Canadian Farm Cash Income Reaches Record Peak Then Faces Possible Decline
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1861 cash farm income at 2.425 billion, a 27 percent rise from 1950, but rising operating and living costs offset gains. January and February 1951 show lower farm product prices than 1950, with livestock trade concerns and eventual reliance on harvest outcomes and markets to determine overall strength.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statexics
Canadian Farm Income Hits Record High in 1951
Canada saw cash receipts from livestock reach 1.209 billion and wheat 425 million, up from the previous year. Saskatchewan led the Prairie Provinces with 626.6 million, Ontario led overall, Alberta and Manitoba followed, with Newfoundland a distant second. The 1951 peak was 14 percent above 1949, while higher costs trimmed gains. optimism Save for 1952 remains for farm incomes.
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United States
Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
Newfoundland
Bomport
Alberta
Manitoba
Emerald Oil Heals Persistent Skin Sores, Man Testifies
A Star Idaho man recounts 20 years of misery with leg sores the size of silver dollars. He credits Moone’s Emerald Oil, advertised locally, for rapid relief after trying many remedies. The letter claims widespread customer success and urges others to try the product.
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Sonora
G. P
Star
Idaho
Emerald Ohio
Ty Ene
Surence
Moone
Superstitions Among Indians Delay Medical Work in Rockies
In a remote Rocky Mountain district near NOREGG Alberta the Stony Sacree Tribe balks at x ray exams and early medical care. Indians refuse treaty money collection unless the X ray crew leaves. Robert Battle reports 35 of 74 Indians finally submit to the ordeal before the payment party departs.
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Noregg
Alta
Rocky Mountains
Edmonton
Robert Battle
Stony Sacree Indian Agency
Battle
Mrs Lottve Turney’s antique car earns rare mileage
Shelby news notes Miss Lottve Turney’s 16 year old automobile has seen only 31 008 miles driven and has never needed motor repairs She has never traveled more than 65 miles from home and the car remains remarkably maintenance free.
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Shelby
Lottve Turney
India census shows 1951 population rising 12.5 percent
The final 1951 census figures report India’s population at 2356,829,485 with 70 percent employed in agriculture. The count marks a 12.5 percent increase since the 1941 census.
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India
Humorous Exchanges and Witty Observations
A collection of light quips and banter featuring a bachelor friend who won’t propose, a grocer and haberdasher analogy, a financial genius joke, a brisk traffic stop by a policeman, a hat aging a woman, a crowded car parking quip, a Highland inn tale about seriousness of drinking, a board meeting cue with a darts joke, a wife packing sandwiches for her husband, and a cosmetics retail gag about preserving rather than restoring.
Light Flaky Cheese Cornmeal Biscuits Recipe
Light flaky biscuits mix pastry flour cornmeal shredded cheese and parsley bake hot with butter in 425 degree oven yields 12 fingers. A string of humorous non sequiturs follows about salaries pens and a gas company, ending with a poultry study note from Kentville NS.
Queen Honors Edmonton Doctor At London Meeting
Dr. R. Graham Huckell of Edmonton will be awarded the Canadian Orthopaedic Jewel by Queen Elizabeth this summer in London. He attends the orthopaedic surgeons meeting June 29 to July 5 and serves as president of the Canadian Orthopaedic association. The jewel, decorated with the fleur de lis and the maple leaf, will be presented for the first time.
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Edmonton
R. Graham Huckell
London
Duplicate the Hen Sets New World Egg-Laying Record
A British hen named Duplicate at Fisher Farm North Mudham smashed the 25 year old world record by laying her 360th egg in 159 days becoming world champion. She is 10 months old and surpassed Lady Victorine of the University of Saskatchewan which laid 355 eggs in 365 days. Duplicate’s rapid laying drew public attention with one week totaling 26 eggs and a television appearance this month. Christopher Columbus is buried in Seville Cathedral.
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Chichester, Eee
Fisher Farm
North Mudham
Here
Lady Victorine
Th University of Saskatchewan
Wilfred Hutchings
Duplicate
National Parks See Large Visitor Increases in 1941-42
Ottawa report from the government travel bureau shows Banff led with 482,948 visitors in 1951 42, Riding Mountain Manitoba followed with 334 089. Prince Albert 12 407 more than the previous year and the system total rose to 2 195 413 visitors. Northern Saskatchewan drew 85 200 visitors and Fort Battleford 6 788. No figures were given for 1959 51.
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Banff
Riding Mountain
Prince Albert National Park
Northern Saskatchewan
Fort Battleford
Banff National Park
Riding Mountain Park
Manitoba
United Church Ministers Receive 200 Dollar Pay Rise
Regina report says yearly salaries for United Church ministers in Canada rise by 200 for 1952. Home mission committee notes cost of living pressures but aims to grant more increases and provide travel grants and manses modernization. mentions Suez Canal length 104.5 miles.
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Regina
United Church
Canada
Home Mission Committee
Saskatchewan
Tobacco Eliminator Cigarette Addiction Ad
An Alberta based promotion by King Pharmacal Corp Ltd markets Tobacco Eliminator as a cigarette addiction solution. It lists Vegreville Alberta and Box 673 London Ontario as contact points.
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King Pharmacal Corp. Ltd
Vegreville
Alberta
London
Ontario
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