Experimental Farm Notes on Ammonia Phosphate Boosts Wheat
In 1944 ammonia phosphate 11-48-0 sown with wheat on sixteen Manitoba farms raised average yields from 37 to 42 bushels per acre, average increase 5 bushels. Arborg showed negative results. eight years on M Shebeski farm there. Gains varied by locality with 9 to 11 bushels at Hargrave Gunton Lenswood Briksdale Silverton. Dugald flood-affected area gained seven. Boissevain Goodlands Lyleton Pipestone yielded 5, 0.5, 4 and 3 extra bushels respectively.
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Manitoba
Arborg
M. Shebeski
Boissevain
Goodlands
Lyleton
Pipestone
Forum Chairman Watson Porter Named CBC Farm Forum Leader
Watson Porter, editor of The Farmer's Advocate and Home Magazine and secretary of the Ontario Conservation and Reforestation Association, will chair CBC's National Farm Radio Forum first series starting Monday October 30 at 9 50 p m in the Midwestern Region.
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Watson Porter
CBC
National Farm Radio Forum
Porter
Farmer's Advocate
Home Magazine
Ontario Conservation and Reforestation Association
Public Read Advertisements, Wartime Board Finds
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board tested public response to ads revealing supply facts for Canada. Ads covered milk, children's underwear, and sugar with a thumbnail farmer milking a cow. The public praised the ads as read, despite a protest from critics over a left side illustration.
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Prices and Trade Board
Canada
Miss Olive Pearson Showered at Pleasant October Party
A shower honoring Miss Olive Pearson was held October 16 1944 at Mrs. Kenneth Fraser home. About sixty friends attended with hostesses Mrs. Fraser Mrs. John McMillan and Mrs. Gordon Vickery. Olive stood under pink and white streamers as Wilma Delbridge pulled a toy truck of gifts and guests sang For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow. A dainty lunch concluded the afternoon.
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Kenneth Fraser
Olive Pearson
John McMillan
Gordon Vickery
Alex. Park
Olive
Seventh Victory Loan urged to finish the war
Urgent appeal for War Savings highlights men with zest to fulfill obligations and the national drive to save. The Seventh Victory Loan is going over the top as citizens pledge to support troops and endure until victory is achieved.
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Unti
Sacrifice Poem from Jane Dale Honours War Mothers
A son writes to his mother from overseas, honoring her sacrifice with the gift of his life in distant war. He recalls her years of care from babyhood to adulthood, and insists his own sacrifice pales beside her devotion. Dedicated to mothers who suffer because of war, from Hamiota.
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Jane Dale
Hamiota
McConnell Lavinia and Decker Church Services Schedule
The notice lists church services for McConnell Lavinia and Decker. McConnell Service at 11 a.m. Sunday School at noon. Decker Church service and Sunday School at 1 30 p.m. Lavinia Church service and Sunday School at 3 p.m.
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McConnell
Decker
Lavinia
The Price Is Not Too High In Seed Discussion
Farmers face the claim that Registered or Certified seed is too costly. The piece argues mixed seed yields are often inferior and seed growers stay committed to pure stocks for pride, not profit. It contends pure seed remains a long term, stable choice for prairie farming.
Windsor Station in Montreal A Wartime hub of the CPR
Windsor Station in Montreal serves as more than a transit hub. War efforts have added features including four wall maps of theatre fronts with daily updated pins, flag decorations, and a busy six to eight thousand phone calls daily. The station houses 2,500 CPR staff, opened in 1889, and handles vast telegraph and long distance traffic across the country.
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Windsor
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
C.P.R
France
Windsor Station
Halifax
Vancouver
Kings
Queens
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Miss Olive Pearson
M.B.S. Hamiota
Amd
DR. K W. Wneati
A. Macnamara
National Selective Service
Tural
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