Movement Of Farm Labour In Canada Revealed
The Labour Gazette reports 1948 saw about 15 000 farm labourers move across Canada and to the United States for seasonal work from Halifax to Vancouver. In 1949, 600 Canadians went to Maine for potato harvests, with others to Montana for sugar beets and Vermont for maple sugar production.
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THE
Labour Gazette
Canada
West
the Gazette
Halifax
Vancouver
United States
Maine
Montana
Vermont
Workers Went To The West
The first organized movement of seasonal agricultural workers began in 1896 as Western wheat farms needed harvest labor. Railways ran harvest specials to bring Eastern workers, and by 1920 the Dominion government directed this annual movement. Over time the program expanded from securing harvest help to directing seasonal labor across diverse farming districts.
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Prairies
Dominion
Seasonal farm workers aid Canadian economy says report
The text explains how the 1941 Hyde Park Declaration allows Canadian farm workers to seek seasonal work in the United States and notes the growth of the program. In 1948 about 15 000 laborers circulated nationwide with 3 000 to Western provinces for wheat, 1 000 haymakers to Ontario, and 1 200 tobacco pickers to Ontario and Quebec. The harvest excursions are described as the vanguard of a growing, permanent workforce vital to farmers.
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Employment Service of Canada
Agricultural Division
National Selective Service
Hyde Park
United States
Ontario
Quebec
Estimated Wheat Crop In Canada 1949 Output Forecast
Ottawa reports Canada’s 1949 wheat crop at 391.5 million bushels, down 1.8 million from last year and about 18.6 million below the 1939-48 ten year average. Harvest proceeds from a near record seeded area of 27.5 million acres, up from 24.1 million in 1948 and 23.5 million for the decade.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Canadian export ships horse meat to Hong Kong from Vancouver
Horse meat canned in Swift Curr ent Sask was shipped from Vancouver to Hong Kong, where a market for the product is developing in the Far East. It is expected that this initial shipment will be followed by others and that further purchases will be made by buyers in the Belgian Congo.
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Swift Current
Vancouver
Hong Kong
Far East
Belgian Congo
Father Takes Errant Son to Prairies for New Life
In Vancouver a father told Police Court he would give up his 17 year position to move his son to a prairie farm. The 17 year old pleaded guilty to car theft and received a floater sentence from Magistrate Matheson while defence counsel Hurley cited bad influences.
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Vancouver
Matheson
Thomas Hurley
Mechanic Teaches Family Nail Wholesale Lesson
A garage mechanic’s children hammer nails into a dining-room table. A neighbor asks if it’s costly to let kids play that way. The mechanic replies that he buys nails wholesale, implying the setup is practical and economical.
Alberta Tuberculosis Association Passes Decade Of Service
The Alberta Tuberculosis Association marks ten years of service led by President Ed Read. Free chest X-rays have benefited over 500000 people and Christmas Seal Sales have grown from 10000 to 136135 in the recent year. A new survey program costing about 100000 is planned with ATA underwriting routine X-rays for general hospital admissions in about 100 hospitals serving roughly 200000 yearly patients.
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Alberta Tuberculosis Association
Alberta
Ed Read
Read
A.T.A
Bible Explains Return of Cash In Anonymous Letter
An anonymous letter containing 105 dollars arrived at the Internal Revenue collector in Dallas. A note attached cites Romans 13 to justify payment of owed duties. The article also briefly describes the water-hen or moor-hen as a European North African bird related to rails.
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Dallas
Tex
Internal Revenue
Kirby H. Jackson
Europe
North
Africa
Canadian Graves In Hong Kong Well Kept
Regina editor D B Rogers reports from an air tour that Canadian war dead are well maintained at Sai Wan Military Cemetery in Hong Kong. More than 1,000 white crosses line a terraced slope near the harbor with many marked unknown soldiers.
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Regina
Hong Kong
War Graves Commission
D. B. Rogers
North
South Pacific
Sai Wan Military Cemetery
Rogers
Hong Kong Island
Tasmanian wombat, a marsupial mammal of Australia
The Tasmanian wombat is a marsupial native to Australia and Tasmania. It resembles rodents yet has a rudimentary tail.
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Australia
Tasmania
Farming Is Big Business In Canada
Canadian farming represents a major national industry with more than 6.0 billion dollars invested in land, livestock, and equipment and over 1.5 billion dollars in annual farm produce. Wheat exports to the United Kingdom add around 280 million dollars in U.S. currency, while farm costs for fertilizer, feed, fuel, and machinery drive jobs across sectors. Eastern farms increasingly use tractors and combines, with mechanization costs estimated at 28.76 to 37.44 per acre depending on farm size. overdoing equipment could raise costs to about 48 dollars per acre for 150 acres.
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Canada
Dominion
United States
United Kingdom
Western Prairies
Federal Government of Agriculture
Outspoken wives and sharp quips in a banquet scene
A collection of quick witted gags and lines about marriage, social scenes, and everyday misfires. Jokes span a tragedy actor demanding real wine to a clerk noting a wife is not dependable and a gardener asking about topics at a party.
Young Alberta Violinist Makes First Train Ride to Toronto
Twelve year old Alfred Myhre from Tolfield Alberta traveled to Toronto for the Canadian National Exhibition Old Time Fiddler Contest. Self taught since age six he left a motherless home to pursue the chance on a national broadcast with CFRN and sponsors guiding his journey.
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Alfred Myhre
Tolfield
Alberta
Toronto
Edmonton
CFRN
Alfred
Associated
J. S. Atkinson
Canada
Capt. Atkinson
C.N.E
Atkinson
G. A. Duffield
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R. W. McCaffrey
Manitou
Man
Dolcin
Dolcin Limited
Erin
Young Alberta
Northern Alberts Crippled Children’s Fund
Esther
Fleischmann
Agra
Les Carrol
Dion
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