Wheat Industry Romance Recalled In West Grain Growth
A retrospective on Red Fife and Marquis wheat details how Canada’s wheat era began with David Fife and the 1842 seed, tracing arrivals, crossbreeding by Dr. Saunders, and the expansion of growing seasons. It credits forebears and scientists for the nation’s 500 million bushel harvest and westward expansion.
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Ped Fife
Ontario
David Fife
Canada
Peterborough
George Essen
Kincardine
Scotland
Essen
Glasgow
Danzig
Fife
Saunders
Central Experimental Farm
Claiia
Manitoba
Marquis
Calcutta
Himalayas
India
Prairies
West
Newmans
Goulden
Home Workshop Firebox and Carrier Patterns
Instructions describe making a fireside box and carrier with dowel peg construction using oak hinges, plus a wood carrier from canvas and a candle or pipe box. Diagrams and patterns 362 and 363 show step by step cutting, with pattern set 362 at 35c and complete reproduction patterns priced at $1.50. Prairie Publishers Limited, Vancouver BC.
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Home Workshop Pattern Service
Prairie Publishers Limited
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Hanna Alta Has Good Building Year
Hanna Alberta townsfolk report a mild building boom with new homes and business places. A town council member indicated at least 17 new homes are planned in 1954, with other major projects in the offing and continued steady growth anticipated.
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Hanna
Alta
Grasshopper Menace to be Light in ’54
The agricultural service center at Lethbridge predicts grasshopper damage in Alberta next summer will be light. In the Peace River region some damage may occur in small areas. Next spring farmers should watch for young hoppers hatching.
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Ineegeral Science Service Centre
Lethbridge
Alberta
Peace River
Good Neighbors Help Sask. Farmer In Winter Prep
Saskatoon area tale of George Closson, an ill farmer, aided by neighbors who cut and sawed wood, stacked hay and feed, and repaired a storm damaged barn in one day. Rubber is produced from the latex of the rubber tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuc
Sask
George Closson
Trends In Farm Income Through Simple Year End Accounts
The article explains a basic method for measuring farm finances by year end inventories and two ledgers for income and expenses. It outlines steps to compute farm income, interest, and labor earnings, and suggests sending for details from the Experimental Farm in Brandon.
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Brandon
Land taxes rise from 2 to 103.60 in decades
In Lacombe Alberta John Solberg recalled paying 2 dollars in 1903 for taxes on a quarter section west of Bentley. He showed a 1903 Regina receipt while noting that the same land in Lacombe municipal district now in local improvement district No.23 faces 103.60 in taxes this year.
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Lacombe
Alta
John Solberg
Bentley
Solberg
Regina
Curling Stones for Canada Export Boom
A Scottish firm long supplying curling stones to Canada now exports about 3 000 pairs annually valued around 100 000 dollars. The shipments are tailored to Canadian tastes as curling grows in popularity among Canadians.
Wolves strike northern Saskatchewan village killing sled dogs
A pack of starving timber wolves attacked an Indian village near Stony Lake in Saskatchewan and killed all the tied-up sled dogs. The loss cripples winter transport for local inhabitants who rely on dogs for travel and hauling.
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Stony Lake
Sask
Saskatchewan
Potato test results from Northwestern Saskatchewan yields
Experimental station trials at Scott Saskatchewan compare two stations in grey wooded soils and other sites. Irish Cobbler leads with 204 bushels per acre overall, marketable shares around 68 percent. Warba Pawnee Netted Gems and Columbia Russet show strong yields with varying marketable rates.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Scott
Sask
Loon Lake
Dorintosh
Corintosh
Canus
Pontiac
Glasiwyn
Glenbush
Turtleford
Warba
Pawnee
Outdoor Sleep Not Profitable in Drumheller Wager
Clint Smith slept outside for 51 nights in a $400 bet with Robin Brown of the Drumheller district. The former RCAF officer says Brown doubts he'll ever be paid and admits he was suckered. Smith endured nights from November 2 to December 23 two miles from town with mild weather and light snow. Brown covered his rent during the stake and the arrangement ended with uncertainty over payment.
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Drumheller
Alta
Clint Smith
RCAF
Robin Brown
Smith
Brown
Alberta
Cozy Angora Cloche and Helmet Hats Pattern 7044
Crochet pattern notes by Alice Brookes describe two easy hats for cold days. Angora cloche uses knitting worsted and angora with thriftier use of angora. The helmet hat uses knitting worsted. To obtain Pattern 7044 send twenty five cents in coins to the listed address.
Patterned craft book ad from Prairie Publishers
An advertisement from the Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street West Toronto promotes the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book. It offers TEN COMPLETE PATTERNS for sewing embroidery and crochet, with additional ideas for gifts home decor toys and fashions. Include 25 cents to receive the book.
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Prairie Publishers Limited
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Canadians Give $56,000 For Coventry Cathedral
Canadians have subscribed the sum of $56 000 towards the cost of reconstructing Coventry Cathedral. The announcement was made in London by the Cathedral Reconstruction Fund Committee. The Provost Very Rev R T Howard called the result very satisfying. Also noted were Basil Spence the architect and Rev C E Ross the bishop's chaplain.
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Coventry Cathedral
London
R. T. Howard
Canada
Basil Spence
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Freplace
Loa
Hanna, Alta
Chuck Thurston
Peggy
Northwestern
Alice Brookes
Dodd
MacDonald
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