Misuse Of Soil Aggravates World Food Shortage
The article emphasizes soil reaction, mineral balance, and the need to recharge soils with minerals through proper fertilization. It highlights the role of phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and other nutrients, soil testing, and the importance of integrated soil conservation programs led by farmers with technical support from agencies and universities.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Agricultural College
Ontario Crop Improvement Association
Toronto
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Saskatoon
Rich Sinclair Edmonton
The
Agricultural Institute of Canada
Agricultural Institute
Eco
Pineapple Chair-Set Pattern 7392 Ad
Crafts notice offering Chair-Set Pattern 7392 for crochet pineapples with scalloped edges. Improved visual directions and charts promise easy needle work. To obtain send twenty five cents to Household Arts Depart ment Winnipeg Newspaper Union 17 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Peacetime Record Iron Ore Mining Expected in 1943
Advance estimates by the United States Bureau of Mines indicate that 100,000,000 gross tons of iron ore will have been mined during 1943 a peacetime record.
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United States Bureau of Mines
Name stuck in Mercedes name origins
Mercedes Tennessee was named by a mistake after a president's wife. Farmers believed Porfirio Diaz's wife was named Mercedes, so the town adopted the name though the wife was actually named different. The name endures because locals liked it.
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Mercedes, Tenn
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Mercedes
Children donate 500 boxes of school supplies
In Valetta Malta five hundred boxes of classroom supplies for Mal tese school children were received as gifts from Canadian children and teachers. The gifts were sent by the Canadian Council for Reconstruction through UNESCO. Pasteurized milk is safe.
Switzerland a magnet for royalty and visitors in Alpine refuge
Switzerland, enduring neutral haven in the Alps, hosts two kings, two ex-kings, and an ex-queen among many royal and political figures. The nation blends high hospitality with multilingual hotel staff, top rail service, and a prestige hotel industry guided by a Swiss Hotel Keepers association. Over 200,000 tourist beds available as spring and summer seasons start.
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Central Press
Berne
Switzerland
Europe
Alps
Phumiphon
Siam
Leopold
Belgium
Michael
Roumania
Maria-Jose
Indo-China
Uge
U.S
France
Germany
Italy
Austria
League of Nations
Geneva
Smile of the Week Vicar catechizes class. boy misses cue
A school mistress preps children for a visiting vicar by rehearsing catechism questions. When the vicar arrives, Boy Two answers Adam, sir, prompting the vicar’s correction. The tale ends with the absent Boy One having the punchline about God making him, and the boy God made being out of the room.
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Adam
Tender Garden Advice For Safe Spring Planting
Garden notes warn against setting out tender flowers and vegetables until frost danger passes and air and soil warm. Protect roots and tubers like potatoes and gladioli, start warm loving crops later, and use light covers at night if rushing. Short cuts include weekly soaking, proximity to water, weed removal, and regular cultivation to conserve moisture.
Helpful kitchen tips and food ideas from a past era
Practical hints cover frying with a proper basket, stocking durability with wax, desserts with ice cream and honey, using leftover roast chicken in mushroom soup on toast, and softening floor wax by simmering the can in water.
Gems of Thought on Dignity and Virtue
A collection of aphorisms on dignity and virtue from Massinger Mary Baker Eddy Wordsworth Marcus Aurelius Aristotle and Harry E Burroughs. The quotes explore inner worth over external honors and the disciplined mind that guides life.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Tailor Receives Gift Horse After Satisfied Customer
Louisville, Ky. J. C. Harned, a tailor shop clerk, received a gift horse from a customer, J. E. Wheeler, who had a suit fitted and pledged a horse if the work pleased him. Wheeler arrived with a sorrel horse when the suit was finished, Harned tied it to the cashier’s cage, patted its nose, and sold the horse.
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Louisville
J. C. Harned
J. E. Wheeler
Wheeler
Harned
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