Kangaroo Rats Found Across Saskatchewan Sand Dunes
Dr Nero with Rich ard Fyfe and Frank Bushell report dozens of sand dune burrows and eight live Kangaroo Rats captured near Sceptre and the Great Sand Hills. Five rats survive in the museum display as experts call the species desert adapted and not a pest.
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Nero
Richard Fyfe
Prelate
Sceptre
Frank Bushell
Portreeve
Saskatchewan
Fyfe
Buscell
Buschell
Jong
Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History
Robert W. Nero
Ruse
A New Look at Summerfallow in Western Canada
Agronomists in Western Canada increasingly favor continuous cropping over traditional summerfallow where rainfall is ample and weeds are not a major issue. Proper phosphate and nitrogen fertilization can boost yields and offset moisture limits, though cost and fertilizer efficiency limit rapid change. Adoption is expected to be gradual as farmers assess returns and reliability of wheat markets.
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Canada
Parachutist Arrested for Reckless Driving Bailed Out
A parachutist was arrested for reckless driving but a friend bailed him out. A calf in California is named Elvis Presley after the owner says the animal has bawled since birth. Presley jokes about keeping up with the Joneses and prestige amid everyday worries.
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California
Elvis Presley
First Metis Co op at Green Lake Incorporation
The Green Lake Metis Settlement in Saskatchewan incorporated and registered July 17 as Green Lake Settler's Co-operative Limited. It is the first Metis venture there a general store supplying groceries and sundries. Located outside Green Lake hamlet, the co op buys most supplies from Federated Co-operatives in Saskatoon via Meadow Lake store.
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Green Lake
Fashions Use scraps to craft patchwork quilt and pillows
Thrifty guide offers three patch quilt design and pillows for summer lounging. Includes pattern 7003 with charts and directions, price 25c plus 35c per additional pattern, instructs where to mail payments and how to request a catalogue. Anne Adams and Home Workshop Patterns named for orders.
Free Needlecraft Book Promotes New 1956 Designs
Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street W Toronto offers two free patterns printed in the Alice Brooks Needlecraft book for 1956. Stunning designs for home and self with dozens of other easy hand-work patterns available by ordering the book for 25 cents.
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Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Road Toll Rising in Saskatchewan 1956 Fatalities
Saskatchewan faced a grim trend as August closed with over 60 road deaths this year. Over the past decade nearly 1,000 people died on Saskatchewan streets and highways, with officials warning another 1,000 could perish by 1964 if the rate continues.
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Saskatchewan
Life of Reilly origin debated and sports trivia discussed
A fragment discusses the origin of the phrase Life of Reilly with hotel myths and a joke about O Reilly. It then riffs on marriage dynamics and a quiz question about the largest army, listing China, the Soviet Union, and the United States. It ends with musings on whistles, figure et cetera and baseball handedness in play calling.
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Reilly
O'Reilly
United States
U S Agreement to Sell Farm Grains to Japan Increases
The United States agrees to sell 65.8 million dollars of farm produce to Japan, bringing total foreign currency sales to 150.8 million. The latest shipment includes 17 million bushels of wheat valued at 27.3 million, 4.5 million bushels of barley at 4.8 million, and 5 million bushels of corn and feed grains costing 6.4 million.
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United States
Japan
Water-Tank Heaters Shipments Fall in Canada to June
Canadian shipments of electric domestic water tank heaters fell to 132,563 units by end of June, from 158,054 in 1955. Gas-fired heaters rose slightly to 20,093 units from 19,659.
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Strictly Fresh
Joneses
Ege
al Countley
Cunard
Cunard Line
Montreal
the Pattern Shop
Msi
Anne Adams
Department P.P
West Sud Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Alice
Iducr
Saan
Pete McEvoy
Brooklyn
Pete
Los Angeles
Thade
U.S
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
Fleischmann
Retiins
Ens
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