Prairie horticulture warns on volatile herbicides
A Manitoba led survey reports widespread damage from selective herbicides on ornamentals and crops across prairie provinces. Wind drift and airplane spraying contribute to garden loss. calls for controls and policy action rise as several states already limit highly volatile 2 4 D forms.
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T. A. Sarmdercock
Manitoba
Sandercock
Alberta
North Dakota
Winnipeg
Prairies
Edmonton Parks
Arkansas
California
Idaho
Louisana
Mississippi
Oregon
Texas
Fashions Offer Halter Top for Warm Weather
Fashions endorse a halter top designed for warm weather with a simple cross stitch pattern to add color. Pattern 7192 covers Misses sizes 12 14 and 16 18 with full instructions and an embroidery transfer. Send 35 cents to order pattern and 25 cents for the Alice Brooks Needlecraft book featuring dozens of easy designs.
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Alice Brooks
Novelties Pattern for Jig-Saw Cut Outs
The home workshop pattern shows nine of ten novelties cut from quarter inch plywood. Each cut-out is traced from pattern to wood with saw and painting lines, then colored as indicated. Pattern 376 costs 35c, and the Jig-Saw Packet with varied projects is $1.50 postpaid.
Bird Bath Pattern And Bird House Patterns Available
A cement birth bath may be formed using a mould of lath and lumber. Pattern 227 details steps and concrete formula and costs 35c. A Bird House Pattern Packet offering ten designs is priced at 1.50, order from Home Workshop Patterns Department P.P.L. 4433 West Sud Avenue Vancouver B C.
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Department P.P.L
West Sud Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Run Away Car Damages Five Vehicles on Crescent
Late Friday a car escaped control in front of Modern Groceteria and collided near Whitefield's Drug Store injuring no one. It struck Dr A M Grants new car and involved five vehicles in the chaos on Crescent. The report notes Constantine the Great as history context.
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Crescent
Groceteria
Whitefield
Dr. A. M. Grant
Souris
Man
How to Reduce Swollen Painful Piles Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Hem-Rod Tablet as a fast internal relief for swollen painful piles. It claims constipation relief and itch easing with small, regular doses and promises money back if unsatisfied.
Local plant to shuttle milk to Shaunavon
The $60,000 fire at the Saskatchewan Co-Operative Creamery plant in Shaunavon will disrupt local processing but not milk supply. Shaunavon shippers will send raw milk to the Swift Current plant for processing and a shuttle service will keep milk and milk products available locally.
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Saskatchewan Co-Operative Creamery
Shaunavon
Swift Current
Fred Hawkins
the Sun
Hawkins
Sun
Sask
Alberta farm safety program eyed at Camrose Fair
Secretary Stuart announced a plan to hold a Camrose Fair Tractor Safety competition as part of a broader Alberta Safety Council farm safety program. The aim is to organize local fairs this year leading to a provincial championship withEdmonton and Calgary crowds already backing the effort. the Board gave approval to let the Executive finalize details.
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Stuart
Alberta Safety Council
Edmonton
Calgary
Camrose
Alta
Household Hints On Cooking And Craft Prep
Useful kitchen tips cover potatoes garlic spinach and dressings with practical steps. Suggestions include drying boiled potatoes by shaking the pan, stiffening fabrics with liquid starch, and infusing garlic in vinegar before use. Also notes spinach in salad, soy flavored French dressing, linseed oil in putty, and almond butter to serve with greens. A curious line notes a person’s skin decays five days after death.
Western seeding intentions in Western Canada in 1957
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports that farmers plan large increases in special crops free of quotas. Durum wheat acreage could rise by 80 percent, flax seed by over 16 percent, barley by about 12 percent, and rapeseed up to 70 percent, with oats stable and spring wheat up to 12 percent.
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Dominion Burea
Statistica
Manitoba
Ramsey
Canada
March Island
Herakd
Spiritwood
Sask
Mission City Board of Trade Sees Membership Surge
Vice-President R L Bob Fletcher led a drive adding thirty members at the Mission City and District Board of Trade meeting. Ten new members attended and were welcomed by President Percy Buckle. Fletcher reported 90 percent completion in outer areas and 50 percent in the city, with at least 50 more anticipated. Revenue already topped $400.
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R. L
Bob” Fletcher
Mission City
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Wid
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