Farm Credit 18 An Important Factor for Farmers Credit
The Canadian Farm Loan Board has provided long term loans to farmers for refinancing, improvements, buildings, livestock, and operating costs. Maximum first mortgage is 5000 dollars, second mortgage 1000 dollars, repayable in five to twenty five years. Since 1929 farmers borrowed 60728957 dollars with 37069120 repaid by March 1948. 22500000 remains invested. One third of loans funded land purchases, signaling a shift toward larger prairie farms.
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Canadian Farm Loan Board
Prairie Provinces
Farm Credit Constraints Highlighted By Saskatchewan Scholar
At Farm and Home Week in Saskatoon Professor H Van Vliet warned that small loan amounts limit farming efficiency. He urged more accessible cheaper credit to boost production and help small farmers own land, noting 85 percent of output comes from 50 percent of farmers amid a global food shortage.
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University of Saskatchewan
H. van Vliet
Professor van Vliet
Percheron to Stand in Alberta for Breeding Season
Alberta breeders gain access to Koncarhope the seven year old Percheron stallion purchased by the Dominion Department of Production Services in Ottawa. He will be kept at the Dominion Experimental Station Lacombe until breeding season and stand for service near Calgary from April 15 to June 1 to boost local draught horse stocks.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Department of Production Services
Koncarhope
Lynnwood Farm
Carmel
Indiana
USA
Dominion Experimental Station
Lacombe
Alberta
Calgary
Scientists try to make rain but create giant cloud
Ottawa report says scientists at the National Research Council Arnprior flight research facility hoped to produce rain during operation rainpour. A senior NRC official described the unexpected cloud as arising from special conditions and noted it is unlikely to yield rain. Pasteurized Milk Is Safe.
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Ottawa
National Research Council
Flight Research Establishment
Arnprior
NRC
Standards for children's clothing sizes proposed in Ottawa bill
A senate banking committee hearing in Ottawa discussed a proposed act to standardize clothing sizes for children to avoid interstore size confusion. The deputy minister said demand exists for unified size specifications to prevent mismatched dresses like a size six read in one store as size four elsewhere. A secondary note quips about risks of borrowing newspapers, citing a humorous Alabama copy incident and a moral about not borrowing papers.
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Ottawa
Selma
Alabama
Argus Farmer
Winnipeg seeks distinctive motif for Stampede week celebration
Calgary shows ten gallon hats and cowboy garb as inspiration for Winnipeg’s anniversary week. The organizing committee seeks ideas after rejecting moustaches collars and bowler hats. Send in your bright suggestion to shape the city atmosphere.
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Winnipeg
Calgary
Funny Bits in a Small Town Page 2817
A collection of quips and cartoonish exchanges features a choir director jokily predicting hell, jokes about titanium strength, misheard imports, and a mix of shop dialogue. The humor centers on wordplay and everyday misunderstandings in a busy shop and church setting.
Vermilion Generating Plant Ships Power to 42 Districts
A $1 million steam plant at Vermilion Alberta opened to serve 42 communities with 510 miles of transmission lines. Two 2,500 hp units are running. two others due by June. The plant, using wartime turbines and boilers, serves 6,000 customers and has capacity for 10,000, including farmers in oil regions.
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Edmonton
Canadian Utilities Ltd
Vermilion
Alberta
U.S
Lloydminster
Blackfoot
Apple juice preserves fresh tree flavor via chemurgic process
Summerland researchers in the Okanagan Valley have developed a laboratory method that retains the natural color and flavor of apples when canned as juice. The chemurgic technique promises to preserve taste and appearance from harvest to can.
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Summerland
B.C
Chemurgic
Okanagan Valley
The Roles in a Curling Team From The Lethbridge Herald
A humorous breakdown of curling duties from Lead to Skip, detailing expectations, responsibilities, and personalities. The lead handles prep and sweeping, the second assists and finances the bottle, the third enchants with superiority and advice, and the skip endures and executes complex shots while bearing the blame or credit for results.
Mount Baker Highway Closed Over Snowfall
George Prather district highway supervisor reports Mount Baker Highway above Shuksan closed for a day after 50 inches of fresh snow in 24 hours. Total roadside snow coverage reaches 206 inches.
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Bellingham
George Prather
Mount Baker
Shuksan
Charlottetown Man Admits Theft to Reach Jail
Chester Power of Charlottetown told a court he stole a fur coat in Edmonton to ensure confinement until spring. He said he wanted to be jailed because the weather was too cold to roam without work.
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Edmonton
Chester Power
Charlottetown
Victoria Trade Council Backs Six Hour Day
The Victoria building trades council urges adoption of a six hour work day as a partial solution to British Columbia's unemployment situation.
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Victoria
B.C
Victoria Building Trades Council
Banff
Alta
Joyce Morrison
University of British Columbia
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