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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 22, 1946
Page
4
Dominion Department of Agriculture advises cleaning crates immediately after empting at poultry receiving stations. Scrape and wash, then immerse each crate in a two percent Formalin solution, dry before restacking for shipment. Aimed to prevent infection and reduce crate-related disease risk in poultry operations.
After fruit and vegetable canning, homemakers are advised to can chickens for quick meals. Directions cover raw and precooked methods, cleaning, packing in jars or cans, headspace, salt additions, spices, and processing times at 15 pounds pressure or boiling water. Includes notes on cooling and serving portions, plus local Thanksgiving greetings and a Masquerade Dance invitation.
The letters page notes a Festal Evensong for Harvest Thanksgiving at St James Church in Winnipeg with St. Jude's Anglican Church choir and Rev Nelson Smith as guest preacher. Tea followed at Mrs Mary Huntley’s home with assistance from Mrs Drysdale and others. The writer praises the Women's Association for hosting and aiding the rector and choir.
Local residents from Great Falls and Winnipeg spent Thanksgiving with friends and relatives in the area. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Holgar Magnusson and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fargey from Winnipeg, and Ken Texmo visiting his sister and brother-in-law the Watts. A parade of travelers includes Mr. and Mrs. Russell Burroughs, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sinnock, Bob Oakes from Long Lake, and several others returning to Winnipeg, Regina, or local towns after Thanksgiving gatherings. Engagement news for Paul Gauthier and Jeannette Lavallee is noted, with other social updates and brief travel mentions.
The piece urges painting in fall as protection for wood and metal on farms. It notes dry summer wood needs sealant for winter, implements benefit from autumn work, and coating protects waterspouts eaves and other fixtures. Sanding rusted metal before priming improves longevity. World Wheat Supply follows.
The Monthly Review of the Wheat Situation suggests Canada may export over 250 million bushels in the current crop year if carry-over is limited to about 75 million as of July 31 1947. It notes domestic consumption patterns and higher feed use, with the United States potentially bearing increased export commitments to meet world needs. Canadian flour production set records in 1944-45 at 26,435,341 barrels, with monthly output mostly above 2 million barrels, and millfeed production for 1945-46 also reaching a record.
A disclosure notes a total of 881,844 tons under review for a specific year. The report outlines aggregate tonnage and references the period in which the quantity is being assessed, indicating a comprehensive station or facility-wide tally.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board orders October 1 price increases in concentrated milk products. Evaporated milk rises by 35c per case of 48 tins, equating to about a three-quarter cent per 16 oz tin. Manufacturing level prices for sweetened condensed milk whole by 1c per lb, skimmed by 1.5c, milk powder whole by 2.5c, skimmed by 2c.
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