Farm Ownership in Canada The Split Between Owning and Renting
A Department of Agriculture booklet notes that 75 percent of Canadian farms are family owned, with Ontario and Quebec highest in ownership at about 93 percent. Prairie provinces see more tenant farms, often on a share basis, while Ontario favors cash rents due to crop risks and easier division of grain crops.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Most Farmers Own Their Land
British agricultural scientists visiting Canada noted a high rate of farm ownership translating to greater capital for machinery fertilizer and livestock. They contrasted rental farms in the United Kingdom with Canadian ownership where about seventy five percent of farmers own their land, signaling a shift toward ownership and efficiency.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Physicians urged to ban pessimism in cancer fight
Dr Norman H Gosse of Halifax urged Canadian doctors at the British Columbia Medical association convention to discard defeatist attitudes toward cancer and operating on seniors. He argued elderly patients can endure surgery as well as younger ones and cited a halving in cancer death delays since symptom onset to doctor visit.
Indians Rights Allow BC Indians to Hunt Seals by Boat
British Columbia Indians may hunt Alaska fur seals from open boats without firearms. The agreement permits traditional subsistence hunting while prohibiting use of guns.
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British Columbia
Alaska
Replica Statue of Joan of Arc Donated to University of Montreal
A replica of the Joan of Arc statue was donated to the University of Montreal by sculptor Maxime del Sarte. The 10 foot high, six ton statue mirrors the original in Rouen France already standing in a square there.
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Joan of Arc
University of Montreal
Maxime del Sarte
Rouen
France
Mayor returns parking fine after wedding in Mineral Wells
In Mineral Wells Texas mayor George Barber refunded a parking violation to Doak Walker and his bride arguing a man newly married and arriving with his wife cannot be expected to notice a no parking sign.
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Mineral Wells
Tex
George Barber
Doak Walker
Manitoba Village Being Moved By The Advance Of Progress
The 67 year old village of St George in northeastern Manitoba near the Winnipeg River is being relocated as the Pine Falls hydro project washes over the area. About 550 residents, including the Vincents and Papineaus, move graves and rebuild the school on a new base as 114000 horsepower flood the banks. The $300000 provincial cost accompanies the $20 million project planned for 1953. Some residents mourn, others welcome progress.
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Manitoba
ST. George
Vincents
Duponts
Papineaus
Chevefills
Winnipeg
Pine Falls
St George
B C Apples To United Kingdom Under New Agreement
Ottawa reports a new Anglo Canadian contract will ship 2.2 million dollars worth of British Columbia apples to the United Kingdom, beginning early October. The deal, the largest west coast British Canadian apple sale since 1946, involves 1,100,000 boxes at about 2.01 dollars per box under an agreement between the U K government and west coast shippers.
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Ottawa
Canada
British Columbia
United Kingdom
U.K
Designed in Canada Canuck jet fighter named
The CF-100, the RCAF's new all weather long range jet fighter, designed and built in Canada, has been named the Canuck.
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R.C.A.F
Canada
Manitoba Sugar Beet Crop Sets Record
Manitoba reports 1950 sugar beet crop at 155,250 tons, a record in 11 years of the industry. Plantings reached 20,700 acres with Sept 14 yield raised to 7 7% tons per acre, weather permitting full digging and delivery. Frost delays threatened yield and quality but were mitigated by late frost.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Red River
Bad news to farmers in Canada as dollar rises
J. W. Brownlee, president of United Grain Growers Ltd., says the higher exchange value of the Canadian dollar hurts western Canadian farmers. He warns income may be lower for the year and notes wheat from threshing could shrink by 60 percent in six months under ideal conditions.
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Winnipeg
J. W. Brownlee
United Grain Growers Ltd
Western Canada
Brownlee
Funny and Otherwise In A Sequence Of Small Laughs
A collection of quips and mini stories spans trains and cows, mothballs and math, worms in apples, sea folk pronouns, and a sermon on Sunday golf. Jokes center on misunderstandings, puns, and family teasing told in lighthearted fashion.
Canadian Delhi Seeks Pipeline Export to Toronto
Canadian Delhi Oil limited applied to the Alberta Natural Gas Conservation board for a permit to export gas to eastern Canada by a 1800 mile pipeline to Toronto. The $220 million line would move 365 million cubic feet daily and serve Saskatoon Fort William Port Arthur Sudbury with spur lines to Sault Ste. Marie Ottawa and Montreal.
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Calgary
Delhi Oil Limited
Alberta Natural Gas Conservation Board
Canada
Toronto
Delhi
Board
Saskatchewan
Fort William
Port Arthur
Sudbury
Sault Ste. Marie
Ottawa
Montreal
Increase Production From Water Type Switch
Experiments show cows raise milk output by up to 50 percent when moved from hard to soft drinking water. The finding highlights water quality as a potential factor in dairy yields.
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Rey
Fairview Chemical Co. Ltd
Regina
B.C
M. Harrison-Gray
East
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Jimmy
Sonny
Willie
Sue
Lou
Prestone
Eveready
AHL Registered
National Carbon Limited
Cieeteteee
Wiese Wateve
Aan
Iit Aaa
ISWT
Gluck Thurston
Peggy
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