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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 21, 1948
Page
7
A British Commons report cites a large expansion of farm output to aid economic recovery. This year an estimated 500,000 more acres are under food cultivation than 1947, with hopes that 10,250,000 acres will be cultivated next year for crops including 2,340,000 acres of wheat, 1,000,000 for potatoes, 392,000 for sugar beets, and 200,000 for linseed.
The report notes a 9 percent expansion in poultry production with over 44,378,000 hens. Egg output is expected to rise by 670,000,000 eggs this year as the Ministry of Agriculture promotes better breeds and health to sustain high production.
Milk production has increased and 900000 more calves are expected next year while dairy herd quality should improve. Better feed could lift milk yield per cow by 50 to 100 gallons and raise butterfat content. Sir Stafford Cripps praised agricultural progress as Britain seeks economic recovery and food supplies.
In Victoria the Oak Bay Elementary pupils contracting poliomyelitis may have been exposed to berries growing on a vacant lot later burned and sprayed with DDT. Dr Stewart Murray, Vancouver health officer, called such contact possible but remote, noting flies could transmit the disease though direct carrier transmission is more likely.
Power now surges through 90 mile transmission lines from Snare River hydro plant to Yellowknife, adding 8000 horsepower to the mining town. The unit, built over two years, is the first of several plants planned to total 25000 horsepower, serving gold mines and residents.
Canada's defence authorities weigh stockpiling about six strategic metals such as tin and manganese for emergency use. The plan would be small but crucial to keep supplies for five arsenals and wartime industry. Canada, largest producer of base metals nickel and asbestos, could trade base metals to obtain strategic ones.
Mrs Perry Metcalfe of Carman Manitoba found smoke billowing from her kitchen after leaving briefly. She returned to discover a turkey perched on the chimney, causing smoke. A stick barrage cleared the smoke and broke a kitchen window.
A compact collection of quotes on punishment, retribution, and moral order. Each line presents a noted viewpoint from Tryon Edwards Lord Halifax Emerson Mary Baker Eddy Proverb and others about crime, penalty, and social protection.
A collection of light anecdotes and witty exchanges. A wife comments on strength while a husband jokes about fruit caps. A milkman buys a horse for a morning round and a blacksmith eyeing its legs offers a quip. Town hall crowd, a minister’s prayer, and playful fathering wrap a string of rural humor.
In Vancouver Goo-Goo the mallard is called bi sex and now aged 13, the pet of Mr. and Mrs. Lamountaine, is described as a centenarian in human terms. Ten years ago he shifted from egg laying to a drake lifestyle, a change confirmed by a game warden. Now lame and heavy, Goo-Goo still looks and acts like a well-dressed male duck.
Volunteers in The Pas complete main arches of a new community rink. Workers under flood lights install outside sheeting while several local women's groups provide hot lunches to sustain the volunteer effort.
Winnipeg reports R A Sara of the industrial development board demonstrates straw and sawdust briquettes with heat value equal to lignite coal. A new patented machine compresses loose material into briquettes and can process 5.4 to 22.4 tons every eight hours. He notes growth in Canada’s oil seed processing and reduction in vegetable oil imports.
A historical snippet describes certain butterflies emitting pleasant scents resembling grass jasmine syringa mignonette and orange blossom balsam. The text compares insect fragrances to floral notes, highlighting the sensory detail in natural history observations.
A list of Western judges chosen to preside at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto includes experts for Breeding Horses Belgians and Percherons Grades and Wagon Horses George T Fraser Tate Sask Clydesdales and Wagon Horses Walter Ross Olds Alta Palominos T P Devlin Winnipeg Man Market Cattle Live Animals Charles Yule Calgary Alta Breeding Swine Yorkshires Alex McPhail Brandon Man Market Swine Swine Carcasses Wiltshire Sides Lester Hancock Winnipeg Man Poultry Turkeys Standard F Higginson Millett Alta Seeds Small Seeds Dr W J White Saskatoon Sask Wheat Oats Barley Flax Peas and Sheaves L Bell Saskatoon Sask C A Weir Calgary Alta Potatoes H S MacLeod Vancouver B C Canadian Council On Boys And Girls Club Work Beef Cattle John Conner Winnipeg Man Seed Grain D M MacLean Winnipeg Man Food Girls Work Miss Jean Stewart Calgary Alta Miss Edith Rowles Saskatoon Sask
Walter Baker, 34, will serve 90 days in jail after taking $45 worth of camera equipment from a car while two Bell Telephone linemen watched from a nearby pole. Ralph Banner wired in his hand telephones and alerted police.
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