New Breeder-Feeder Class Debuts in Canadian Swine Shows
At the Brandon Manitoba swine show last October the Manitoba Prize Fair Board introduced a Breeder-Feeder class for a pen of three pigs from one litter a boar a gilt and a bacon hog. Twelve entries competed with live and carcass scoring totaling 300 points. Pens 4 and 5 won first and second, carcass scores influencing rankings and breeders predicting value for future shows. The class aims to gauge breeding potential via carcass data and may spread to Saskatchewan and beyond as shows shift toward carcass driven judging.
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Brandon
Manitoba
Manitoba Rae Fair Board
A. R
Saskatchewan Swine Breeders Association
Regina Exhibition Board
Auto costs rise and new look defines 1949 era
Detroit reports 1948 as a year of rising costs and profits across the U S auto industry with production near record levels. Output likely around 5.2 million cars and trucks despite material shortages and strikes. The postwar year also ushers in a "new look" with lower profiles and larger interiors while many expected automatic transmissions are delayed to 1949.
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Detroit
United States
Pineapple Crop Stimulated by Synthetic Hormones
Puerto Rico's pineapple industry adopts synthetic hormones to boost yields, signaling a shift in agricultural practice. Limited data show early trials and potential impacts on production cycles and market supply in the island's horticultural sector.
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Puerto Rico
Horology: science of watch and clock making
Horology is the study and practice of crafting and repairing timekeeping devices. It covers mechanisms, calibration, and historical development of watches and clocks.
Canadian Expert Urges Chess In Schools As Aid To Memory
Winnipeg chess master Abe Yanofsky argues Canada should teach chess in schools to boost memory and initiative. He notes Russia has thousands of players and high funding for chess, cites his 1946 win over Botvinnik, and urges balanced study to avoid neglecting other work.
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Winnipeg
Abe Yanofsky
Russia
Canada
Yanofsky
Mikhail Botvinnik
Botvinnik
University of Manitoba
Harry Golombeck
New Ape Man Fossil Could Shake South Africa Finds
A Canadian writer notes a fossil described as a nine foot plus ape man found in South Africa. The piece pokes fun at politics, sports contracts, and social trends from the era with quips about bees, wrestling teams, and fashion.
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South Africa
Balancing nature in farm ecology quotes from Jack Miner
The Farmer's Advocate recalls Jack Miner's view that pest and predator control is needed to maintain balance. He cites potato bugs and Paris Green, and argues if humans reduce one species a proportional reduction of another is required to prevent imbalance.
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Jack Miner
Farmer's Advocate
Chess Aims and Realities Shape Player’s World Bid
A player states intent to devote full time to chess and pursue a world championship, but cautions that ambition alone cannot sustain a living. The remark highlights the tension between elite training and practical life needs.
Predicts New Face If Wanted
Hollywood reports a plastic surgeon predicting rapid cosmetic face alteration with a few hours in a beauty parlor. Dr. Robert Alan Franklyn claims to offer nose reshaping, chin work, lip tattooing, and even hairline changes in minutes, with longer jobs for major slimming and complex fixes. He foresees cosmetic surgery moving from clinics to beauty parlors as demand grows.
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Hollywood
Robert Alan Franklyn
United States
Dr. Franklyn
Hedy Lamarr
Hungary Plans $10,000 Monthly Output For Tiny Typewriter
Hungary aims to produce a world’s smallest portable typewriter two inches high with a base of 12 by eight inches, promising a monthly output of ten thousand dollars’ worth of units.
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Budapest
Hungary
Two Wallpapers To Separate Rooms Not One
Reader asks how to decorate living and dining rooms joined by an arch. The advice: avoid one paper for both. use two contrasting wallpapers that relate. Suggest grey blue for the bright living room and a warmer rose or yellow background for the darker dining room to balance light and mood.
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Francis James
Discovery Finds Baden-Powell Launch at Sandbanks
The original launch used by Baden-Powell to reach Brownsea Island for the first experimental Boy Scout Camp has been recovered at Sandbanks in Poole Dorset England and remains in use.
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Sandbanks
Poole
Dorset
England
Baden-Powell
Brownsea Island
Early Idaho Territory Used Two-Humped Camels
In Idaho Territory a brief experiment deployed Bactrian camels to move cargo. The period was short and did not establish a lasting camel transport system in the frontier region.
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Idaho Territory
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