Manitoba Plans Massive Tree Planting Drive This Year
The province will plant 1,850,000 trees for timber shelter and beauty in 1959. Gurney Evans says 1,150,000 will reforest southeastern Manitoba with red pine jack pine and spruce, 700,000 in spruce Woods and Whiteshell reserves, plus shelter belts in agricultural areas. White spruce used for shelter belts. Scots pine used for Christmas trees. Manitoba nurseries aim for about two million trees production, with Hadashville nursery producing 10 to 12 million ultimate, Marchand second, plus federally grown trees from Indian Head for shelter belts.
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Manitoba
Spruce Woods
Ae Agassiz
Whiteshell
Plantaa Scots
Evans
Pineland
Hadashville
Marchand
Indian Head
Saskatchewan
Unclear government role in farming shelterbelt program
Fragmentary text indicates a government department and province aiding farmers with a shelterbelt plan. Mentions tree planting, machinery, and private ventures. Details are garbled but point to retreat or delay in program implementation and support measures.
Farmers consider ventures as brains power new profits
A fictional tale describes farmers planning ventures like a turkey farm to boost profits. The narrator admits the story is made up and reflects on finding answers themselves rather than relying on authorities or experts.
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B Ank
Ana Wade
Ottawa
Special Rail Tour From Prairie Provinces To British Columbia
The Canadian National Railways announces a holiday package from prairie provinces to British Columbia aboard the UN Super-Continental. The two week tour includes sleeping car berths, hotel stays, bus trips, boat cruises, and a two day Seattle visit for $194. Highlights pass Jasper National Park Mount Robson Hell's Gate Canyon Vancouver and Victoria with a Cinerrama showing and scenic drives before returning home.
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Canadian National Railwaves
Prance
Canada
British Columbia
Rivers
Vancouver
Nanaimo
Victoria
Seattle
Gulf of Naniams
Wils
Japer Nations Park
Mount Robson
Hell's Gate Canyon
Groun
Nan
Butcharts
Ardens
Coutani Drive
New Westminster
Eleven Farmers Plan Joint Farm Venture
In a rural scene near Man, eleven farmers each piloted tractors on adjacent plots. Johnson proposes pooling brains and money to start a piggery on the eleventh farm, leasing land and paying management wages, forming a new enterprise for shared relief.
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Johnson
Ostrex Tonic Tablets Promote Youthful Vitality
A health ad touts Ostrex Tonic Tablets as revitalizing thousands past 40 with a claimed 69 percent improvement. The product is advertised as available at all druggists.
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P. C. Watts
the Herald
Gurney Evans
Mines and Natural, Resources
Onal
Acce
Royal Bank
Royal’s
Royal Bank OF Canada
Miniota
G. E. Goomanson
Mer
Zerat
Fernud Tees
Peeval
An. Ros
Lena. the . Wes F Hess
INTER
Amb
Mandabas
Portage
Portage Mutual Automobile Insurance
Portage Mutual
J. F. Tennant
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