed South to ruff, win trumps, and execute a sequence ending with dummy's last Spade ruff. South emerged with the advantage after ruffs in Spades and Hearts and a pivotal Diamond defense.
A 600 pound steam boiler originally built for Russia now runs in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan. It was part of an oil refinery built in the United States for Russia under lend lease but was not shipped after the war ended.
Alberta journalist notes how Scotty Freebairn in Pincher Creek continues Service era open range legacy with his poetry. The piece recalls Freebairn’s life from Scotland to Canada, his work in the town, and his verse about Kootenai Brown and frontier life in southern Alberta.
In Dayton Ohio a three year old, Margery Bidstrup, who feared a bristling Santa in a department store, was coaxed by her mother. Santa spoke German to comfort her and she climbed into his lap, listing gifts like a Christmas tree plate and skillet. The mother recalled a Kiel Germany Christmas.
The proboscis monkey, a large species found mainly in Borneo, features a notably long nose. In older males the snout is especially prominent and capable of movement.
The west’s inaugural railway mail route began operation on the Winnipeg to Brandon line in 1882, marking a milestone in regional postal and railway cooperation.
Ottawa reports 268,090 births in the first nine months, the highest in three years, with 266,048 births in the 1949 period. Marriages totaled 8,218, and deaths reached 90,831, compared with prior figures.
Food Minister Maurice Webb announced Britain will purchase 1,300,000 cases of Canadian apples for the current season.
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