Food shortfalls deepen in European nations during wartime
The Combined Food Board reports steep declines in meat and dairy output across Europe. France shows drastic drops with per capita meat consumption down to 17 pounds in 1944 45 and a ration of one tenth of a pound weekly. Netherlands Denmark Norway Greece Belgium and Czechoslovakia face severe shortages and structural recovery challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durie
Combined Food Board
France
Netherlands
Norway
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Cattle Populations Fairly Maintained Amidst Poultry Feeding Struggles
Report notes cattle numbers are well kept while poultry flocks face shortages of feeding stuffs, stressing farmer needs for grain and supplements to sustain production. Affected regions see rising concern over feed pricing and supply chains.
World of Wheat: New Varieties in Breeding Progress
H G L Strange outlines ongoing breeding work across Dominion Experimental Farms and prairie universities. He notes hundreds of test plots for wheats oats barleys peas and flax with promises of earlier maturity stronger straw larger kernels disease and rust resistance and even sawfly resistance. He praises plant breeders and predicts cheaper production and reduced farming risk as better varieties are licensed and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Liberated Dutch Women to Tend Canadian War Graves
Herman Balkstein of Rotterdam reports Dutch efforts to care for Canadian graves in Holland. Cemeteries planned at Bergen op Zoom Groningen and Nijmegen with bodies from Germany transported for Dutch women and girls to maintain as if for family. He urges prayers for Canadians and hopes for no more war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Hart
Hnds
John Rayson
RCASC
Herman Balkstein
Rotterdam
Holland
Seale
Ber
Canada
Mr. Balkstein
Auction Sale at Russell for Wilson Dismond Household Goods
Russell hosts a sale of household effects from Wilson Dismond on Saturday September 29 conducted by Shipley & Son auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Dismond
Russell
Shipley & Son
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Europe
W. S. Cowan
Dieppe
Cowan
H.G. L. Strange
Bute
By Coling
Obi Kg
Thave
Tacain
Simona
Dar Naach
Momar
Vicary Bor
I Ae
Frank Clement
Winnipeg
ST. Regis
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