Uranium Find in Northwest Territories Could Challenge Eldorado
Kelowna based Yellowknife Volcanic Gold Mines plans a pre Christmas road to a new uranium field near Marion Lake and Great Slave Lake. Assays show 1.52 uranium oxide across four feet depth, with potential higher than Eldorado, though mining costs may reach about 2000 dollars per ton.
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Kelowna
B.C
Great Slave Lake
Northwest Territories
Canada
E Hartley
Yellowknife Volcanic Gold Mines
Marion Lake
Toronto
Ottawa
Hartley
Eldorado
Ted Hartley
Honey crop in Canada drops 31 percent in 1949
Ottawa reports the 1949 honey crop at 31,286,000 pounds, down from 45,145,000 last year and the lowest since 1946. Weather is blamed rather than the bees, with provincial outputs listed for Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics Reports
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Prices of farm products fall again in August
Ottawa reports agricultural prices slid further in August continuing the year long decline. Prices were down about half a point from July with grains dairy products and potatoes lower than a year ago. Poultry and eggs rose slightly while livestock remained unchanged.
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Ottawa
Statistics Bureau
Barrel House For The Dog
A description of building a weatherproof barrel dog house using a well-constructed barrel with diluted creosote, two by six supports to prevent rolling and decay, and placement to face east or south away from direct wind. Sun exposure through a hinged door helps odors and vermin control. bedding is optional with shredded newspapers suggested.
They Are Tearing Down an Old Barn
The poem recalls a barn that has stood across the way for many years with a caving roof and open doors. Once a bustling place for horses and children, it now lies bare and decayed. The speaker notes its former beauty in sunset and snow and anticipates new structure rising in its place.
New Factory Provides Market for Durum Wheat
Catelli Food Products opens a new 250000 dollar plant at Lethbridge with Hon. James A. MacKinnon officiating. The macaroni factory will create a market for durum wheat grown in Southern Alberta and supply Catelli customers on the prairies and Pacific coast after closing its Vancouver plant.
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Lethbridge
Catelli Food Products
James A. MacKinnon
Ottawa
Edmonton
Alberta
Catelli
Prairies
Pacific Coast
Vancouver
Crossword Puzzle Clue Pack Filled With Mixed Phrases
A crossword puzzle list shows numerous clues and wordplay items across horizontal and vertical directions. Entries include animals, actions, rulers, religions, and linguistic hints with varied word lengths and puns.
Butter Stocks Steadily Increase in Canada
Ottawa reports butter storage in warehouses at 72,222,000 pounds as of Oct 1, with margarine at 2,358,000. Most butter is government held for price support and likely to be sold in winter when production falls. Margarine production continues year round.
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Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Farm Conference Ottawa Dec 12 14
The Dominion Provincial Agricultural Conference will convene in Ottawa from December 12 to 14. Delegates from Dominion and Provincial Agriculture departments and organized agriculture will discuss next year’s prospects and 1949 production, with prior commodity reports to speed discussions.
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Dominion
Ottawa
Food and Agriculture Organization
Washington
Departments of Agriculture
Organized Agriculture
Estimates Given For Alberta Crops
Alberta's 1949 wheat crop is estimated at 96 million bushels with 12.7 bushels per acre. Oats produce about 56 million, barley 38.7 million, rye 2.65 million, and flax 315 thousand bushels. The Alberta Wheat Pool notes 73 percent of output to grade one two or three northern and 27 percent Garnet and other grades. A Pennsylvania flying school offers free instruction to anyone over 60.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Wheat Pool
Soil and Health A Definite Hope Across Nations
The piece links soil quality to public health, highlighting Trudy King as a pioneer of the Mothercraft movement in New Zealand and noting the Canadian Mothercraft Society's push for soil and health education. It describes the Albert Howard compost method and outlines Canadian efforts to charter a Soil and Health Association while detailing nurse training at Mothercraft Hospital in Toronto.
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Trudy King
Society For the Health of Woman and Children
New Zealand
Mothercraft
Canadian Mothercraft Society
Albert Howard
Canadian Soil and Health Association
F. H. Co. Baugh
Homewood Sanitarium
Guelph
Canada
World
Mothercraft Hospital
Clarendon Avenue
Toronto
Mothercraft Society
Bloor West
Indian cabinet ministers accept 15 percent pay cut
World happenings report cabinet ministers in India volunteer for a 15 percent salary reduction backdated to October 1. Other notes include a UK collector in Surrey with 250000 cigarette cards and 70 pipes, and various international earnings and projects.
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Fred Piper
Addiscombe
Surrey
England
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India
Cardiff Corporation
Cardiff
Penarth
Wales
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Nevada
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