Red Fife Wheat Shaped Canada's West Grain Growth
The article recalls Red Fife’s pivotal role in expanding Canada’s wheat industry from Ontario’s fall wheat to a vast prairie harvest. It credits David Fife and George Essen for the seed, notes Red Fife’s 110 day maturity, and highlights Saunders, Newmans, and Dr. Gulden as key scientists who refined wheat varieties, enabling shifts northward and million-bushel crops.
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Red Fife
Ontario
David Fife
Canada
Peterborough
George Essen
Kincardine
Scotland
Essen
Glasgow
Danzig
Fife
Saunders
Central Experimental Farm
Claiia
Manitoba
Calcutta
Himalayas
India
Marquis
Prairies
West
Newmans
Goulden
Fire side box and carrier from Early American patterns
Instructs on making a historical oak hinged fireside box and carrier with simulated dowel peg construction. Details cover materials, tracing diagrams on pattern 362, and a matching kit with patterns and price. Includes uses for the candle and pipe boxes near the hearth and notes on suitable woods.
Outdoor Sleep Not Profitable
Clint Smith a 32 year old ex RCAF officer slept outdoors for 51 nights in a light bag under a $400 bet with Robin Brown a 38 year old Drumheller farmer The wager ran from November 2 to December 23 with 11 p.m to 7 a.m periods Brown reportedly paid Smiths housing during the bet Brown indicated he did not expect to pay and called the bet a sucker move Weather was mild with some snow in the final nights and Smith did not suffer much nor collect the money
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Drumheller
Alta
Clint Smith
RCAF
Robin Brown
Smith
Brown
Alberta
Canadian Farm Loan Board reports higher farm loan activity
The twenty fourth annual report shows applications up 33 percent with total loans approved at 5,852,300, up 38 percent. 1,685 first mortgages approved, average loan 3,470. Higher demand linked to 1952 Act amendment raising max loans to 12,000. Interest on first mortgages 5 percent. assets under administration reach 31,588,657, a decade high. Board remains self supporting with costs up 2.7 percent to 456,237.
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Canadian Farm Loan Board
Town Archives To Be Preserved In Lacombe Vault
Lacombe Alberta will store old town records in the old Bank of Montreal vault after Dr John Mckibbin agreed. Acting secretary treasurer G T Veson noted the current vaults hazard from heat and urged safeguarding the archives with the move to the Ment base vault in the building.
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Lacombe
Alta
Bank of Montreal
John Mckibbin
G. T. Veson
Ottawa Sharing Compensation Costs For Alta. Defence Workers
Ottawa and Alberta signed an agreement to share cost of Workmen's Compensation for civil defence workers during training. The federal treasury will pay one half of benefits awarded, expanding protection to encourage enlistment and support for disaster-response agencies in Alberta.
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Ottawa
Alta
Alberta
Paul Martin
C. E. Gerhardt
Ontario
British Columbia
Martin
Federal Treasury
Three Million Pounds Of Fish Sold From Sask Lakes In 53
Prince Albert report says about 3,000,000 pounds of fish from 40 Saskatchewan lakes brought fishermen around 200,000 dollars during the 1952 53 operating year. D F Corney notes over 700 fishermen, roughly half the province, use the Saskatchewan Fish Marketing Service since 1949. Prices were lower than earlier years as production costs rose.
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Sask
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan Fish Marketing Service
D. F. Corney
Saskatchewan
Canada
United States
Corney
Forests Are Essential For Water Supply
Winnipeg. Albertas Minister of Lands and Forests warns any serious depletion of western and northern forests will harm the economy. He notes forests provide water for farms, support grazing, and underpin growth. Aerial photography and a forest inventory will guide long term management and protective fire measures with public cooperation urged.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Forestry Association
Ivan Casey
Lands and Forests
Alberta
Vancouver woman becomes owner of trucking fleet
Mrs. Jean Guinn, 27, began driving trucks ten years ago and now owns a fleet of 10 vehicles in Vancouver. She notes shippers sometimes give her loading priority over male drivers but she asks no special favors.
