Two main ways to profit from egg production
The article outlines two key strategies for egg producers to boost profits. First ride the poultry cycle by timing sales to low supply and adjusting to yearly trends. second cut costs by increasing eggs per hen and growing flock size. It cites Alf Petersen of the Alberta Department of Agriculture and the Mixed Farm Study findings.
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Alf Petersen
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Petersen
Mr. Petersen
Cows and fires in Opasatika area baffle ranger
A ranger observed cows grazing when one bolted to a barn amid cries. Investigations found ground fire beneath newly cleared land burning underground for a distance. Beavers have litters of two to six each year in spring.
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Opasatika
Ont
Fiddler Corby Finds Love and Loose Finances in Willowdale
Corby, a wandering fiddler with a guitar, drifts through Willowdale charming women and avoiding steady work. He courts Miss Roche and Miss Simpkins before marriage proposals shift to Mrs. Masters, who offers a home and a job after a Coral Sands trip. He accepts love yet remains untied to a church wedding and continues to play while neighbors watch his romances unfold.
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Corby
Willowdale
Miss Roche
Alerk
Vi Roche
Miss Vi
Bob
Beautiful Kitty
Kate Simpkins
Miss Simpkins
Angel
Mrs. Masters
Cypress Hills
Foundation vegetable seed development in Canada discussed
Plant breeders at Vernon BC gather with the Canadian Seed Growers Association to review foundation vegetable seed needs. The process starts with selecting typical plants, increasing seed over seasons, and testing for purity disease and uniformity before issuance of foundation certificates. Hybrid seed growth and European and US competition noted.
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Vernon
Canadian Seed Growers Association
C.S.G.A
Europe
United States
Csg.a
Morden
Morden Experimental Station
Flower arranging course offered at Michigan State University
Flower arranging and gardening have become part of higher education at Michigan State University. Women enroll in MSU courses then lead short courses in their hometowns and address local garden and women’s clubs.
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Michigan State University
MSU
Christmas Decorating Ideas From Better Homes and Gardens
Household tips encourage festive preparations and home decorating for Christmas. Advice covers color harmony, doorway accents, greenery, garlands, tree placement, lighting, stockings, and decorative details to create a balanced, motioned Yuletide atmosphere.
New Portrait of Queen Elizabeth by British Artist
British artist Edward Seago, who has shown in Canada several times, paints a new equestrian portrait of Queen Elizabeth mounted on Winston the chestnut horse. The five foot canvas shows the Queen in full regalia with a line of scarlet troops, a shaft of light, and an imaginary background. Commissioned by the Coldstream Guards, the work features four sittings with the Queen and is due late November.
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Canada
Queen Elizabeth
Edward Seago
Winston
George VI
Seago
Coldstream Guards
Buckingham Palace
Canada’s September Foreign Trade Up 16 Percent
Canada’s domestic exports rose 16 percent in September from a year earlier, hitting a high for the month as gains in minerals metals and related products boosted nine month totals 12.7 percent. Manufacturing shipments rose 3 percent in September, while railway carloadings continued to advance with an 11.4 percent year over year gain by early November. Employment and labor income remained strong with August wages at a record 1 108 billion and eight month totals up 6.5 percent.
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Canada
Unusual Mantids Invade Tweed Village Street
An unusually large flight of praying mantises swarmed the lit main street of Tweed Ontario. Officials report the insects belong to the Chinese mantis species, one of about 1550 species worldwide, with many natives from South America. The first U S find occurred in Pennsylvania in 1896.
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Tweed
Ontario
Main
Department of Lands and Fore
South America
Pennsylvania
Try and Stop Me! By Bennett Cerf
A humorous piece recounts a Yale football tale about a 275-pound freshman pushed on Herman Hickman by southern friends. The gag centers on the student’s Greek and the university’s scholastic standards. A second verse mocks reckless driving and a car repair joke.
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Bennett Cerf
Herman Hickman
Yale
Connecticut
Herman
New Haven
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