Fort Vermilion Station Drives North Alberta Crop Growth
The Fort Vermilion Experimental Substation in Alberta spans a vast area and serves about 4000 farmers. Victor J Lowe leads with Dr. Bray and J A Newman. Bray handles field crops and weather data while Newman oversees cereal tests. Despite low rainfall, flax, alfalfa, wheat, oats, and barley yields remain strong due to efficient moisture use and sunny summers.
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Alberta
Fort Vermillion
Victor J Lowe
Dr. Bray
J. A. Newman
Bray
Mr. Newman
Fort Vermullion
Lowe
Fort Vermilion
Fort Vermilion Experimental Substation
Canada Department of Agriculture
Canada sees births rise deaths fall and marriages drop in 1954
Preliminary figures show birth rates up to 28.8 per 1 000 from 28.2 while death rates fall to 8.1 from 8.6 and marriages ease to 8.4 from 8.9 per thousand. In 1951 non farm families mainly earned 1500 to 4000 with average 3200. Industrial employment in early November 1954 slid from October and year earlier due to strikes. earnings rose slightly. Construction started more houses, retail sales remained near 1953, and production rose 1.7 percent in November. Railcar loadings in early 1955 jumped, and travel saw fewer foreign vehicles. only New Brunswick Manitoba and Alberta posted gains.
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Canada
Bureau
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Alberta
Gems Of Thought Quotations On Pleasure And Work
A collection of aphorisms on happiness and labor from James Howell William Shenstone Mary Baker Eddy Paul Henry Ward Beecher Edward Bulwer-Lytton and Richard Fuller. The quotes caution against making pleasure the sole aim and warn that endless sport or leisure erodes virtue and intellect.
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Jack
James Howell
William Shenstone
Shirley Temple to Start Part Time Interior Decorating
Former child star Shirley Temple announces plans to take up interior decorating on a part time basis. Temple, famed for early fame, will balance projects with other commitments as she begins this new venture.
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Shirley Temple
Brighter Sealed-Beam Headlamps Improve Night Visibility
The Financial Post notes new sealed-beam auto lamps boost sight in rain snow fog and dust. High beam adds 25 percent more light allowing roughly 100 feet further visibility. Low beam increases light 23 percent and lights the right roadside twice as much. Pedestrians become visible about 80 feet sooner and spill light is reduced to ease glare in adverse weather.
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Financial Post
Cattle Lice Problem Warns Alberta Farmers
Alberta's cattle industry faces a three year lice crisis with the Western Stock Growers' Association deeming it a top four issue. Treatments include fall spraying or winter dusting with rotenone. thorough quarantines advised to prevent spread until whole herds are treated.
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Alberta
Western Stock Growers’ Association
Alberta Dept. of Agriculture
Ants Once Used by Surgeons to Bind Wound Edges
Historical note describes ants employed in surgery to hold wound edges together. The practice reflects early primitive methods and later medical evolution away from such techniques.
Standard Bridge by M Harrison Gray Dealer West
In match play rooms West uses an early limit bid. Room 1 sees a one no trump opening and a two clubs response, leading to Three No Trumps with a 32 point total. Room 2 features a round the clock auction ending in Six No Trump with two down after South’s lead and East's eight top tricks.
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West
East
South
Skin Trouble and Acne Advice for Teens
Acne is a common teen problem. Avoid home remedies and consult a doctor for treatment and diet guidance. Cleanliness helps. a balanced diet with water milk and citrus juices supports a clearer complexion. Live right Eat right Feel right.
Bee and Bloom Align for Alberta Alfalfa Seed
Alberta researchers seek to match alfalfa bloom with wild bee flights to boost seed yields. Field tests show delaying harvest to 10 15 inches height improved pollination as leaf cutter bees emerge with warmer Apr May temps, but predicting bee availability remains challenging.
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Alberta
Lethbridge Science Service Laboratory
G. A. Hobbs
Hobbs
Traffic deaths down in 1954 in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan reports 1954 ended with 72 highway fatalities a drop from 124 in 1953. December saw seven deaths and 207 injuries while motorists logged 1 940 million miles by end of November. Main causes were road and vehicle condition and driver actions. Sundays had fewer accidents. Saturdays were peak.
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Regina
Highway Traffic Board
Saskatchewan
Door to Yesterday Sealed. New Room Brings Hopeful Bloom
A reflective piece contrasts closing yesterday’s sorrows with opening a fresh space filled with hope and springtime blooms. It ends by noting a shortwave radio can reach around the world using less power than a flashlight.
Supplemental feeding yields profit for beef calves study
Tom D. Grove of Duncan British Columbia reports supplemental feeding at 6.55 per calf yields about 350 extra pounds per head. Two groups tested 14 of Grove’s calves and 182 from Lytton farm over 103 days. First group fed steel pellets post weaning for 37 days, second group fed in a creep all period, average gains 1.56 lb per calf, 25 percent faster than first group. Calf values at 16 cents per pound give first group 74.72 and second 83.52 per calf.
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Tom D. Grove
Duncan
Groove
Water-dispensing stations emerge in Egypt
In Egypt filling stations dispense water from pumps resembling Canadian gasoline pumps and cater to customers who bring their own containers.
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Egypt
Heredity and feed shape egg quality in farm production
Poultry expert T M Macintyre from Canada Experimental Farm Nappan NS says egg quality stems from heredity and feed plus environment during production. Poor handling after production, especially failure to cool and refrigerate, causes major quality loss from nest to table.
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T. M. Macintyre
Canada Experimental Farm
Nappan
N.S
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Paul
Henry Ward Beecher
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Richard Fuller
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M. Harrison-Gray
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