Elk herd reduction plan eyed for Crow's Nest Cearwater reserves
In southwestern Alberta reserves Crow's Nest and Cearwater are counted as excess elk. Experts note winters are harsh with limited feed causing starvation and weak calves. A herd-management scheme used in the United States aims to reduce numbers for better grazing and a larger calf crop in spring.
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Ail Ek Im the Crow's Nest
Cearwater
Alberta
United States
Canada 1954 April production mixed across sectors
April results show higher eggs and sugar output than a year earlier while mining saw coal production fall 15 percent versus last April. Oil flows hit a first quarter record. employment insurance claims declined from March.
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Nova Scotia
Canada
Laber
North and South duel over Three Clubs bid
In a bridge debate North excuses a Three No Trump bid and pushes Three Clubs. South bravely raises to Four Clubs. North then overreaches with Five Clubs and goes three down after East leads Ace. North later curses South for not bidding Three No Trumps.
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North
South
East
Protected pastures boost forage yields up to fifty percent
Native pastures shielded from grazing until late June can yield as much as 50 percent more forage than those grazed continuously from May to October, according to J. B. Campbell of the Swift Current experimental station.
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J. B. Campbell
Swift Current Experimental Station
Fort Chipewyan Founded by Mackenzie in 1758
Alexander Mackenzie established Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca in Alberta in 1758, marking one of the early trading posts in the region and shaping regional exploration.
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Fort Chipewyan
Alexander Mackenzie
Lake Athabaska
Alberta
Planning Grass Silage for Fraser Valley Dairy Cattle
An Agriculture Canada expert from Agassiz outlines silage as essential roughage for the long lower Fraser Valley barn feeding season. He details conversion rates between silage and hay, herd needs for a 30 cow operation, storage timing for red clover and grasses, and wilting targets from 80 to 70 percent moisture.
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Fraser Valley
M. F. Clarke
Experimental Farm
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Agassiz
B.C
Mr. Clarke
Fluoridation Pamphlets Available in Toronto
The Health League of Canada has prepared two pamphlets on fluoridation The Picture of Fluoridation and Fluoridation Facts and Fancies Both provide facts figures and answers to common questions and misleading statements The pamphlets are available in quantity and singly for five cents each or at cost in bulk orders Inquiries should be addressed to The Health League of Canada 111 Avenue Road Toronto Ont
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Toronto
Health League of Canada
111 Avenue Road
Ont
Balance Between Air and Water in Soil
The irrigation aim is to replenish soil moisture for plant growth. It defines field capacity as the soil’s maximum water after gravity ceases, and wilting point as the moisture level causing plant wilting. Saturation causes waterlogging. available moisture lies between field capacity and wilting point.
Tall 26 story tower rises in Ludwigshafen
Construction begins on a 26 story structure in Ludwigshafen, claimed as the tallest in West Germany, with an estimated height of about 238 feet.
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West Germany
Ludwigshafen
Alaska Compared With Yukon and Northwest Territories Area Population
The region of Alaska is described as having less than one third the land area of Canada’s Yukon and Northwest Territories combined and about seven times fewer people. This comparison highlights Alaska’s small population relative to its vast size and to those Canadian territories.
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Alaska
Canada
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Montreal Neurological Institute pioneers in brain research
Dr. Wilder Penfield leads Montreal Neurological Institute, a 100 bed hospital and post graduate center opened in 1937 to treat emergency brain surgery cases. The institute advances epilepsy research and neural localization, drawing fellows from Canada, the USA, and Europe.
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Wilder Penfield
Montreal Neurological Institute
China
Poland
Australia
Montreal
Neurological Institute
Royal Victoria Hospital
North America
M.ni
Martin Else Heymann
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