Canada keeps throne as world grain exporter in 1953 54
Booklet shows Canada’s grain exports totalled 437.9 million bushels in the 1953 54 crop year, above the 20 year average but below the prior year’s record. Chief statistician E E Baxter cites weaker UK demand, Argentina market return, and stronger US competition as key factors.
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Canada
E .E. Baxter
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
IWA
Japan
Belgium
U.S
Two 4-H Members Sweep Grand and Reserve at Kamloops Fat Stock Show
At the sixteenth annual Christmas Fat Stock Show and sale in Kamloops British Columbia Jean Pringle 19 won the grand championship with Sonny Boy a 950 pound calf and Dennis AtKingson captured reserve honors with a 915 pound steer Both youths are leading 4-H members in their communities Jean previously won the grand championship in 1927 left the farm to work in a Kamloops law office and returned last year to reenter 4-H and add further honors to her club
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Kamloops
British Columbia
Jean Pringle
Sonny Boy
Dennis Atkingson
Jean
Dennis
Canadian 4 H Council Meet Set For Toronto Hotel
The twenty fourth annual Canadian Council on 4 H Clubs meet will be held March 7 and 8 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Supervisors and attending representatives from business and agricultural organizations will join council members. E S Manning, Council President, will serve as general chairman.
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Canadian Council On
Royal York Hotel
Toronto
Ee Ees
E. S. Manning
Manitoba 4-H Club Member Wins Essay Contest Prize
Manitoban David Remus, 17, of the Emerson 4-H Grain Club, won first prize in a North Central Weed Control conference essay contest spanning fourteen U S states and Canada’s three prairie provinces. Sponsored by National Grain Company, the top award includes a $300 agricultural college scholarship. he also captured Manitoba’s $25 regional prize.
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David Remus
Emerson 4-H Grain Club
Manitoba
North Central Weed Control Conference
United States
Prairie Provinces
Canada
National Grain Company
David
Winnipeg firm joins Canadian Council on 4-H clubs
National Grain Company Limited of Winnipeg Manitoba has joined the Canadian Council on 4 H clubs. Mr F Vodrey manager Agricultural Department named the company's representative to the Council Board of Directors.
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National Grain Company Limited
Winnipeg
Manitoba
F. Vodrey
Agricultural Department
Miriam Stevenson 4-H winner rises to Miss Universe honor
Miriam Stevenson of Winnsboro South Carolina rose from 4-H Dairy Calf Club member to Miss Universe. She joined 4-H in 1943, financed college with animal sales, won Miss United States in 1954, then Miss Universe, and declined a Hollywood contract to continue home economics at Lander College.
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Miriam Stevenson
Winnsboro
South Carolina
Miriam
Lander College
United States
Answers to Quick 5 Summary
Nearly one third. The QCF pocket annual notes Alberta holds the largest farming potential with about half currently used. The material was prepared by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts. The figures include 1610 and manufacturing as topics in the brief.
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QUICK
Alberta
Quick Canadian Facts
Facts About
Canada
Farmers press for crop insurance reform at hearings
H. E. Wood reports broad interest from Manitoba farmers at a Melita session on crop insurance. Delegates call PFRA limited and outmoded, urge higher protection against high farming costs, and seek senior government support for widespread crop disasters.
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Melita
PFRA
Wood
Helpful Kitchen and Garment Care Tips From a Vintage Page
Practical notes advise chilling fruit cake batter overnight for lighter cake and richer fruit flavor. A sugar rinse enhances fabric ironing. Baking soda paste removes onion odor from hands. A child’s puffed sleeve can be ironed around a damp burnt-out lightbulb to dry into a puffed shape.
Olympic trials in Saskatoon set for February dates
Saskatoon will host the Canadian Olympic speed skating trials on February 12 and 13. Ken West, president of the Saskatchewan Amateur Speed Skating Association, announced the event and said entries were expected from across Canada.
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Saskatoon
Ken West
Saskatchewan Amateur Speed Skating Association
Canada
Canada’s agricultural price support costs 80 million
The 1953 54 price support board report shows total costs from 1946 to March 31 amounting to 80,163,658 dollars. About 69 million supported hogs and cattle due to the U S embargo after Saskatchewan foot and mouth outbreak in February 1952. Breakdowns include hogs 35,734,425. cattle 33,408,941. apples 6,106,725. potatoes 2,036,175. butter 1,606,742. skimmed milk 677,404. dried white beans 194,419. honey 177,066. eggs 65,408.
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Ottawa
United States
Saskatchewan
It Takes So Little to Make Us Glad
A short verse celebrates simple gestures that lift spirits. A friendly handclasp and a word of understanding help people overcome doubt and fear and complete longheld plans.
Appetizing Recipes for Meat Balls with Tomatoes
Ground beef and pork mix with egg and onions to form twelve meat balls. Fry until browned, then simmer in cooked tomatoes for about 45 minutes. Recipe yields six servings with two patties each.
Former Saskatchewan residents invited to Jubilee celebrations
The Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee Committee uses town weekly papers to locate former residents across Canada and the United States. Names pour in to Box 1955 Regina as invitations go out, with readers worldwide planning summer visits for 1955 Jubilee celebrations.
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Golden Jubilee Committee
Regina
Homecoming Committee
Victoria
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Toronto
Halifax
St. John
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
Jubilee Committee
Toledo
Ohio
B.C
Irma
Alta
Grand Forks
N.D
Lunenburg
N.S
Hamilton
India
Oldenburg
Germany
Haderslev
Denmark
MacKenzie
British Guiana
Tel-Aviv
Palestine
Oksendalen
Nordmore
Norway
Atlanta
Georgia
Mosgiel
Otago
New Zealand
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Talara
Peru
Drome
France
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Placetos
Cuba
Nahuru
Kenya
East Africa
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Weyburn
White Rock
J. W. Warren
Brown Derby
Hollywood
California
Aaron Sapiro
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Calif
Fred McGuinness
Special study for seasonal unemployment in Prairie Region
The Unemployment Insurance Commission announces 14 regional special committees in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Ontario and British Columbia to study seasonal unemployment. Twelve local advisory committees meet in major Prairie centers to investigate conditions and promote remedies with plans to report to the UIC.
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Prairie
Unemployment Insurance Commission
W. Duncan
Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
Dauphin
Pas
Flin Flon
Manitoba
Yorkton
Swift Current
Estevan
Weyburn
Saskatchewan
Blairmore
Drumheller
Red Deer
Edson
Alberta
Kenora
Ontario
Dawson Creek
B.C
Management
the Press
Duncan
Brandon
Moose Jaw
Regina
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Fort William
Port Arthur
Fort Frances
Build a Strongbox for Your Troubles and Failures
A poet urges fashioning a strongbox with a hasp and padlock to store heartaches and defeats. The image urges hiding pain by locking it away and laughing, as a reminder that today follows yesterday’s lessons.
Quick Canadia Quiz Review
The questions ask year of Henry Hudson's Hudson Bay discovery, province with largest area suitable for farming, Canadian tax share of annual income, Nova Scotia's leading industry by net production value, and the proportion of Canadians under three years old. Answers would appear in an accompanying column.
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Novia Scotia
Gems of Thought on Purpose and Resolve
A collection of quotations from Eddy Disraeli Hawes Shakespeare and others emphasizing steadfast purpose, constant effort, and resolute aim as keys to living rightly and achieving success. The selections urge fixed aims and patient energy in pursuit of high ends.
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William Shakespeare
Tryon Edwards II
W. M. Punshon
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