Farm Machinery Use Expands in Canadian Agriculture
A decade of mechanization highlights Canadian farming as tractors and trucks boost productivity. Farm Improvement Loan Act data show a 30 percent rise in loans for machinery from 1948 to 1949, with truck purchases up 10 percent. Between 1938 and 1948 Canada spent over 740 million dollars on farm machinery, with the Prairie provinces supplying a majority of funds.
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Farm Improvement Loan Act
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Prairie Farms Are Extensive
The piece argues Western farms are extensive and suitable for mechanization. It notes long-held expert belief in future high mechanization of Canadian farms, driven by wartime labor shortages and ongoing need for reliable work capacity, boosting machinery adoption over the last decade.
Indication Of Progress In Canadian Farm Machinery Use
The article notes rising farm machine demand over ten years due to accumulated needs from low money for equipment. Prairie farmers have bought machinery worth 3451,000,000 since 1938, about 60 percent of Canada’s total expenditure for machinery. With high farm incomes, machinery use and crop area ratios are expected to grow, underscoring progress in mechanization.
Record Tourist Traffic At Sask Provincial Parks
Regina reports record visitor numbers to Saskatchewan provincial parks in the year, with 1949 park revenue reaching 116 000 dollars across five parks. Kenosee Lake and Cypress Hills are highlighted for recreation, golf, fishing, and ongoing site improvements.
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Sask
Regina
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Natural Resources Department
Kenosee Lake
No. 9
Cannington Lake
Cypress Hills
Manitou
Madge Lake
Greenwater Lake
Lac la Ronge
Katepwe
Good Spirit
Nipawin
Saskatchewan to start major farm power program
Regina Saskatchewan power corporation plans to begin next year the first phase of a large farm electrification program linking 2,400 farms across the province. J W Tomlinson general manager says the company aims to set up a progressive rural electrification plan and a five year program is under study. Tarifa Spain noted as Europe’s southern seaport with tuna and anchovy fisheries.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Power Corporation
J. W. Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Tarifa
Spain
Europe
Woman in Audience Triggers Memory at Royal Commission
Lloyd Roller of Tacoma testifies at the British Columbia workmen’s compensation act inquiry. A woman in the audience prompts him to recall his 1946 marriage date, with Commissioner Gordon Sloan noting he may remember when he gets home.
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Vancouver
Lloyd Roller
Tacoma
Wash
Gordon Sloan
Record Refrigerator Production Surges In September
Ottawa reports a record for electric refrigerator output in September with 16 733 units produced, up from 12 349 in September 1948. Year to date production reached 130 945, compared with 99 736 in the first nine months of 1948. Washing machine output fell to 28 342 in September from 30 707 a year earlier, but nine month totals rose to 260 618 versus 232 365 in the prior year.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Saves Brother Hung On Meat Hook
Nine year old Calvin Cook told classmates of a meat hook incident at home near Stovestown Pennsylvania. While playing tag he swung from a meat hook and the hook pierced his neck and throat. His brother Charles held him up until their father freed him. Doctors say the hook passed beside the jugular vein and narrowly missed serious injury.
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Stovestown
Calvin Cook
Calvin
Here
Charles
Loaf of Bread Trick Numbs Delivery Horse in St John’s
A delivery wagon’s painted loaf of bread fooled a horse into nibbling at it, creating a comic incident reported by an insurance company in St John’s Newfoundland. The illusion led to amusement as the horse appeared to attack the edible target.
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ST. John's
Nfld
Funny Jokes From A byline Of Calabash And Friends
A humorous collage of quips and gags involving Ezra J Calabash, a Cockney guide, a spendthrift, a nagging wife, a truck driver Pat, a dramatic critic, and others. The pieces hinge on wordplay and social quick wit set in everyday scenes.
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Pat
Hivin
Oil Wells Drill Drills Surpass Thousand Mark in Alberta
More than 1,000 producing oil wells had been drilled in Alberta by November 1949, according to the province's conservation board.
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Alberta
Conservation Board
Province
Italy to Compete at Banff Meet in 1950 Ski Championships
A five member Italian team will race at Banff February 25 to 27 in the North American Downhill and Slalom Championships. The squad includes Colo Zeno, Arlberg Kandahar winner, and Celina Seghi, Olympic skier and leading Italian woman. Austrian and American teams are also expected after the Aspen world championships.
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Calgary
Banff
Colo Zeno
St. Anton
Austria
Celina Seghi
Italy
Aspen
Colo
Motorist in a kilt avoids licence claim in court
In New Westminster BC a driver from Burnaby explains he wore a kilt with no pockets, so he lacked his licence. Magistrate H L Edmonds suspends the sentence after the quirky exchange.
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New Westminster
B.C
H. L. Edmonds
Robert Days
Burnaby
Edmonds
Alberta Farmers Market More Turkeys
Alberta farmers sold turkeys valued over 1.1 million dollars this year, with volume up 30 percent from last year. Dominion inspector L F Dawes said 110 car loads were inspected for shipment out of the province, each car averaging 30 000 pounds.
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Edmonton
Alberta
L. F. Dawes
Dominion
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Victoria Optical CO
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