Farmers urged to avoid burning straw for soil health
Saskatchewan soil specialist W. E. Johnson warns that burning straw and stubble wastes organic matter key to soil fertility. He links fall burning to moisture loss and erosion, advocates crop rotations with legumes and grass, proper residue management, and cautious tillage to improve long-term yields.
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W. E. Johnson
Saskatchewan
Johnson
Pare
Regina
Johnson Sard
Do It Yourself Home Workshop Patterns Offer Easy Trestle Tables
The Home Workshop column promotes early American do it yourself crafts with trestle tables and home furniture. It markets patterns 390 391 and 392 for building a trestle table ironing cabinet and ham shaped cushions with diagrams full directions and mailing options from Prairie Limited in Vancouver B C.
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Metropolitan Museum
Simple method to distinguish whooping crane in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan game official E L Paynter explains a quick guide for hunters to avoid mistaking the rare whooping crane for legal game. He notes three large white birds with black wing tips migration in Saskatchewan the whooping crane pelican and whistling swan are protected. Also mentions snow goose and Ross's goose as similar in markings and protection status. The Snow Goose is legal game while Ross's Goose is scarce protected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
E. L. Paynter
Humorous Vignettes Spill From Army to Courtroom
A collection of light anecdotes slips from a sergeant's sharp rebuke to a hatful of gags about canaries, furniture theft, insults, vicars, artists, and a mistaken kiss. The bits pivot on wordplay and social quirks, ending with a numbered tag 3058.
Cost Of Living Index Discontinued By Dominion Bureau
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics will stop publishing the cost-of-living index after September 1, with only the consumer price index published thereafter. Aimed at aiding wage contract escalator conversions, the bureau plans to issue November new consumer price indexes for Halifax Saint John Montreal Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg Saskatoon Regina Edmonton Calgary and Vancouver.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Halifax
Saint John
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Transfer motifs pattern 7049 offered by Alice Brooks
Promote the sale of Pattern 7049 with transfer motifs in a needlecraft appeal. The ad instructs sending twenty five cents by coin to obtain the pattern and includes options for small to extra large sizes and various fabric ideas. It invites readers to request additional patterns from the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book.
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Alice Brooks
Peace River Reckoning two million acres under cultivation
Forbes Rhode reports on the Peace River country of northwestern Alberta and adjacent British Columbia, where two million acres are under cultivation and 14 million more await farming. He notes deepening frontier development, a growing timber, glass sands, and oil prospects, with farmers like J. B. Early and others expanding dairy, vegetables, gladioli, and fescue grass while warning of typical frontier risks.
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Forbes Rhode
E. C. Stacey
Dominion Experimental Farm
Grande Prairie
Alta
Peace River
Alberta
British Columbia
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Edmonton
Canada
United States
Pacific Coast
J. B. Early
Early
Yakima
State of
Washington
California
Bruce
Eugene Cowan
Ontario
Walnuts Grown At Gull Lake In Saskatchewan
Mr George Moen of Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, has achieved a notable breakthrough in fruit cultivation. His orchard now bears fully developed English walnuts, a rare success for the region where previous years yielded only flowers on walnut trees.
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George Moen
Gull Lake
Saskatchewan
Moen
Tough Grouse Breaks Windows At Bonner Home
A large grouse burst into Miss Connie Bonner's home in Duncan breaking two windows before flying out unharmed.
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Duncan
B.C
Connie Bonner
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George
Herbert
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Marilyn
Iyi
Brea
R. H. Winters
Louis St. Laurent
Mr.Winters
Lunenburg
N.S
Public Wolice
Lesage
Quebec City
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Winters
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Prairie Publishers Limited
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