Early tillage on summerfallow shows value in dollar return
Tests by the Canada Department of Agriculture across Southwestern Saskatchewan show early summerfallow yields higher profits. Good fallow saves moisture, reduces weed growth, and boosts next crop yield, with an extra $0.70 per acre cost yielding about 3.2 bushels per acre more, a net return over 500 percent during favorable moisture years.
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Ottawa
Canada Department of Agriculture
Swi
Saskatchewan
Gems of Thought and Fashion Reflections
A compact montage cites quotes from Mary Baker Eddy William Hazlitt Thoreau Lincoln Emerson and C Simmons on rightness patience and virtue. It notes a late fashion trend describing small velvet leaf crescents used to hold a bridal veil.
Bible metaphor of the vine and fruitfulness of life
A Bible study note explains Jesus words I am the vine ye are the branches. It argues vine imagery shows believers must bear fruit to prove union with Christ and fulfill God’s purpose for productive lives and Glorification.
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John
Jesus
Christ
Vikings among first settlers in Manitoba
Winnipeg records show Thomas Douglas Earl of Selkirk founded the prairie settlement in 1812 bringing Highlanders including at least 15 Norwegians. Led by Captain Even Holte they built a road along the Nelson River and guided colonists 500 miles to Fort Douglas later Fort Garry where Winnipeg now stands. Some Norwegians stayed at Norway House while others farmed at the main settlement.
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Hudson's Bay
Vinland
Manitoba
United Press
Winnipeg
Thomas Douglas
Earl of Selkirk
Prairies
Hudson Bay Company
England
New World
Nelson River
Even Holte
Red
Assiniboine
Lake Winnipeg
Red River
Fort Douglas
Fort Garry
Winnipeg City
Norway House
Victorian welcome rug kit with hooked design and patterns
Easy to make Breezie welcome mat with hand hooked letters and roses. Instructions cover transferring design to burlap, color shading, and assembly from odds and ends of old wool. Pattern 110 and Pattern 357 available separately or included in a larger rug pattern packet. prices listed.
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Tve
Spring and Summer Maternity and Misses Pattern Offer
Advertises Anne Adams sewing patterns for maternity and misses sizes with new necklines and iron-on motifs. Pattern 7036 includes maternity sizes 10 12 14 16, pattern 4897 includes misses sizes 12 14 16 18 20. Orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto with 25 and 35 cents coins.
Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue Offer
Household Arts Department advertises the ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Catalogue from 60 Front Street W Toronto. It features knitting, crochet, embroidery, iron-ons, toys and novelties. Send 25 cents to receive a copy and plan to order every design.
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Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Arctic cities with tree lined streets envisioned by expert
R N Redmayne, AC IA Canada GM, outlined thriving Arctic cities linked by air routes at the Canadian Aeronautical Institute meeting. He noted DEW line supply airlift, praised Captain Gerry McGinnis for landing success, cited winds forcing new strips, and cited 1954 1955 freight hopes and 1954 spring airlift totals.
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Arctic
R. N. Redmayne
Air Industries and Transport Association of Canada
Canadian Aeronautical Institute
Redmayne
Dew Line
Hecla
Fury Strait
Hudson Strait
Canso Causeway
McGinnis
Edmonton
USAF
Dukedom Tops British Peerage Ranks
A concise note explains that dukes hold the highest hereditary title in England, ranking above all peers except princes. The piece suggests a quick, practical message about swift action to save a life.
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England
Mystery lines up with pancakes in convention city
The column wittily weighs the social quirks of convention time. It notes hotel crowding, playful jabs at in laws, and the contrast between culinary quirks and political bustle in a light, satirical tone.
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Mary Baker Eddy
William Hazlitt
Thoreau
Lincoln
Emerson
C. Simmons
Fleischmann
Earth
Project Vanguard
Washington
Modest Mermaid
Nettie Rosenstein
Miami Beach
Fla
Jfashions
P.P.L
West 5Th Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Anne Adams
By Vice Brooks
Fone
Canadian North
Yukon
Mackenzie River
Gerry McGinnis
Maritime Central Airways
Strictly Fresh
Macdonalds
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