Farmers urged to avoid burning straw to protect soil health
Saskatchewan soil conservation specialist W. E. Johnson warned many western farmers burn straw and stubble, wasting the soil’s organic matter and increasing erosion. He advised rotating crops, adding legumes, using proper residue handling, and avoiding fall burning or discing that reduce spring moisture and yield.
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W. E. Johnson
Saskatchewan
Wr. Johnson
Johnson
Regina
Do It Yourself Trestle Table Pattern 390
Early American home crafts note trestle tables as popular furniture. Simple construction with power tools yields good lines and utility. Complete directions for three sizes, pattern 390, price 35c, mailed same day. add 2c first class or 5c air mail.
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Metropolitan Museum
Simple Method To Distinguish Whooping Crane
Saskatchewan Game Commissioner E L Paynter explains an easy way for hunters to avoid misidentifying the Whooping Crane during migration. He lists three large white birds with black wing tips the crane pelican and whistling Swan as protected by law, and notes only Snow Goose and Ross's Goose share similar markings. Ross's Goose is scarce and protected. Snow Goose is legal game.
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Saskatchewan
E. L. Paynter
Funny and Otherwise A String of Humorous Vignettes
A collection of light jokes and quips about marriages, military life, shopkeepers, a canary, insurance, a blunt officer, weights and measures, vicars, artists, theft, and a nightclub kiss. The humor centers on misunderstandings, wordplay, and social quirks from everyday scenes and professions.
Saskatchewan to begin uranium royalty payments
Regina reports Saskatchewan will start receiving uranium royalties potentially exceeding one million dollars yearly. Details of payment calculation remain secret, with production figures not released by atomic energy authorities. As new mines come online, provincial revenues from royalties are expected to rise.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Atomic Energy Control Authorities
Eldorado Mining and Refining Ltd
Gunnar
Saskatchewan-Manitoba
Flin Fton
Old Age Pension Fund Deepens Red in August
The Ottawa government reported the old age pension fund slipped deeper into deficit in August, needing a further 6.884 million dollars loan to balance accounts. Total loans since April 1, 1952 reached 123.224 million, while August outlays rose to 28.102 million and five month payments mounted to 139.728 million. Receipts from the two per cent tax sources rose to 21.218 million in August and 115.987 million for five months, but not enough to cover expenditures. The fund funds federal pension payments and may prompt parliamentary financing changes at the next session.
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Ottawa
Finance Department
Treasury
Real Help for Your Itching Piles
Real help for piles with Hem-Hold internal treatment. If relief is not quick, you pay nothing. Get Hem-Hold at drug stores with a 1.59 big 60 tablet pack. If not 100 percent pleased after 2 or 3 days, ask for a refund.
Cost-Of-Living Index To Be Discontinued
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics will stop publishing the cost-of-living index after September. Only the consumer price index will be available thereafter. A formal statement explains how to convert escalator clauses to the CPI. New CPI data will be released in early November for several Canadian cities and city pairs.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Halifax
Saint John
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Embroider and sew with Pattern 7049 From Alice Brooks
Mice Brooke promotes a Prairie Publishers pattern offering 7049 for slippers housecoat and dainty floral embroidery. Includes transfer motifs and sizes small through extra large with pattern pieces. Send twenty five cents to Household Arts Department Toronto for TEN complete patterns and more patterns for gifts home accessories toys and fashions.
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Alice Brooks
Peace River Reckoning in Canada’s frontier farming push
Delegates of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce hear that two million acres are under cultivation with 14 million more awaiting farms. The Peace River country emerges as a vast bread basket with dairy, gladioli, delphiniums, vegetables, and fescue grass growing for markets across the continent. J. B. Early’s 700 acre spread exemplifies pioneer life, while oil prospects and glass sands signal a diverse frontier economy. Summers warm, winters cold, and climate favorable for grain and large-scale cultivation.
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Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Edmonton
Canada
United States
Pacific Coast
J. B. Early
Peace River
Early
Yakima
State of
Washington
California
Bruce
Eugene Cowan
Ontario
Rocky Mountains
Great Slave Lake
Northwest Territories
Arctic Ocean
Alberta posts record operating surplus and total debt data
Alberta reports a 1952 53 public accounts surplus of 23 584 446 on income and capital accounts. Operating surplus to March 31 totals 77 508 956 the highest in the province. Net capital expenditures 50 960 511 and funded debt 94 801 with cash and investments 108 397 998. Revenue 154 743 686 expenditures 77 234 730 per capita 159 53 and 79 63 respectively. Major revenue 66 812 501 from fees with oil and gas 50 362 561.
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Alberta
Walnuts ripen in Gull Lake orchard of Mr. George Moen
In Saskatchewan Gull Lake grower Mr George Moen, famed for a western fruit orchard, reports new English walnuts on his trees this year after prior efforts yielded only flowers. The advance followed careful attention and watchful cultivation to achieve fully developed nuts.
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George Moen
Gull Lake
Saskatchewan
Moon
Increased Cattle and Sheep On Canadian Farms. Horses Fall
Canada’s June 1 survey shows cattle numbers rising six percent to 9,713,600 and milk cows up six percent to 3,146,200, while sheep and lambs increase nine percent to 1,721,300. Horses decline seven percent to 1,096,200, signaling strong beef and milk output but fewer horses.
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Bureau
Canada
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