Newer vegetable varieties show promise for home gardens
Ottawa reports from the Experimental Farm of Canada Department of Agriculture Lacombe indicate many new varieties offer superior quality to older standards. Altagold Farrigold sweet corn reach about 90 days to maturity. Contender beans yield high and ripen earlier. Marketer cucumbers and Autumn Spice onions prove promising. sea life and brain notes follow but do not affect gardening conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada Department of Agriculture
Lacombe
Lac La Ronge Promises Big Fishing Season Growth
Lac la Ronge Saskatchewan draws sport anglers from the United States with a 400 square mile lake and 1100 islands. Conservation officer Jim Cloutier reports trout up to 45 pounds can be caught in open waters, alongside Arctic grayling and whitefish angling catching on. The base camp near La Ronge supports 40 visitors in peak months, with 14 camp operators in the area and a $500000-a-year fishing industry expected to grow with new camps next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Lac la Ronge
Jim Cloutier
Natural Resources Department
Cree Lake
Black Lake
la Ronge
Experiments in beef cattle breeding at Manyberries
Range Experiment Farm Canada Department of Agriculture studies Highland and Highland x Hereford cattle and Brahman crosses with Hereford Aberdeen Angus and Shorthorn. Highlands show hardiness and good range gains. crossbreeds show hybrid vigor with Brahman crosses outperforming pure Herefords in weight. Brahman crosses calve easily at two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manyberries
Ottawa
The
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Alberta
Hereford
London Girl Becomes Craik Pioneering Blind Librarian
Eva Ham, born near Bow Bells, moved from London to Barrier River and Nut Lake in Saskatchewan. Despite severe sight loss and limited hearing, she supports herself in Craik by running a small home for the blind, braille correspondence, sewing and knitting, and active church and homemakers club involvement. Her work with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind aids readers worldwide.
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London
England
Craik
Saskatchewan
Eva Ham
Canada
Barrier River
Nut Lake Indian Reserve
Rose Valley
Ham
Margaret W. Liggett
C.n.ilb
Nash Home For the
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Regina
Institute
Toronto
C_N_IB
Fallow cost rises to 8.77 per acre in Manitoba 1955
Ottawa reports average price to summer fallow land on 15 Illustra tion Station farms in Manitoba in 1955 was 8.77 per acre. Northwestern districts cite 9.57 while southwestern areas average 8.09. Costs depend on soil texture weed fullness and rainfall with charges for machine use fuel labor taxes land rent and general farm expenses allocated per cultivated acre.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
B. J. Gorby
Brandon Experimental Farm
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Red River
Interlake
Pelican pouch yields two and a half pound fish
A pelican’s pouch contained a catch weighing about two and a half pounds, indicating a notable fish haul. The report notes the unusual size of the fish retained in the bird’s pouch.
Ding Bells Dominate Bailey Home Collection
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Bailey of Lewiston Illinois have assembled a diverse bell collection. They display ordinary dinner and cow bells, a Bali wooden bull bell, oriental gong, Swedish bells, Hindu temple bells, sleigh bells, Chinese taxi bells, a Damascis camel bell and an Indian elephant bell. Bells fill every room and spill into the yard around three large dinner bells near an anchor from a boat sinking in the Illinois River, a tragedy that killed 32. Bailey recalls the hobby began when they dusted off three bells and displayed them, sparking a stream of gifts thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Bailey
Lewiston, IL
Bali
Bailey
Ilinois River
Industrial safety and eye protection in the shop
Familiarity with routine jobs breeds carelessness. Safety devices are produced from research and experience to prevent accidents and should be used at all times on the job. Goggles protect eyes from glare and flying particles and should be worn where shop regulations require.
Five-Year Industrial Plan in China Aims for 1956 Completion
Peking announced the accelerated five year plan started in 1953 would end this year in a rapid push toward Socialism. Mao Tse-tung leads the drive to nationalize farms and industries, while critics warn of rushed reforms and looming opposition among intellectuals and private owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Soviet
Russia
Mao
Freedom Front
Liu Shao-chi
National People's Congress
Liu Shaochi
Communist Party
Moscow
Marshall Chu Teh
Chinese Communist Party
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America
Earth
A. M. Mayo
Douglas Aircraft
Aero Medical Assn
Chicago
Hunter Bay Trout Grounds
Pipestone Lake
Bessie M. Barker
C.n.lb
Chines
Acre
Baileys
Damascus
Red
China
FP. K. WU
CPC
United Front
Peiping
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