Value of Trees Spurs West Planting Programme
The text notes that land not needing clearing revealed trees' value for farming and that an extensive tree planting programme began in the West to support successful agriculture.
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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 22, 1951
Page
2
Shelter Belts Prove Vital To Prairie Farms Says Forestry Boss
At the Canadian Forestry Association annual meeting in Montreal, general manager Van Camp notes 250 million trees planted on the prairies, mainly as shelter belts for homes and buildings. He cites 60 000 gardens made possible by such belts and highlights trees’ roles in moisture preservation and preventing soil drift. A Forestry Association car traveled 7 000 miles to spread these lessons, with trees and growing guidance available through the Forestry Association and federal Forestry Farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Forestry Association
Montreal
van Camp
Bac, i
The
Forestry Association
Garden Notes on Plant Selection for All Locations
The article advises choosing flowers vegetables and grasses suited to local conditions including sun exposure soil type and climate. It stresses planning with seed catalog guidance, using Canadian varieties, and lawn care tips such as liberal seed sowing, loose soil, fertilizer, and sharp mowing for strong early growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
United States
Log Cutting Doubled In Kootenay
CRANBROOK British Columbia Kootenay Boundary sawlog scale for February compiled by Nelson forest district office totalled 15 269 305 feet board measure more than double the month last year when the area faced heavy snow. District total for the first two months of 1951 stands at 34 811 f b m 23 percent higher than 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
B.C
Kootenay
Nelson Forest District Office
F.b.m
Man’s teeth freeze solid in cold BC morning
In Quesnel British Columbia a man found his false teeth frozen solid in a cup of water at 18 below. He chose to eat out and a startled waitress defrosted the molars for him at a local restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quesnel
B.C
Blackie Blackburn
Vermilion Couple Celebrate 65th Wedding Anniversary
Vermilion Alberta residents Mr. James Cavil and his wife marked their 65th wedding anniversary. He is 93 and she 85, with both described as hearty and active. The Cavils have lived in Vermilion since 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermilion, Alta
James Cavil
Shot From Guns Create Homes In 40 Hours In California
In Southern California foothills a gun built house rises in about 40 hours. A nozzleman shoots cement and sand mixed with water into steel formwork, creating walls and a roof. The process yields insect proof, fire proof, quake resistant homes costing about 6.50 per square foot, a third less than conventional builds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CPC
Los Angeles
California
Museum Receives Phones From Saskatchewan System
Swift Current subscribers now have cradle phones and the Saskatchewan Government Telephone System donates an old wall phone and a desk phone to the Swift Current museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Swift Current Museum
Plebiscite Sought On Fast Time By BC Groups
Vancouver Junior Chamber of Commerce urges province wide daylight saving for the same period as last year. Advisory Council of the Farmers Institutes of BC asks the legislature committee on agriculture to approve a plebiscite on fast time to decide the issue democratically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Vancouver
Saskatchewan Fishermen Gas Tax Exemption Bill Passed
Regina reports a third reading approval for a bill amending the Fuel Petroleum act to exempt gasoline used by commercial fishermen in Saskatchewan from the provincial gas tax. The measure, added as a house amendment, follows prior exemptions for weed poison production and certain drilling and refrigeration uses. Lorne Blanchard thanked Provincial Treasurer C. M. Fines for the concession benefiting northern fishermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan
Lorne Blanchard
L—Cumberland
C. M
North
Western MPs fear farm labor shortage this season
Ottawa reports rising defense production raises farmer labor worries as industry competes for workers. Deputy minister Arthur Mac Namara notes about 55 percent of farm group immigrants remain, with few spring farm requests yet. Sen. Byron Horner cites prairie need for skilled mechanics, not just farm hands, amid 46,767 workers brought to Canada under the group plan since 1947. Ontario leads with 26,758, Quebec 8,921, prairies 8,679.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Senate Committee On Immigration and Labor
Arthur MacNamara
Department
Byron Horner
Blaine Lake
Sask
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
M. F. Gregg
Lacombe Farmer Wins Barley Growing Championship
Lacombe district farmer Hans J. Mueller won Canada’s barley growing championship in a competition sponsored by the Barley Improvement Institute. Nosology is the branch of medicine which treats of the distribution and arrangement of diseases into classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacombe Farmer
Calgary
Lacombe
Hans J. Mueller
Canada
The
Barley Improvement Institute
Moose Jaw Scout Chosen For World Jamboree
Moose Jaw youth Ron Spalding 15 will represent Saskatchewan at the world jamboree in Austria this summer. Canada plans a contingent of about 40 scouts for the international event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Jaw
Sask
Ron Spalding
L. V. Spalding
Redland Avenue
Saskatchewan
Austria
Canada
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Campbell
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Jack Ryan
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Inards
Pain” Liniment
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
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