Farmers Warned About Use Of Damp Wheat For Seeding
Farmers were warned at a Moos Jaw wheat pool meeting that damp grain in granaries shows poor germination with tests as low as 22 percent. Officials urged moisture and germination tests, noted damp grain risks, and outlined plans to swap dry seed wheat through the Wheat Board while dry wheat ships priority to overseas.
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Moose Jaw
George Whiteside
Mr. White
Department of Agriculure
Wheat Board
Vancouver
World Happenings Briefly Told
American gifts and bequests totaled more than 4.5 billion dollars in 1951 per a New York fund-raising firm. British TV and radio co operation plans discussed in London next June. Vancouver's David G. Stenstrom, pioneer in pulp and paper, dies at 65 in Victoria. Capreg Ontario lemons yield 13 1/2 oz juice from a 1 cup fruit. Britain delays autos to 1962 under pay or perish policy by R A Butler. Canada reports 60 000 TV sets in use with 4 948 sold in October.
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New York
Britain
R. A. Butler
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Kitchen Meditations by Jane Dale
Poem notes the author admiring bright caps on youth and fashionable hats before turning to a snowy cap atop fence posts and trees, a simple natural counterpoint. The verse contrasts human adornment with nature's pure cap of snow, reflecting whimsy and quiet observation.
British Columbia Peas For Quebec Soup
A bond between provinces forms through peas with B C grown in the North Okanagan Valley producing large flavorful peas for Quebec soup. BC growers supply marrow fats yellow and green split peas whole peas and a soup mix. Peas are shipped in double walled Cellophane bags to prevent bag splits during the cross country journey.
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Quebec
Okanagan
British Columbia
Canada
B.C
Continent
Chicken Potato Casserole From Selected Recipes
A layered dish using chicken carrots and peas topped with mashed potato and baked until lightly browned. Ingredients include diced chicken broccoli? Actually carrots peas broth thickened with flour salt pepper and egg butter. Potatoes prepared as topping with butter pepper egg and baked 15 to 20 minutes.
Lloydminster field marks record oil year in 1951
Lloydminster heavy crude field in Saskatchewan Alberta produced 2,156,830 barrels in 1951 from 346 wells, up from 1,896,180 in 1950. Alberta accounted for 922,980 barrels from 160 wells and Saskatchewan 1,233,850 barrels from 186 wells. Daily averages were 536 in Alberta and 517 in Saskatchewan.
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Lloydminster
Sask
Lloydminster Petroleum Association
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Women Shortage Seen in Australian Population Trend
New population estimates show Australia with over 8.5 million people and a gender gap of 78 000 in favor of men. Analysts project that many single immigrants could widen this imbalance further.
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Canberra
Weekly Tip Salad Bowls Care
Preserve wooden salad bowls by rubbing with oil before and after use. Wash with mild soap and lukewarm water and avoid soaking to prevent damage.
The Side Notes on Health Money and a Pocket Razor
A column surveys prevention via The Institute of Research for Prevention of Disease and a Chinese payoff system. It jests about dating morals, jokes on mating, a pocket razor novelty, and anecdotes on hiding money, ending with Gypsy Rose Lee’s cash loss and a bank failure.
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Liverpool
Institute of Research For
Gypsy Rose Lee
Gypsy
Miami
Fla
Acme Alberta Named for High Point on Branch Railway
Acme a village in Alberta located about sixty miles northeast of Calgary earned its name from standing on the highest point of a branch railway line. The designation reflects its topographic position and railway significance in local geography.
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Acme
Alberta
Calgary
Canada irrigation expansion boosts farm output across regions
A Canadian Agricultural Engineer notes nearly a million acres could be considered irrigated, with irrigation stabilizing yields in humid zones and supporting processing industries. In Alberta irrigated land is 3 percent of farmland but accounts for 10 percent of production, signaling continued growth aided by portable aluminum pipe and improved power.
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Canada
Ontario
Fraser Valley
British Columbia
K. W. Hill
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Hill
Prairie Hog Numbers Rise as 1951 Dec. 1 Total Tops 1950
Ottawa reports Canada's hog herd up about 20 percent from 1950. Prairie provinces show notable gains with Manitoba at 377000, Saskatchewan 599000, and Alberta 1164000 hogs, while national totals exceed 1950 figures.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Canadian Sugar Beet Producers elects Baker chairman
Philip Baker of Lethbridge Alberta was elected chairman of the Canadian Sugar Beet Producers association at a Salt Lake City gathering.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Philip Baker
Lethbridge
Alta
Canadian Sugar Beet Producers Association
Crossword Puzzle from an Old Paper Clue Grid
Readable clues describe across and down entries for a vintage crossword. Answers include place names and common nouns, with definitions and wordplay hints spanning medicine, animals, metals, and family terms. The grid lists numbers and partial phrases indicating where words fit.
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Commonwealth
London
David G. Stenstrom
Victoria
Capreg
Ont
Sudbury
C. R. Judd
By Jane Dale
Aliso
Shakespeare
By William Ferguson
William M. Bickell
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Virgil
By Len Kleis
Priscilla
Jenny LU
al Vermeer
Magitoba
Plura
India
Aoe
Lght
Lair
Ted
Stove
Blalyz
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