Progress Presents Problems For Farmers Says Dr Weir
Dr W J Weir dean of Manitoba agriculture spoke at the Dauphin chamber banquet on rising farm size and capital needs. He noted Manitoba farm capital averages 55000 and 29000 in Kil larney area, the shift to market oriented production, and the importance of research and education in advancing agriculture. He said future success depends on sustained agricultural research support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Weir
Dauphin
Man
W. J. Weir
Faculty of Agriculture and Home Economics
University of Manitoba
Dauphin Chamber of Commerce
Weir
Manitoba
Red River Valley
South Central Area
Killarney
Don Fraser
John Gardner
Bird House and Chair Patterns From Home Workshop
The Home Workshop pattern set includes three bird houses sized for wrens with one inch entrance, cut from scrap material with full tracing diagrams and a 35 cent price for pattern 41. It also offers an arm chair pattern with one piece back legs, full size drawings, and instructions for webbing cushions, priced pattern 341 in the Bird House Packet at 1.50.
Do You Know That The Blood Volume Of adults?
A typical adult man carries slightly more than five quarts of blood in his body. This common statistic highlights how the circulatory system holds a substantial fluid reservoir essential for overall health.
Certified Seed Available For Manota Potato Variety
Officials from the Extension Service Manitoba Department of Agriculture announce the first certified seed sale for the Manota potato since its 1952 naming and licensing. Originating from a North Dakota cross in 1938, Manota was adopted by the University of Manitoba in 1945 and tested across Manitoba and beyond. Seed stocks have grown to about 60,000 bushels, with roughly half retained by seed growers and the remainder offered for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Manitoba
Extension Service
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
North Dakota
Manitoba
Canada
Medal winner Yeager introduced hardy prairie plants in Canada
Dr. A F Yeager. Fargo horticulturist and NDSC professor. to receive the Stevenson Memorial Gold Medal at the Manitoba Horticultural Association meeting in Winnipeg on February 18 for his notable contributions to hardy garden plants and vegetable breeding. His work includes early bush tomatoes and vitamin rich varieties, with Sunshine Corn and New Hampshire Midget among notable developments. He aided Prairie Canada with Pixwell and Abundance gooseberries, Ruddy raspberry, Cooper cherry plum, and Red River trabapple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Yeager
Manitoba Horticultural Association
Winnipeg
Yeager
North Dakota State College
Fargo
Dr. Yeager
New Hampshire
Prairie Canada
Red River
Stevenson
Eldon Hotel Under Construction At High Prairie Alta
High Prairie Alberta reports construction has begun on the Eldon Hotel a $275000 two storey structure measuring 100 by 122 feet. It will house 40 rooms a modern cafe banquet room ladies waiting room sales sample rooms and a cement basement with hot water baseboard heating. Indirect lighting and acoustic tile will be used on the main floor with bath facilities for guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oolce
How the Blood Transfusion Service Operates In Saskatchewan
The Canadian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service in Saskatchewan explains that within fourteen days any whole blood at depots is processed into plasma, ensuring no waste and supplying life saving plasma for shock treatment. The service offers free transfusions, supports research laboratories for blood compatibility, and seeks 150,000 additional bottles before polio season to produce Gamma Globulin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Red Cross
Canada
Funny and Otherwise Funny and Otherwise
A string of light sketches unfolds from piano movers mistaken for a piano order to Henpecked Club antics and a ship magician parrot gag. Jests involve misaddressed orders, marital barbs, a barrister witness exchange, and a wet Friday anecdote about an umbrella.
Glass bottle house built by D H Brown near Creston
Cecil Morton of Grande Prairie reports a unique glass house near Creston on No 3 Highway built by D H Brown of Sanca BC. Using 53108 embalming fluid bottles the Cloverleaf design spans 50 by 24 feet with six rooms, amid planned stone landscaping and lake view patios. Over 8000 visitors from England to Australia toured since last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grande Prairie
Alta
Cecil Morton
Kootenay Lake
Creston
D. H. Brown
Sanca
B.C
Saudi Arabia
Australia
United States
Brown
Elk Population In Riding Mountain Park Drops Dramatically
Manitoba's Riding Mountain National Park elk herd has fallen from a peak of about 12,000 in 1946 to roughly 3,000. Hunting seasons since 1947 reduced numbers, with 7,960 licenses issued and 3,673 animals slain over three years. Most remain within the park's 1,145 square miles where hunting is banned, though some elk have wandered into surrounding farmland in previous decades.
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Dave Stock
Winnipeg
Riding Mountain National Park
Manitoba
Mines and Resources Department
G. W. Malaher
Provincial Game and Fisheries Branch
Alberta
Rockies
Canada
Riding Mountain
Lake of the Woods
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Duck Mountain
Inter-Lake
Weekly Tip SHINY COLLAR
When the coat collar becomes shiny use a cloth dampened with hot vinegar to sponge it. Press on the wrong side while the fabric is still damp to restore the collar's appearance.
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P.P.L. Home Workshop
F0th Avenue
Vancouver
Oscar
Waldorf
Newark
New Jersey
A. P. Stevenson
Pine Grove Nursery
Morden
F. L. Skinner
Dropmore
N. §. Hansen
Brookings
South Dakota
G. F. Chipman
N. M. Ross
Indian Head
W. H. Alderman
University of Minnesota
Wm. Godfrey
M. B. Davis
Ottawa
High Prairie
Miss Smith
Mrs. Sharpe
Mrs. Brown
Riding Mountain Park
Ann
Fleischmann
Yease
Chelsea
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
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