Dairying gains tied to good heifers and proper care
Dr Bowstead emphasizes breeding and care for heifers, calves should receive colostrum milk and stay with dam for 3 4 days. After colostrum, feed whole milk until three weeks, then skim milk and quality hay and grain. Milk replacers may improve but milk remains ideal. antibiotics like aureomycin aid growth. later introduce seeds minerals. roughage at high quality reduces grain needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
University of Alberta
Bowstead
Crochet pattern for cap and mitten set with flowers
An advertisement offers pattern 7128 Cap and Mittens in easy crochet in white with colored flowers. Directions include sizes 4 to 20. Send twenty five cents to Brimful of thrifty gift ideas by Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog for a catalog of embroidery crochet sewing designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeas
Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Rodney oats show satisfactory performance in Alberta trials
Alberta tests and farmer surveys from 1953 to 1954 indicate Rodney oats performed well across conditions. About 501 registered bushels were allocated to ten seed growers in 1953, with over ten thousand bushels sown by 300 farmers in 1954. Despite adverse weather and September frosts, growers rated Rodney as promising with wide adaptability. The 1954 average yield on 57 farms was 65.0 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Alberta
E. C C. Lowe
Lacombe
Rodney
Man outlines fire safe bed smoking device
In Victoria a man named J Henry Michaud claims an aluminum tube with side holes fits a cigarette holder to stop ash from escaping while smoking in bed. Fire officials and hospital authorities show interest in the invention. Also noted is Rogers Pass in the Selkirk mountains named after Maj A B Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
J. Henry Michaud
Rogers
Selkirk Mountains
British Columbia
Maj
A. B. Rogers
Saskatchewan waters receive 15 million fish planted
Prince Albert reports the provincial fisheries branch under director G E Couldwell planted over 15 million fry and adult fish in Saskatchewan waters over the past year. The major effort included 14.7 million pickerel fry across southern Saskatchewan and Prince Albert Meadow Lake districts, plus 755,000 northern pike fry in several lakes.
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Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
G E. Couldwell
Meadow Lake
Buffalo Pound
Cypress
Gooseberry
Meeting
Nelson
Royal Lakes
Kamloops
East Trout
Junction Reservoir
Maple Creek
Bow
Fir
Torch
Nipekamen
Duncairn
Qu'Appelle
Assiniboia
Pf.r.a
Edouard
Green and Palins Lakes
Southey
Couldwell
Funny Quips and Local Gag Lines Gathered
A collection of humorous quips from across the U S and Britain. Jokes range from a boy’s mischief about heaven to a Brooklyn classroom pun and a tip about reading by a wee light in Scotland. The items reflect playful text and regional speech.
Home Workshop patterns for do it yourself furniture and curtains
The ad offers Home Workshop pattern services with designs for trestle tables rugs window framing and scallop borders. Patterns 390 334 207 325 cover trestle tables rug making cornice boxes window framing curtains and other interior decorating ideas. Patterns cost 35c each. Address Department P.P.S. Home Workshop Pattern Service Vancouver B C. One acre of soil yields about 1500 pounds of sunflower seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum
Canada implements Disabled Persons Act nationwide in 1955
Ottawa announces the Disabled Persons Act is in effect across all provinces from January 1 1955. Eligible total and permanent disabilities receive allowances up to 40 percent of costs with a $40 monthly maximum, targeting about 25 000 beneficiaries.
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Ottawa
Canada
Paul Martin
National Health and Welfare
Mr. Martin
Government of
Martin
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By Alice Brveles
P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Rodney Oats
Explorer
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Doris
Coop Salas
Brooklyn
Joey
Jock MacSwinney
Sandy McTavish
Sandy
South Bend
Ind
Department
P.P.S
Home Workshop
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Lad
Shandarel
ALL Canada Insurance
Fedt Raton
ALL Canada Insurance Federation
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