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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 14, 1952
Page
2
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics report shows farmers earned 2.8194 billion dollars in cash income for the past year, up 28 percent from 1950. Higher living and production costs reduced net gains, but farm prices kept pace with other commodities.
Higher figure for cash income in prairie farming stems from elevated livestock prices, payments by the Canadian Wheat Board, and spring marketing of much of the prior year's grain. Prairie farmers also received 10.4 million dollars under the Prairie Farms Assistance Act due to drought impacts, with Ontario and Saskatchewan ranking behind Ontario in total provincial cash receipts.
Alberta ranked third in export wheat share with 467 million dollars in farm product income. Quebec Manitoba and British Columbia followed with gains over last year as the 1952 crop year opened with strong world demand and favorable price prospects for most farm products. Cash income for Canadian farmers is expected to stay high thru 1952.
The Saskatchewan division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers association will hold its annual convention August 7 and 8 at Hotel Saskatchewan in Regina. Stirling King of the Estevan Mercury and Walter Ashfield of the Grenfell Sun were named delegates to a board meeting February 26 and 27 in Ottawa. membership qualifications emerged as a key convention topic.
CBC chairman A. Davidson Dunton said the corporation will ask the Cabinet within weeks for a Vancouver television station. Private licenses await CBC system completion, with CKNW of New Westminster seeking a private station. Vancouver will not link with Seattle or other U.S. outlets.
Ad copy features singer Ginny Simms praising Blue Bonnet Margarine. It markets three flavors and nutrition claims, urging use in cooking and on vegetables. It promotes two packaging options including a Yellow Quilx bag and economy no water variant.
A collection of humorous exchanges and quips from a past issue. Jokes cover marriage, aging, pride and vanity, a vicar’s humor, a lawyer’s quip, a will, banking, milk advertising rivalries, a curious child, and a butcher’s bone remark.
The Roaring Game from Associated Screen Studios spotlights curling star Ken Watson of Winnipeg and the sport’s rise in western Canada. The film, directed by Gordon Sparling with a John McDougall script, features a Scottish motif score by Lucio Agostini and covers quarrying on Ailsa Craig for curling stones.
Manitoba plant scientists led by Dr. R F Peterson report progress against race 15B, a new wheat rust threatening prairie crops. By crossing McMurachy with other strains they produced resistant wheats, though large scale testing and seed production remain.
Western Canada Yukon Fish and Game Council met in Calgary to weigh duck damage control. Plans include lure crops such as wheat barley strips and aquatic foods to keep ducks on water, with special permits debated for farmers. Floyd E Mitchell received the Fulton trophy. Calgary group got a $100 for crow and magpie campaign.
An advertisement touts Dr D D Dennis powder as a fast relief for eczema rashes scabies and athlete’s foot with a trial bottle priced at 43 cents and a money back guarantee. It claims instant relief after first application and urges readers to ask their druggist for DDD Prescription in regular or extra strength.
After leaving Vancouver where he served as recreation director C Lorne Davidson assumed the post of Lethbridge superintendent of recreation. Think Right Eat Right Live Right.
Calgary’s police and milkmen urge exemption from the new jaywalking clause. Letters to the City Council say milkmen cannot cross from wagon to serve customers. Police say officers cannot chase jaywalkers without violating the law.
A bread mixture combines milk sugar and salt with shortening, cooled to lukewarm, then a yeast solution is activated. After standing ten minutes the liquids blend, flour is added, beaten smooth, and set to rise until doubled. Then shredded cheese is folded in for the final dough.
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