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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1951
Page
2
The article notes numerous hazards make forecasting farm crop success difficult until harvest ends. Weather, insects, labor shortages and other factors influence yield, so certainty remains elusive despite care and planning. Forecasts are still made annually based on known or anticipated conditions.
Officials from the Federal Department of Agriculture and the Dominion Bureau of Statistics predict farm incomes in 1951 will not fall below 1950 and are likely higher than 1950’s total of 2 223 000 000 dollars. They note rising costs for machinery fertilizer feed and fuel but expect incomes to remain stable.
Confidence in farmer incomes for 1952 rests on $65,000,000 already paid under the British agreement and $120,000,000 distributed by the Canadian Wheat Board. Canada will supply 227,000,000 bushels this year under the International Wheat Agreement. Farm incomes have risen but not as fast as other occupations. a bountiful harvest is hoped to lift cash returns when marketed.
Vancouver Province reports Campbell River endures days of wildfire destruction. Areas burned include mature and young forests, soil humus, and wildlife such as blue grouse and black tailed deer. Lost timber, employment, power basis for Vancouver Island, and future forest wealth raise costs for reservoirs and tourism.
Agnes De Mille promotes Blue Bonnet margarine noting its delicate sunny flavor and nutrition. The ad highlights three benefits Nutrition Economy and its use as a spread, plus two packaging options the economy pack and a Quix bag for quick color.
Winnipeg reports a record influx of tourists with J S McDiarmid noting vacationers may spend 25 million dollars this year. In six months 31000 short term vehicle permits issued versus 18000 in 1950. Ports Piney South Junction Emerson show large percentage gains while Grose notes early tourist shopping slow in Winnipeg Brandon but expected to rise, boosting sales.
Dryden Ont to 25 houseboats of scrap lumber on Wabigoon river show integrated forestry in action. The Dryden Paper Company uses mill waste for arena ice base, swimming pool tower lumber, and railway ties. Sawdust and slabs become packing ice insulation and firewood. McMillan notes the plant uses everything but the scream of a saw.
Alberta Agriculture Department reports the province's sheep numbers have fallen to about one third of six years prior, signaling a sharp decline in the flock. The figure cited is 2943, indicating a substantial drop in livestock.
A collection of one liners and wry exchanges about miscommunication jokes at home and in society. A young man shows an old countryman a typewriter while the other extols a concertina. A youth deceives a dinner guest about the host, and a love triangle ends with a quip about a husband.
Twenty ships of 10 000 ton capacity have been booked to call for wheat at Churchill this summer. More are expected. The vessels will be from England and France, said Frank Eliason secretary of the Hudson Bay Route Association.
Alberta pest controller W. A. Lobay estimates Canada harbors at least one rat per person and pests cost the country about 275 million dollars yearly.
Lassiter, a dry land farmer who came to Alberta in 1917, cultivates nearly seven square miles of virgin soil on the Sunshine Ranch. He notes rock removal costs exceed a dollar per acre and outlines his moisture conserving planting method using a Noble shoe-type press drill to place seed three inches deep for sub-surface moisture access.
Dr Gordon Bates of the Health League of Canada urges prolonged artificial respiration for drowning victims, rejecting the idea that after long submersion it cannot work. He cites cases up to thirty minutes underwater and provides practical steps and contact points for the Schaefer method through Lifesaving and ambulance groups.
A Pennsylvania visitor on Banff Road watched two Alberta Motor Association road patrol members in white overalls change a flat tire. The Calgary patrol is the first in Canada, operating Friday evenings through Sundays to assist motorists with tires, repairs, towing, maps, and information.
Emile Bidart of Battleford Saskatchewan has a rare pet a black gopher found recently. He brought the animal home for town youngsters to view and it has stayed, licking the Bidart family food hand-outs and showing no desire to leave. Black gophers are noted as rarer than albino or white ones.
The article notes that the human body holds enough phosphorus to manufacture roughly 2,200 matches. It discusses the mineral’s role and estimates its total bodily quantity.
Mrs Earl Wilson praised Blue Bonnet margarine describing its sunny sweet taste and nutrition. The ad promotes Blue Bonnet as economical and versatile for cooking vegetables and spreading, highlighting regular economy and a yellow bag option.
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