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Vancouver
Jean Guinn
Rubber from latex of the rubber tree described
The text explains that rubber is produced from the latex or muk of the rubber tree. It identifies the plant source and the basic nature of the material derived from it.
Wolves slay sled dogs in northern Saskatchewan village
A pack of starving timber wolves raided a northern Saskatchewan Indian village and killed all the tied-up sled dogs. The attack cuts winter transport for residents who rely on dogs for moving supplies and travel.
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Stony Lake
Sask
Saskatchewan
Where Is He He Is Here God Changes His Address
Three Albert Lea Minnesota pastors preached sermons in close proximity with three topics: Where is He, He is here, and God changes His address. The ministers spoke independently without coordinating topics. Franz Sowinski of Salzgit ter counted letters and words to cure insomnia, producing over one million characters in a cookbook style record, yet still sleeps only two hours a night. Snowballs sold like hotcakes in Hollywood for a nickel each, shipped refrigerated as Christmas cheer amid natives unfamiliar with the treat.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Franz Sowinski
Salzgitter
Hollywood
Selkirk Wheat Named Rust Resistant Variety Licensed
Selkirk, a rust resistant wheat, has been licensed for release to Manitoba and Saskatchewan growers in rust areas. Developed from McMurachy Exchange Redman lineage, CT 186, the variety was tested rapidly with California trials and North American cereal chemists, achieving a one year development. New rust races now threaten Selkirk, prompting ongoing breeding to renew rust resistance.
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Selkirk
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
M. S. J. McMurachy
McConnell
Man
Redman
McMurahhy
Exchange
Winnipeg
California
P.F.R.A
United Kingdom
North America
Canada
Ancient Greek Bathrooms Larger Than Modern North American Homes
A historical note compares bathroom sizes, stating ancient Greece featured larger facilities than those in current North American residences. The observation highlights differences in architectural design and daily life reflected in sanitation spaces.
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Ancient
Greece
North America
Potatoes Show High Yields In Saskatchewan Trials
Northwest Saskatchewan potato tests report Irish Cobbler averaging 204 bushels per acre with 68 percent marketable at Loon Lake and Dorintosh from 1950 to 1953. Warba, Pawnee, Netted Gems yielded 214, 195 and 228 bushels per acre from 1950 to 1952, with marketability 65, 58 and 71 percent. In 1953 Columbia Russet and Pontiac performed well, with Columbia Russet surpassing Canus and Pontiac in total yield at 254 bushels per acre and 74 percent marketable for Columbia Russet. Pontiacs averaged 223 and Canus 182.
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Loon Lake
Dorintosh
Corintosh
Columbia
Warba
Pawnee
Saskatchewan
Land Taxes From $2 To $103.60 In Lacombe Area
In Lacombe Alberta a man recalls paying two dollars in 1903 for a land quarter six miles west of Bentley. The same quarter now in Lacombe municipal district was in local improvement district No. 523 and taxes this year totalled 103 dollars and 60 cents, a striking rise over half a century.
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Lacombe
Alta
John Solberg
Bentley
Solberg
Regina
Grasshopper menace to be light in 54
The federal science service centre at Lethbridge predicts grasshopper damage in Alberta next summer will be light. In small areas of the Peace River region some damage may occur. Next spring farmers in this area should watch for young hoppers hatching, officials advise.
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Federal Science Service Centre
Lethbridge
Alberta
Peace River
Neighbors Help Dubuc Farmer With Winter Prep
In Dubuc Saskatchewan George Closson missed work due to illness yet local Good Neighbors rallied. They cut and sawed a winter wood supply, stacked hay and feed, and repaired a storm damaged barn, ensuring shelter and sustenance for the farm.
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Dubuc
Sask
George Closson
Angora and Angora Hats Crochet Pattern Offer
Cozy and flattering hats for cold days. Pattern 7044 provides crochet directions for two easy hats using Angora and knitting worsted. Send twenty five cents to Household Arts Department Toronto for ten complete patterns, name address and pattern number.
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Alice Brooks
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