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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 31, 1951
Page
2
Living costs have risen steadily over the years and the spring index hit a record. In 1950 the national income reached 14.164 billion dollars, eight percent above 1949. Salaries and wages totaled 8.3 billion, six percent higher than 1949. Consumer spending rose as Canadians spent 11.8 billion and output was about 17.7 billion.
Farmers saw a 1950 net farm income drop to 1.424 billion from 1.513 billion in 1949, a six percent decline and a nine percent fall from 1948. Causes cited include higher operating expenses and lower wheat prices, while production remains about 20 percent above pre 1939 levels despite labour shortages and rising supply costs. Since 1946 the farm labour force decreased by 170000.
The article notes a drop in farm incomes while other industries rise, with 120000 farmers and farm workers leaving the land in three years. It argues farmers are unfairly blamed for rising food prices and urges farm incomes to track general earnings, addressing floor price policy and future wheat demand.
In Ashcroft British Columbia rustlers target Cariboo cattle driving herd losses into thousands monthly. Ranchers suspect organized gangs smuggling meat to Vancouver with private cars while RCMP assist. Individual losses reach a dozen head as patterns show cars used on logging roads and rapid 10 head killings.
Washington reports the government exempted about three quarters of farm workers from wage controls. Increases must not raise pay above 95 cents an hour. William M. Hepburn, a wage board member, said 75 to 80 percent of farm workers are freed from stabilization rules.
U S navy planes bombed sections of the Rosseau game refuge in northern Minnesota on May 24 and 26 to form miniature lakes for wildlife. The plan was reported to Works Minister William Morton by Minnesota officials. Sixteen large bombs were dropped in the main reserve area just south of Sundown Man.
Labor minister C. E. Greenlay announced Manitoba civil service changes. Administrative and clerical staff will work 30 minutes longer each weekday in July and August, while most civil servants gain Saturdays off. The small operating staff are exempt.
Halibut prices in Vancouver Canada are down from 1950 levels. First auction shows a decline of 3 to 4 cents per pound as dealers cite a large carry-over from last year and an Atlantic coast conservation program boosting catches. Medium fish sell around 21.1 cents wholesale, large 19 to 20 cents, and chicken 18 cents.
A businessman returns after eight years to his old town station. Expecting familiar faces he finds none on the platform. He seeks out the station master, a childhood friend, who greets him by name and asks if he is leaving yet.
A compilation of light anecdotes and jokes about work, family, and everyday situations. A clerk questions a man about two jobs, a boy speeds home to avoid a spanking, a minister jokes about a person to person call, and a baker’s shop window misleads customers with a pun on prices.
Gasoline made from Alberta crude oil goes on sale in Ontario for the first time. Oil is moved by pipeline from Edmonton to Superior Wisconsin and then shipped to Sarnia for refining and distribution.
British Columbia researchers test penicillin fortified feeds on large farms including Fraser Valley turkey operations. Clarence Landstrom reports 25 percent weight gain in a 250 poults group with five cent per hundredweight extra cost. Early results show one ounce more gain per two week old bird.
Mr Landstrom notes that poults fed the new feed feather better and show stronger vigor with a mortality rate of two percent. Hog tests with the supplemented feeds have begun on British Columbia farms while hippo hide measures about two inches thick.
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