Economic Survey Highlights Nova Scotia Poultry Profits
The study covers 111 farms for year ending September 30 1947 with flocks from 190 to about 3000 layers. It links higher profits to larger flocks efficient labour use and better housing while noting wide variation from top profits to losses. Low mortality and strong disease control also boost returns.
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Nova Scotia
Annapolis Valley
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
The
Eco
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Betson
United States
Popular Crochet Chair Set Pattern
This item promotes a pineapple crochet chair set design described as simple and quick to make. It offers a popular pattern with easy instructions and asks readers to send twenty five cents in coins with name address and pattern number for obtaining the pattern.
Buried boss killed by shovel at British railroad project
A report describes a murder at a British railroad construction site where a foreman was buried and struck on the head with a large shovel to ensure death. The incident highlights violent worksite conditions during the project.
Prairies Relying Heavily on Trail Ammonium Phosphate
Canada's Trail, British Columbia furnishes about 75,000 tons of ammonium phosphate annually, 11 percent nitrogen and 48 percent available phosphoric acid. Prairie provinces use has surged from 8,000 tons in 1942 to 40,000 tons in 1947, with most future supply likely from Trail. Ontario farmers may face shortages, as no alternative phosphate source exists for the Prairies. Eastern Canada and the eastern United States provide extra supplies if needed.
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Canada
Trail
B.C
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Prairies
Ontario
Baltimore
United States
Paunch Owners Seek Fat Reduction Through Exercise Claim
The Financial Post notes readers claim losing one pound of fat can be achieved by a 36 mile walk or similar cardio. Authorities caution that weight loss requires balanced diet and steady routine.
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Financial Post
Toronto
Perfume trick to lure beavers, old practice in Ontario
Sudbury Ontario wildlife supervisor explains beaver attraction to perfume, linked to castor scent gland. A Colorado discovery showed perfume drawing beavers at a Denver wildlife show. Trappers have long used beaver castor to attract beavers, a by product sold at $4 to $5 per pound during open season.
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Sudbury
Ont
Ontario
Charles Bibby
Ontario Forest Department
Colorado
State Department of Game and Fisheries
Denver
Mr. Bibby
How To Iron Shirt In Three Minutes
North Bay Ont article details Mrs Mary Stevens teaching a three minute three second shirt ironing method using two hot irons. The plan uses nine turns total for collar shoulders sleeves and body, plus two folds to finish. Stevens recalls starting in 1912 in a Vancouver laundry and later working in North Bay before marriage.
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North Bay
Treatment of polio shown on screen in British film
London report says doctors view the poliomyelitis treatment on film as a young man who fully recovered replays his illness stages while clinicians demonstrate how they aided his revival.
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London
Vikings Traced in Manitoba Expedition Hopes
An archaeological expedition by the Manitoba Museum and Winnipeg Tribune seeks possible Viking traces near the upper Nelson and Hayes Rivers in northern Manitoba. Led by Walter Hlady the three member team aims to answer migration questions about Indian tribes and may uncover new groups and red ochre portraits for study.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
America
Manitoba Museum
Winnipeg Tribune
Nelson
Hayes
Walter Hlady
Lake Winnipeg
North American
India
Hindy
Saskatchewan
Prairies
Alberta
U S Wheat Crop Hits New Record High
The U S Department of Agriculture forecasts this year's wheat crop at 1 284 323 000 bushels and corn at 3 506 363 000 bushels. Wheat exceeds last month's forecast by 42 572 000 bushels, with winter Durum and other spring contributions detailed. The corn forecast tops the previous monthly record by 177 501 000 bushels, rivaling the 1946 peak.
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Washington
United States Agriculture Department
Last Fish Caught Wasn't Too Small in Lancaster
Cyrus Dietrich a 14 year old Lancaster angler proved picky about his catch after two refusals. He released a sucker and a whitefish before pulling in a line and discovering a $5 bill at the end of the baited line.
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Lancaster
Cyrus Dietrich
Cyrus
Daneling
Oasis in barren lands surprise explorers near Churchill
Game officers from Manitoba and Saskatchewan probe a reported tropical island west of Churchill Port. The one mile long lake island hosts towering trees with ground level limbs, suggesting unusual vegetation and possible mineral fertilizer sources. Location near Manitoba's northern boundary remains unconfirmed.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Harold Wells
Keewatin
Northwest Territories
Wells
Eskimo girl Rebecca prefers fish heads to ice cream
Rebecca a young Eskimo girl leaving for Baffin Island after eight months in England says she preferred frozen fish heads to ice cream noting the eyes are the best part. She recalls homesickness and plans nursing training at Pangnirtung in Baffin Island and eventual work at a northern medical post.
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Montreal
Rebecca
England
J. A. Birdfell
Baffin Island
John Turner
Canon Turner
Canadian Arctic
Birdsell
Arctic
Helpful Home Hints for Everyday Care
A DIY guide offers tips on ironing silks and wools with cheesecloth, flattening dropped kibbles with a fork, and curling rug corners with an L shaped cardboard insert. It also suggests ammonia in wash water to remove soap film from hair and to clean brushes and combs for added sparkle.
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Atlantic
Savannah
Georgia
Kitchener
Plymouth Rock
Provincetown
Mass
Boston
U.S
Feil
New York
Joseph Halpert
Jef
Herbert Sondheim
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