What Women Want to Know The New Broom
A wartime advice column urges women to overhaul canning containers and sealants, buy cereals in bulk to save costs, and adapt menus to food controller rules. It discusses fish supply plans, farm production tips, and simple rationing guidance for households and rural communities.
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J. D. McGregor
Co-Operative Farmers’ Associations
Winnipeg Fish Company
I.o.b
England
France
Belgium
Serbia
E¢Tic
Prac
L.A
Seed Testing And Good Crops
The article urges farmers to test seed vitality before planting. It cites a Ottawa seed branch case where only 8 percent of barley seed was vital, causing losses for renter and owner. Testing 25 or 19 kernels or sending 200 kernels to Ottawa is free, with no postage for small samples, and now is the time to prepare seed grain for the season.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Calgary
Alta
Canadian Grain Marketing Rules for Settlers in Western Canada
The Grain Act regulates marketing and protects farmers by standardizing grades, licensing dealers, and using a warehouse commissioner without personal grain interests. Most grain moves through interior elevators owned by farmers and dealers. cash sales or storage choices let farmers time sales for better prices. Farmers may ship their wheat themselves with elevator loading facilities available.
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Canada
Buffalo Herd Thriving at Wainwright Park Despite Bolivar Threat
The Buffalo herd at Wainwright Park grows to 2,924 with Bolivar slated for removal due to vicious temper. Bolivar, a formidable wild-type, is the sole problem in a thriving herd as the Dominion government plans an execution. The main group roams range while younger stock and cows stay in sheds. The park serves nearby animal facilities and will loan a buffalo cow to Brandon, Manitoba.
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Ivar
Hallongs Park
Wainwright
Bolivar
Dominion
Wainwright Park
Brandon
Man
Canada to Produce Half Its Seed Needs at Experimental Farms
Canada plans direct production of about one half its seed needs at Dominion experimental farms under J. J. Grisdale. Hon. T A Crerar directs efforts with emphasis on British Columbia to grow root and vegetable seeds and stabilize prices to protect growers.
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Europe
T A. Crerar
Dominion
Canada
J. J. Grisdale
British Columbia
Agriculo Ic Provincial University
Widespread Hoarding Across Classes Cites Scarcity Rumors
The piece notes that hoarding is not limited to large speculators but also involves the general public and housekeepers especially in the east. It argues excessive storage distorts supply and may raise prices, while warning that hoarding by many, large and small, contributes to artificial scarcity despite abundant crops.
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East
Old Well Together We Drink Quote Fragment
The fragment quotes a speaker asking about drinking together at the old well. It is a lone line with no clear context, names, dates, locations, or organizations identified in the readable text.
Rumania to Stay in War Says Ionescu in AP Interview
In an Associated Press interview, Ionescu, vice president of Romania's council of ministers, pledges to remain with the entente until a just peace. He argues Romania fought to defend freedom and justice and would seek restoration of Romanian provinces now under Austria-Hungary. He warns that peace must restore these provinces and that Britain France Italy support this aim.
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Ionescu
Rumania
Council of Ministers
Ferdinand
Associated Press
Romania
M. Jonescu
Russia
Serbia
America
Austri-Hungary
Great Britain
France
Italy
Lloyd George
Pichon
Cattle Feeding in Winter Proves Profitable for Western Farmers
A Manitoba farmer bought 36 heifers in October at low price and sold them later at a high rate, averaging 141.50 per head. They gained 89 pounds each, fed on oats barley chop hay and straw, with feed cost around 12.75 per head. Despite harsh December, cattle sold in fine condition aloft favorable comments.
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Canada
Manitoba
Japanese fishermen harvest 600000 fish near Queen Charlotte Islands
A party of fifteen Japanese fishermen on the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia harvested 600000 fish over three weeks. They salted and dried the catch into piles like cordwood, hoping to find buyers. A representative of the Russian government then offered 50 cents a fish.
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Queen Charlotte Islands
B. C
Tanks Named Aga In Of Camouflage Tale
Fragmentary notes suggest tanks were given names in camouflage schemes during a construction period. References mention officials, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and concealed tales circulated among workers.
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Pll
Watan
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Fragmentary wartime phrase about funding and seeds
A garbled line asks what this war has funded and mentions a term seedleg in unclear context. The readable text provides no concrete events or identifiable entities to anchor a fuller summary.
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Han
Crop protection holds key to Canada's food effort
A historic call for robust crop protection outlines the need to prevent insect damage as a major factor in national food security. It urges growers to plan next season early, stock pesticides, and prepare fields, orchards, and stores to ward off pests and safeguard essential crops.
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Canada
Paris
Ottawa
Creamery Seeks Expansion and New Site Purchase
A Cardston area creamery plans expansion with a new site secured. Construction will use dampening materials and expects a spending around 25 000 dollars.
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Ar Creamery
Cardston
Pamdings
Gentry
Wheat exports set to reach thirty three million amount
Report indicates wheat export prospects total about 33 million in value and are expected to trigger notable export activity. The note emphasizes the potential impact on trade and markets.
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