Bee Keeping In The West A Lucrative Industry
During the war sugar was scarce and demand for honey rose. It is estimated that about half a million bee colonies operated in Canada, with production ten to thirty five million pounds annually. Prairie conditions favor beekeeping and Western farmers have increased steadily over 25 years. Alberta leads in honey production due to long days and sunshine in the Peace River region.
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Canat
Canada
Prairies
Alberta
Peace River
Bees Require Warm Weather
In 1946 Canada produced 39,717,000 pounds of honey, down about 4,000,000 from the prior year, with Alberta supplying 6,192,000 and Ontario 5,685,000 pounds. Manitoba and Saskatchewan yielded 4,810,000 and 3,953,000 pounds respectively. Cool days in Eastern Canada reduced honey output, and 500,900 bee colonies remained, 157,000 of which were in the Prairie Provinces and British Columbia.
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Canada
Alberta
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
New Colonies Each Season
The article explains Western Canada's winters deter bee keeping, prompting farmers to start new colonies each season. It notes long Prairie summers boost honey production and highlights bee keeping as a success of mixed farming led by farmers and agricultural scientists pioneers.
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Canada
Organization forms for unsupported Vancouver mothers
In Vancouver an association for unsupported and unmarried mothers is being organized by Mrs. Robert Symington with 15 members. It aims to improve conditions, support independent home life, and offer lectures on motherhood and child welfare.
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Vancouver
Robert Symington
Symington
16 Below Makes Animals Friendly At Northern Station
It was 16 degrees below zero at the northern weather station 400 miles south of the North Pole. The extreme cold made some hardy district animals friendlier toward staff led by J. R. Lewis. One Arctic fox fed on sausages then returned for more.
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Alert
N.W.T
North Pole
J. R. Lewis
North
South
Cerely
Intuition Saves Regina Worker From 70 Foot Plunge
Henry Walters of Regina escaped a 70 foot fall from the Western Grain elevator at Birsay Saskatchewan after he tied a rope to the platform and his midsection the previous night to brace himself. He fainted while on the shin gling platform but was hoisted to safety and returned to work hours later.
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Henry Walters
Regina
Birsay
Sask
Walters
Funny and Otherwise Solly and the Present
A collection of light anecdotes and quips on daily life. Jokes range from courtship mishaps and fashion forecasts to family life and nautical farewells, with a playful tone and punchlines about love, work, and social norms.
Record Prices Paid For Grade Stock Cows
In Alberta at Azure near High River, 309 grade stock cows from Bar U ranch sold at record Canadian prices. A top load of 25 cows brought 30 dollars per 100 pounds, and 155 head sold for 29 to 30 dollars per hundredweight. Duke and Duchess of Windsor representatives bought 50 bred cows. Total sale value about 78 thousand dollars.
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Calgary
Azure
High River
Alta
Bar U
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Near Extinct Whooping Crane Seen in Canada
Edmonton reports that a rare whooping crane, six feet tall, is nearly extinct with only 34 in North America. J D Soper searched Yukon for months, consulting Indians and Eskimo, but found no birds. The crane has appeared in Grande Prairie Alberta and northern Saskatchewan.
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Edmonton
Alta
Yukon Territories
Canadian
J. D. Soper
Dominion Wildlife
Alberta
Yukon
Alberta Wheat Gets High Grade
W. M. Wagier, Alberta wheat pool field man, says southern Alberta likely produced more than the 12,000,000 bushels of No. 1 Northern wheat estimated by the Winnipeg grain board. He puts No. 1 wheat in the southern belt from the American border to Aldersyde at about 10,000,000 to 13,000,000 bushels. Aldersyde lies roughly 30 miles south of Calgary.
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Lethbridge
W. M. Wagier
Alberta Wheat Pool
Canada
Alberta
Board of Grain Commissioners
Winnipeg
Wagner
Aldersyde
Calgary
RCMP crackdown on purple gas lures farm use loophole
In Moose Jaw Saskatchewan the Royal Canadian Mounted Police warn motorists they cannot use purple colored gasoline. The fuel is exempt from the province tax only for farm use and motorists faces penalties for improper use.
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Moose Jaw
Sask
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Saskatchewan
Ban Lifts on Import of Dressed Poultry and Eggs
Ottawa announced immediate lifting of the ban on importing eggs poultry carcasses or parts but live poultry imports remain banned. The prohibition followed the Newcastle disease outbreak in British Columbia, which led to heavy culling. improved conditions allow eggs and carcasses again though live birds stay restricted.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
British Columbia
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