Canadian Farmers Face Need to Produce More for Population Growth
Dr. H. L. Patterson of the Ontario Department of Agriculture told 125 youths during 4-H Club Week that Canada must boost output in fresh vegetables, small fruits, tobacco, feed grains and roughage. He notes rapid industrialization, a shift to mechanization, and larger farm units as population rises 60 percent in 20 years, with fewer farm workers and more specialized machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
H. L. Patterson
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Canada
Dr. Patterson
Everyone Should Embrace Free Enterprise in Community Life
The piece argues that private business no longer hides and must engage with neighbors. It stresses that freedom at work equals freedom at play and warns against distrustful minorities who misuse freedoms. It links trust, fair dealing, and public life to the strength of free enterprise.
Virden Liquor Referendum on Five Outlets Next Tuesday
Town electors will vote in Legion Hall on November 20 on whether Virden should have five additional liquor outlets. Demonstrated caution noted in licensing board slow approval and must mark ballots in provided spaces to avoid spoiling. The referendum could change local social habits and remains a civic duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virden
Legion Hall
Manitoba Licensing Board
Grain officials urged to switch to hundredweight measure
Western Canadian grain groups press the Board of Grain Commissioners to replace the bushel with the hundredweight. At Co op Vegetable Oils Ltd in Altona last Saturday a unanimous vote supported adopting the hundredweight as official grain measure. Companies already price and record in pounds, and officials cite time saved and reduced errors in exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Board of Grain Commissioners For Canada
Co-op
Vegetable Oils Ltd
Altona
Wheat Pools
D. G. McKenzie
Board of Grain Commissioners
Winnipeg
United Grain Growers
Calgary
McKenzie
Beet sugar payments aid Lethbridge growers in 1956 crop
Beets delivered to Lethbridge factories received 4.0 million dollars as the first autumn payment to 1,583 growers who produced 465000 tons on 36210 acres. The 1956 crop with 17.2 percent sugar content may yield about 3.0 million more in additional payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbridge
Eastern
Alberta
Eastern Irrigation District
Greenland moves to save musk ox from extinction
Greenland authorities consider tighter hunting limits as northeast Greenland musk ox populations decline due to milder climate. Calf births are scarce with a sample district showing 26 bulls per cow. The species remains concentrated in northeast Greenland and small numbers exist in the Canadian Arctic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Danmarkshavn
Ton
Canadian Arctic
Ancient grain drying oven found near Husum
Archaeologists uncovered a 1800 year old drying oven used by villagers near Husum Germany to save grain from harsh harvest weather. The device used heat from a fire routed over grain spread on a bed of pottery fragments, similar to modern drying techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Husum
Germany
Police equipment by urban police forces in 1955
Municipal police forces in urban centres, district municipalities and townships with 4 000 population and over in 1955 were equipped with 1 071 radio cars 143 non radio cars 490 motorcycles and 125 other motor vehicles.
Future of the sunflower crop in Western Canada
The sunflower outlook in Western Canada hinges on farmer attitudes toward raw crops. Breeding aims for economic yields beyond northern Prairie regions, with acreage fluctuating from 5,000 in 1943 to 60,000 at peaks, and 20,000 in 1955. The crop offers rotation advantages, frost and drought resistance, and price potential, yet late maturation and rust risk persist as breeding programs advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Canada
E. D. Putt
Morden Experimental Farm
Department of Agriculture
Prairie Provinces
Western Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Red River Valley
Bird Houses and Feeders Pack Pattern Sale
Pattern 208 offers actual size cutting guides and instructions for life like three dimensional figures suitable for a snack bar display. Five patterns in the Bird Houses and Feeders Pack No 1 cost $1.50 total with $0.35 per pattern and orders should be sent to Home Workshop Patterns Department P.P.L. in Vancouver British Columbia.
Autos Boost Tin Industry In 1955 Oil Can Boom
Automobiles spur demand for tin as two billion motor oil cans were used in 1955. The era’s growing car culture drives tin consumption and industry expansion.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Swift Current
the Record
Rimbey
Empire Advance
The
Red River Valley Sun
Altona, Man
E.L.D
the Bulletin
Brooks, Alta
MS Sen
TM RI
By William Ferguson
Margie H. Bronson
Almo
Ceylon
Department of National Health and Wettare
Department P.P.L
West Sud Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!