Wiltshire cut sides key to Canadian bacon trade
Canadian swine producers note most export pork to England as Wiltshire sides. Wiltshire is a standard carcass cut with head and feet removed, backbones out, and shoulder blade pulled. Sides are pickled or mildly cured, then smoked in England to match market taste.
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England
Wiltshire
Canada
Pork and Bacon Cuts and Value From England Report
An English Ministry publication summarizes pork and bacon trades and shows Canadian adaptations. It explains live weight to side yields, with Wiltshire sides about 60 pounds and hogs around 200 pounds. It details cut values from back, neck, shoulder, ham, and forepart, noting bone, fat, and lean proportions affect price.
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
England
Wales
Wiltshire
Alberta to hand policing to RCMP under three year pact
Superintendent H M Newson of the RCMP will direct policing in Alberta from April 1 with the force taking over provincial duties. He will be assistant commissioner. The three year agreement maintains 220 RCMP personnel in Alberta, retaining existing officers, with Edmonton as RCMP headquarters.
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R.C.M.P
H. M. Newson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa
Alberta
J. P. Lymburn
Province
Dominion
Edmonton
Freight clerk notes burro on C N W shipment
The freight agent on the C N W Railroad reported a shipment contained a donkey, described as one burro on the freight bill. After inspection he filed the report noting short one bureau and over one jackass.
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C. and
N. W
Magistrate Quoted on Defendants Sobriety At Disturbance
A magistrate notes the defendant swore he was sober while a policeman claims he was intoxicated. The exchange highlights doubts over the defendant’s state of mind during the disturbance and the prosecutor’s framing of intoxication.
Farmers Meet At Regina Jail To Study Soil Drift Prevention
A unique Saskatchewan meeting held January 26 in the Regina Jail chapel gathered nearly all farmers from a half township area. Leaders from the Department of Public Works, Commission on Conservation, and Agricultural groups outlined strip farming, windbreaks, hedges, and surface cultivation to combat soil drift and conserve moisture.
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Canada
Regina
Saskatchewan Department of Public Works
C. M. Learmouth
J. F. Bryant
Commission On Conservation
Bryant
Dartmoor
Saskatchewan
Commission On
W. H. Gibson
Indian Head
S. H. Vigor
Department of Agriculture
Norman Ross
Forestry Service
W.H. Ford
Ford
Regina Plains
C. M. Learmonth
Commission On Conservation and
Churchill and Daughter Enjoy Nassau Sunshine
The Right Honourable Winston Churchill and his daughter Diana are pictured in Nassau Bahamas after his recovery from an auto accident in New York. He has returned to the United States for a lecture tour.
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New York
Winston Churchill
Exchequer of
Great Britain
Diana
Nassau
Bahamas
United States
Parting quarrel leads to quirky marriage vow
After a small quarrel at the door he vows to marry a girl who can take a joke. Her sharp reply crushes the notion, asserting that such a girl is the only kind he will obtain.