Water development aims to assist farmers with self help storage works
The Water Development Branch of PFRA funds and guides irrigation and water storage projects across Alberta and Saskatchewan. It supports individual farm, neighbor, and community works, with capital costs often funded by PFRA and provincial or local bodies handling distribution. Notable projects include Ambrose Flats McAlpine and MacKay Creek supplying water to up to 20 farmers along creeks, using natural depressions to store runoff. In 1954 about $425,000 was spent on eight irrigation and storage schemes, advancing rural rehabilitation and economic security for prairie farmers.
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PFRA
PFPLA
Government of Canada
Alberta
Cypress Hills
Alberta-Saskatchewan
Ambrose Flats
McAlpine
MacKay Creek
Ross Creek
Irvine
Walsh
Graburn
Changing cabbage standards and new variety traits
C Walxer of Morden Experimental Farm Canada describes how cabbage breeding shifted with changing food habits. New varieties feature finer leaves and smaller heads for home use, with deep green or red colors, better shelf life, and non bursting heads. Recommended first early Canadian Acre and second early Viking Golden Acre, mid season Bonanza, late Danish Bullhead, and red Red Acre.
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C. Walxer
Morden
Canada
Seed Varieties Tested and Distributed by Illustration Stations
In 1955 the Division of Illustration Stations tested wheat, oats and barley varieties on 170 station farms in cooperation with the Cereal Division of Agriculture Canada. A total of 96,320 bushels of improved cereal seed, 69,850 pounds of grass and legume seed, and 7,500 bushels of Foundation Stock and certified seed potatoes were produced and sold. Distribution reached 1,280 farmers and co operatives across 164 stations, with most seed grain (90,220 bushels) sold in Western Canada. Grass and clover seed totaled 45,635 pounds in Western districts and 24,215 pounds in Eastern Canada, while seed potato sales were mainly to New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
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Ilustration
Cereal Division
Canada Department of Agriculture
Canada
Hilustration Station
Western Supervisory
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
South Africa shifts to wheat to cut corn surplus
The Canadian Trade Commissioner in Johannesburg reports South Africa’s move from corn to wheat as demand for bread rises with urban employment. The Union's Agriculture Department urges corn farmers to switch land to wheat. Early estimates for 1955-56 put wheat output at 7.5 million bags, about 206 percent higher than last year.
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South Africa
Johannesburg
Department of Agriculture For
Union
Maple sugar production steady since Indian days in Ontario
Ontario taps maple syrup and sugar as spring nears, with production worth over 9 million dollars nationally. Despite decline from 1910 to 1950, value rose, and half of Canadian output stays in local markets. Modern methods include evaporators and tapping machines, yet old techniques and romance remain.
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Ontario
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Quebec
United States
U.S.A
Ont
Dept. Lands and Forests
Physical fitness and youth activity urged for Canadian health
An article urges Canadians to prioritize physical fitness for children highlighting Kraus-Weber testing and Canadian results. It notes low percentages meeting passing fitness and advocates more walking, skating, wrestling, track and field, basketball, swimming, and weight training, promoted by youth programs like the Amateur Athletic Union.
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Iby & F
Kegin
Hans Kraus
United States
Kraus-Wever
Sports College News
Canada
Saskatchewan
The
Amateur Athletic Union
Educator Warns Coloring Books Suppress Creativity
Dr. Victor Lowenfeld, director of art education at Pennsylvania State University, argues coloring books smother creative instincts. He cites research in 2-to-5 World News showing over half of children exposed to coloring books lose confidence in creativity and become inflexible. He notes children often love the books but urges caution.
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Victor Lowenfeld
Lowenfeld
Pennsylvania State University
Spit and Sputter Literary Society Forms at UT
A UT Austin group called The Spit and Sputter Literary Society organizes stutterers into a weekly meeting club. Members rotate as chairman and pursue self ridicule as a form of treatment.
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University of Texas
Spit and Sputter
Racial integration debate tests southern colleges
The article surveys how southern and border states handle racial integration in higher education. It notes most admit Negro students at graduate level, with Alabama, Texas, Tennessee advancing slowly, while Mississippi Georgia and South Carolina resist. It cites Autherine Lucy at Alabama and ongoing court cases in Georgia Florida South Carolina and North Carolina. The piece frames a quiet revolution amid varied state actions and legal challenges.
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Atlanta
University of Alabama
Supreme ‘Court
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Guy B. Johnson
University of North Carolina
Johnson
Autherine Lucy
Birmingham
Texas
Tennessee
Alabama
Miss Lucy
University of Georgia Law, School
Waring
United States Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Thurgood Marshal
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
University of South Carolina
Negro Seeking To Enter the Law School
University of Florida
Florida Supreme Court
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New York Giants
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Ariz
Tuscaloos
Caldwelis,m.c
Regina, Saskatchewan
South
CFPC
Tuscaloosa
Lucy
Orangeburg
J. Waites Waring
North Carolina
United States District Court
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