Saskatchewan Caribou Count Aids 1955 Winter Survey
About 30 000 caribou were believed to have wintered in Saskatchewan after an airborne survey by the Canadian Wildlife Service with Saskatchewan and Manitoba game departments. Biologists Harper and Ruttan counted roughly 4 000 caribou in the Saskatchewan portion and noted erratic migration influenced by early warm spells and heavy crusted snow.
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Canada
Canadian Wildlife Service
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Harper
Ruttan
Wollaston-Reindeer Lakes
North West Territories
Mr. Ruttan
Lower
Reindeer Lake
Bumper Yield Seen for Alberta Winter Wheat This Season
Predictions point to record winter wheat yields in southern Alberta due to excellent crop condition and ample moisture. Analysts estimate over 250 000 acres planted, with some figures near 300 000. Harvests typically run from late July to mid August, and late plantings east of Lethbridge show minimal disease impact.
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Alberta
Lethbridge
Home Workshop patterns for mail box and outdoor furniture
The article describes pattern 288 for a covered wagon style mail box and a small letter box with bird cut out. It notes tracing diagrams, painting outlines, and instructions for building from stock sizes. Patterns cost 5c to 1.50 postpaid, with address to Department PPL Vincent, 58.0.
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Department P.P.L
Home Ee
West Fifth Avenue
Vincentu
Forage seed orders in Saskatchewan exceed prior seasons
Regina report shows 3,300 farmers have received seed this spring and 55,000 acres will be sown with 400,000 pounds of seed as moisture favors forage crops. End-of-season forecasts expect about 70,000 seeded acres, nearing last year’s combined spring and fall total of 72,000. Livestock buyers, cash flow, and cultivated forage crops shift emphasis from native hay.
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Mr. McKenzie
McKenzie
Ag. Reps
Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Regina
Apple Prospects Bright in Okanagan District
Provincial horticulturist William Baverstock reports excellent apple crop prospects for summer. McIntosh apples are in peak bloom in the Okanagan valley, the district's main crop.
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Vernon
B.C
William Baverstock
Okanagan Valley
Something good about you by William Barnes Lower
Poem extols the comfort of hearing praise amid hardship and fatigue. A friend reassures, saying they heard something good about you, offering warmth, support, and a hopeful welcome after struggle. The speaker anticipates divine kindness at the end of life.
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William Barnes Lower
Appetizing Oven Fried Chicken Recipe
A historical recipe describes preparing fried chicken by coating in flour, browning in hot fat, then baking with butter and broth or milk. Cook at 350 degrees F for 30 to 40 minutes until tender, yielding eight servings.
Saskatchewan Jubilee Choir Sings Before 20000 Rotarians in Chicago
Seventeen Saskatchewan native born choir members, selected from Regina schools, performed at the Rotary International Convention in Chicago on May 31 before 20,000 Rotarians from 90 countries. The group included twelve girls and four boys born across Saskatchewan in cities such as Moose Jaw Saskatoon Melfort and Earl Grey. The choir traveled by train via Winnipeg and Emerson to the United States, with previous trips by bus in 1954, and later appeared on Don McNeil's Breakfast Club and toured Toronto Ottawa and the Happy Gang show. Saskatchewan MPs attended the Ottawa concert.
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Saskatchewan
Birsay
Lumsden
Avoniea
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Fort Qu'Appelle
Lemberg
Weekes
Quill Lake
Melfort
Vanguard
Earl Grey
Ammng
Kandahar
Caragana
Wadena
Saskatche
Wan
Neil Harris
Jubilee
Chicago
Winnipeg
United States
Emerson
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Rotary
Don McNeil
Breakfast Club
Toronto
Ottawa
Saskatchewan Alumni Association
Man Outruns Germ Enemies Amid New Virus Discoveries
WHO survey finds 999 diseases known with no new ones since 1948. Rockefeller Foundation scientists tracked 11 previously unknown viruses in Africa and South America, some deadly to animals but not humans. Medical advances include antibiotics and vaccines, ready for the next disease.
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World Health Organization
WHO
Rockefeller Foundation
Africa
South America
Rockefeller
Alberta forests plea warns of fire risk and citizen role
The Alberta Branch of the Canadian Forestry Association urges public duty to prevent wildfires in the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies. It notes 93 000 square miles of timber and scarce farm water, calling every Alberta citizen a voluntary fire ranger to protect forests and irrigation. Day-to-day care by campers and woods-workers could save vast areas from lasting, barren damage.
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Canadian Forestry Association
Alberta
Scotland
Rockies
North America
Canadians bring grim souvenirs from first atomic test
Heat burned names into wood plates placed 2000 yards from detonation as Canadian Radiation Detection Unit troops, with RCN and RCAF support, participated in Operation Teapot at Camp Desert Rock Nevada. Each wore a signed diploma documenting their role in the 1955 test.
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Camp Desert Rock
Nevada
Army
RCN
RCAF
United States
Ground Zero
Atomic Energy Commission
Things To Admire And The Merits Of A Noble Character
A poem listing virtues of patient motherhood public virtue restraint and helpful acts. It praises a mother with a wayward child a public figure who maintains honor an after dinner speaker who knows when to stop a farmer who admits a great crop a humble person lifting others a cheerful reliable friend and a kind forgiving woman. The verse ends with a note that yellow light attracts fewer insects than white light.
Honeybees as Broad Pollinators in Agriculture
Honeybees serve as efficient pollinators for roughly fifty crops on this continent, using branched body hairs and long tongues to collect pollen and nectar. The Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa demonstrates their effectiveness with red clover, while Annapolis Valley studies focus on apples and crops like alsike clover and sunflowers. field conditions and cross pollination adaptability require further study.
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Apiculture
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Ontario
Annapolis Valley
Canadians Rely Heavily on Oil Driving National Demand
The Financial Post notes Canadians are the world’s second highest per person oil user and the third largest overall consumer. One third of homes rely on oil for heat, with about 25 percent of vehicles and farms tied to oil. Growth in both production and consumption has slowed since early jumps after Leduc, while demand rose over 50 percent in five years.
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Financial Post
Leduc
Bec
Colorful 3-D crochet rose doilies pattern 7327
Mice Brvols showcases crochet roses in lifelike form set against a decorative background. The 3-D color doilies come in two sizes, 22 inches and 13 inches, using No 30 mercerized cotton. To obtain pattern 7327 send twenty five cents to Household Arts Department Toronto with name address and pattern number. Also order the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog 1955 for twenty five cents.
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P.P.L
Household Arts
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
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Northern Territory
Saskatchewan Agriculture Department
R. E. McKenzie
W. McLure
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Tait
Canadians
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