General 1955 agricultural outlook more reassuring
A projected 1955 outlook shows Canada and world agriculture improving. Trade remains strong with higher farm incomes, steady inventories, and continued demand for base metals and forest products. Wheat markets may rise, livestock receipts hold steady, and overall farm net income expected similar to 1954.
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Europe
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
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Canada Poised To Lead Commonwealth Oil Output In 1954
Canada is set to be the largest oil producer in the Commonwealth in 1954 with an estimated 12 percent of total output, per figures released in London by the Petroleum Information Board. Last year Canada produced about 10.95 million tons, while British Borneo and Trinidad also contributed sizable totals. India, Pakistan and the U.K. produced smaller amounts.
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Commonwealth
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Petroleum Information Board
British Borneo
Trinidad
India
Pakistan
U.K
Earl of Wemyss Praises Canada Visit For Scottish Trust
The Earl of Wemyss and March, chairman of the National Trust for Scotland, reported strong goodwill toward Scotland after a seven week tour of Canada and the United States. More than 100 new trust members, mostly Canadians, were gained during the trip.
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United States
Canadian Student Designs Shown In London Centenary Event
Vancouver girl Judith Parsons displayed a coat and cocktail gown at St Martin's School of Art centenary exhibition in London. Overseas students included participants from Britain Canada Cuba Thailand Austria Cyprus Denmark Czechoslovakia Germany Egypt France Italy Persia Poland and South Africa.
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Judith Parsons
London
St. Martin's School of Art
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Britain
Canada
Cuba
Thailand
Austria
Cyprus
Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Egypt
France
Italy
Persia
Poland
South Africa
Brimful of thrifty gift ideas in Needlecraft Catalog
Thrifty gift ideas from Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog offering 82 embroidery crochet sewing designs. Includes patterns printed in the book with a 25 cent copy price. Mentions gifts bazaars fashions and a note on fish lacking nerves around the mouth. Bank night depositories described as stainless steel.
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Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Farm Seed Cleaning Machinery and Practices
Farmers should assess cleaning problems before purchasing seed cleaning gear. Machines like fanning mills and disc units perform scalping and grain weed separation, often needing multiple passes with different sieves. Indent cylinders, roll mills, and blanket mills aid in separating wild oats, rough kernels, and specific grain types such as wheat, oats, barley, and flax.
Potato King Aubrey Hall Wins BC Potato Show Title
Aubrey Hall of Langford near Victoria is British Columbia's potato king after producing 28 tons of white rose potatoes per acre at the provincial show.
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Aubrey Hall
Langford
Victoria
British Columbia
Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee urged active community role
Education Minister Lloyd urged all Saskatchewan communities to participate in the 1955 golden jubilee celebrations. He said the milestone records pioneers stories and hardships, from schools and churches to floods and pests, and calls for strength, wisdom, and dignity for the province’s future.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Farmers Order Forage Seed Surge
About 1 000 Saskatchewan farmers placed forage seed orders during the 1954 fall seeding campaign, with sufficient seed shipped for 15 000 acres. Spring 1954 brought 3 200 orders, totaling 4 200 for the year and enough seed for 70 000 acres. Since 1947 the program has filled 21 000 orders totaling 3 000 000 pounds for 350 000 acres.
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Uate
Plant Industry
Woman chief elected on Indian reserve in Saskatchewan
Gwen O'Soup becomes Saskatchewan's first woman chief at the Key Reserve near Kamsack after defeating three men. The report notes the historic achievement while mentioning the presence of true bellicose animals south of Russia as an unrelated zoological tidbit.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
Gwen O'Soup
Kamsack
Chopped Dough Loaf and Butterscotch Fruit Buns from a Recipe
Instructions describe making a chopped cherry loaf and butterscotch fruit buns. Steps include shaping a loaf, greasing a pan, doubling in bulk, and baking at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes. Butter glaze, orange rind, corn syrup, brown sugar, and pecan halves feature in the buns with a jelly roll style roll and cut into nine pieces.
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