Saskatchewan Irrigation Plan Seen Changing Farming Outlook
Dr. Tufts touts Outlook dam as key to reviving dry districts in Saskatchewan. He cites population declines, low wheat yields, and slim farm incomes, arguing irrigation would enable yearround crops, revived livestock pastures, higher per acre income, increased wheat yields, denser rural populations, powered homes, new industry, and more jobs keeping youth in the province.
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Tufts
Outlook
Saskatchewan
Dickie Moore Reaches Scoring Milestone in Canadiens Run
Dickie Moore extended his scoring streak to 16 straight games for Montreal with 16 goals and 11 assists for 27 points. His runs featured hat tricks against the Rangers and Black Hawks and a four point night against Chicago, fueling the Canadiens’ strong form.
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Dickie Moore
Montreal Canadiens
National Hockey League
Moore
Montreal
Toronto Maple Leafs
Leafs
Rangers
Chicago
Black Hawks
Canadiens
Diggin
Dickie
Joe DiMaggio
NHL
Yankee
Quick Canadian Quiz on Canada’s Farms and History
This column quizzes readers on farm livestock rankings in Canada cattle pigs horses sheep and on the Governor General’s representational role. It asks which province leads lumber production and compares tax payments to Ottawa versus other governments. It notes when United Empire Loyalists arrived and directs to another column for answers.
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Canada
Ottawa
Easy stitch motifs for colorful kitchen towels pattern 7181
Simple transfer six motifs for towels measuring 544 by 8 inches. Children can help with bright decor. Send twenty five cents in coins to obtain the pattern.
Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book 1952 Ad
The 1952 edition of the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book offers twenty five cent illustrated patterns and six easy patterns printed in the book. Household Arts Department Winni News Union features patterns and a plain address to write name and pattern number.
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Winni News Union
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Brazil’s Vast Navigable Waterways Measured at 27318 Miles
The article notes Brazil’s extensive river system with 27 318 miles of navigable waterways across its vast network. The figure underscores the country’s reliance on rivers for transport and commerce, reflecting its geographic scale and hydraulic resources.
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Republic of Brazil
Large Litters for Larger Profits in Pig Rearing
Canada expects over 300000 sows to farrow in three months. Key steps include sow feeding before farrowing, warm dry pens, pig brooders, creep feeding, iron treatment, and heat for piglets. Heat lamps at Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm show strong results, with safety and sturdy brooder construction emphasized.
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Canada
E. B. Fraser
Animal Husbandry Division
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Canada Department of Agriculture
Oddities In The News From The Police And Public Life
Muriel Fielding 19, a Kidderminster police typist, got two raises for efficiency before being exposed for looting the police safe. In court the magistrate placed her on probation and ordered repayment of 120 dollars plus 30 dollars costs. Victoria City Hall ceiling plaster collapsed during heated council debate. William F. Sering of Hartford welcomed a baby girl, joking the newborn is the father’s first. A Guernsey farmer faced court after a cow chewed six napkins a baby’s frock and two vests, case dismissed after warning residents.
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Muriel Fielding
Kidderminster
Worcester
England
Guernsey
Channel Islands
Answers to Quick Quiz Quick Facts
A compact summary of the supplied lines notes five quiz answers and a fact about camels. The items include year 1783, BC, nine million cattle, Ottawa collecting about double other governments, and the Queen’s representative in Canada, with an attribution to Quick Canadian Facts.
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Ottawa
Canada
Quick Canadian Facts
Handbook of Facts About
Nine Leprosy Patients in Canada Reported
A federal survey lists nine lepers under treatment in Canada. Seven are at Hotel Dieu de Saint Joseph Hospital Tracadie New Brunswick and two at Bentinck Island British Columbia. Doctors report favorable early results from new treatments while one Tracadie patient was discharged as arrested and non infectious and one new case was legally committed in 1951.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of National Health and Welfare
Hotel Dieu de St. Joseph
Tracadie
N.B
Bentinck Island
B.C
Handy Household Tips From An Old Newsletter
Useful hacks cover preserving color in hosiery with vinegar in final rinse, refreshing furs with a hair brush, and balancing glove wear by swapping hands. It notes two Canadian universities: Alberta in 1905 and Saskatchewan in 1907.
Natural Drying Aids Damp Grain Fix Across Western Canada
The natural drying method, mixing dry grain with damp stock, dried 21,023,927 bushels of damp and tough grain in the first half of the crop year. Reports cover Lakehead interior and Pacific Coast terminals, with wheat and oats making up the bulk.
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Winnipeg
Western Canada
Lakehead
Interior
Pacific Coast
Board of Grain Commissioners
Western Division
Duluth
Edmonton to Start Large Scale Tar Sands Oil Extraction
Mines Minister N E Tanner announced first large scale exploratory work to extract oil from the Athabasca tar sands in Northern Alberta this summer. Five Canadian companies hold leases covering 250000 acres and deposits totaling 250000. They plan work from August to October with Sweden’s Shale Oil Co joining under a pilot plant lease.
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Edmonton
N. E. Tanner
Athabasca
Alberta
Athabasca River
Tanner
Mildred Ruth Lake
Ashero Oil Co
Pacific Petroleum
Calvin Consolidated
New Continental of Canada
Charter Oil Co
Bitumont
Alta
May Help Increase Crops Through Radioactive Tracing
Regina Saskatchewan researchers using radioactive isotopes at the University of Saskatchewan test how grain absorbs varying foods in different soils and weather. Dr. A M Kristjanson says if crop yields improve even slightly, benefits could extend to millions of acres. Experiments also trace animal intake by Geiger counter to see how foods are absorbed.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
A. M. Kristjanson
Regina College
University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Kristianson
Geiger
Smile of the Week Cartoon Line Sees Husband Joke
A humorous exchange imagines a wife describing her husband as the ordinary type with measurements 42, 42, and 92 for waist chest and golf course respectively. A geologic aside notes Polar ice caps receding about 500 feet yearly.
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Ivan Penny
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