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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1952
Page
2
The article reflects on postwar life for Canadian veterans seeking civilian work. It notes mixed results but highlights progress and many veterans finding successful employment after leaving the services.
Government aid let veterans finish courses or learn trades and establish home farms. A recent Vet erans Land Act report shows 54,809 farms operated, with Alberta leading at 550 farms and $37 million invested, Manitoba 5,758 farms at $27.9 million, Saskatchewan 8,117 at $34 million, and British Columbia 6,510 at $30 million.
Officials of the Veterans Land Act Administration report that very few veterans failed to meet land payments and express general satisfaction with the program. The piece notes postwar gains for veterans, community benefits, and a contrast with post First World War reintegration, praising the last war veterans’ success in land, trades, or professions.
A collection of light sketches and quips includes party wit about flirtatious sisters and diamonds, a boastful returnee, a hostess and guest mixups, a pile of silly ads, a pharmacist pun, a nap as insurance, a porch parking joke, a nurse and patient pulse gag, a bank account trick, a sneaky note, a parish salvation quip, and the zebra riddle about white animals with black stripes.
A recipe for pork chops baked atop a layered corn mixture. It uses canned corn green pepper crackers eggs milk butter salt and pepper. The dish is assembled in a greased dish with two corn layers, cracker crumbs and butter, then baked at 325 degrees F for 45 minutes.
In Reston Manitoba virtually all locals show interest in oil with the Pipestone Municipal area earning $320 yearly from 32 leased acres. Private oil rights cover about 70 percent of the district with Crown ownership holding the rest. Municipal revenues total over $50,000 annually from lease rents, and royalty markets are active with several farmers selling 1 percent shares for large sums. Prospects for oil could boost the district, though even without discovery residents already gain tax relief and economic improvement.
Winnipeg report by Leslie Hancock federal agriculture district supervisor argues Canada imports meat and dairy despite prairie riches. He notes 1950s drops in cattle marketing in Manitoba, imported bacon, and global beef loaf examples while urging soil, livestock and government groups to plan district wide livestock driven farming and succession for young farmers.
In Alberta a new wildcat, Anglo Socony Pekisko No. 1, will be drilled about eight miles south of Turner Valley on Duke of Windsor’s ranch. The group of Canadian independents will farmout land from Socony Vacuum Exploration, under a 99 year lease the duke holds on the oil and gas rights. The move follows the duke’s return to the oil business after acquiring the rights.
University of Manitoba researchers report a new malting barley variety surpasses O A C 21 in field tests. If licensed, about 2 000 bushels could be available for prairie plantings in 1953. Experts discuss fertilizer use and irrigation barley production in Manitoba and Alberta.
A note on sulfur underpins its role across food, apparel, and consumer items, highlighting its pervasive presence in modern production chains and daily life.
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