Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 17, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 8 Winnipeg free press wednesday May 17. 1950 Little work has started on farm land of flooded Manitoba seeding in Saskatchewan and Alberta is general Ottawa May 17 Tam now a general throughout most 6f and Alberta but work has been done on the in flooded Manitoba the Bureau of statistics said tuesday in covering Prairie crop conditions. Of the Manitoba situation the Bureau said provincial officials doubt whether the flooded area Esli mated As High As in the red River Valley will produce much More than feed this year. Warm weather is required to dry up moisture in needing is to become general in the rest of Manitoba Liy this in flick Villion portable 2vi horse Power gasoline motors special Price for flood purposes Only. While they last Northwest Cycle i motor co. 551 Loami avc., Winnipeg Man. I Hinr. In in Saskatchewan about 25 per cent of the wheat crop is seeded although considerable variation is noted Between areas. Practically no work has been done in the Southeast while up to 75 per cent of the wheat in the Northwest is in. Only 10 per cent of the province s coarse Grain acreage has been planted. Southeast Albertu in Southeastern Alberta most of the crop is in. Less than Hall of the wheat acreage is seeded from Lethbridge North to Edmonton and Only Good Start has been made Over much of the remainder of the province. Surface moisture conditions in both Saskatchewan and Alberta generally Are adequate for germination but better than average Rains will be needed after seeding to build up deficient sub soil re serves. Operations Are slow in Mani Toba. Little or no work has been done on the land apart from a strip of territory running. North from Russell to Swan River where a Good Start has been made in seeding it is unlikely that seed ing will Start in the flooded red River Valley until the month end Here is the detailed report by provinces. Manitoba Little or no seeding has been done in Manitoba apart from a area running North from Russell to Swan River. Given favourable drying weather seeding should get under Way by the end of this week except in the red River Val Ley where an estimated acres of crop land is affected by the flood. Exceptionally dry weather will be necessary to per Mit any seeding by june 1 and it is improbable that much of the flooded area Wil be seeded this year except for feed. The flood losses poultry have been heavy but Oiler live Stock losses have been limited. Market gardeners face a critical situation with flooded land and almost a total loss of bedding plants. Forage is very Short in the prov nce there has been Little growth in pastures. In the Southwest part of the province at Melita very Little Spring work has been done. Sep dip will not be finer us until the end week. Good weather is necessary to permit seeding operations is the lit my is still very our correspondent from Morden slates that no seeding has been done to Date but some is starting this week. The land is wet ready to use paints that match or soggy and All growth is delayed i j l i i three weeks later than Normal. Blend with the colors in your Fec Caulo is scarce. In the drapes rugs wallpapers. No j area around Winnipeg so to 90 province around is Neepawa work is Well under Way and will come general by this week end. Municipalities in this area Are organized to combat an expected spotty Grasshopper infestation. Around Brandon weather re Mains unseasonably cold. Seeding is just under Way and should be general by the week end. At Wood North the weather has been cold and backward with rain and Snow. Practically no seeding As been done to Date. Seed end teed supplies Are satisfactory in this District. In the Virden area in the West Central part of the province seed ing has not started due to excessive surface moisture. Our correspondent reports a probable in crease in the coarse Grain acreage and flaxseed. The fall Rye crop does not look promising. Increased live Stock shipments. To Market have been made due to feed shortage. I i the Northwestern part of the province at Dauphin the work has just started or. The land but Little seeding has been done. The Mois Ture Supply is satisfactory but warm dry weather is required. Postures Are Lale and Farmers Are still reeding cattle. The Dominion entomological lab oratory at Bra Ndon reports no in sect activity As yet. Average precipitation for the province since april 1 has been 83 per cent above Normal As compared with 60 per cent below Normal for the same period last year and 7s per cent. Delicate pastels Rich deeper tones Hundred of glorious decorator styled colors await your Choice in Flo Glaze paints Here s the Only Way to get above Normal a week ago. The mean temperature for the week ending May 15 was 3.9 degrees be Low Normal. Saskatchewan seeding in Saskatchewan with minor exceptions is general. On the average 25 per cent of the wheat crop is in. Little or no work has been done in i he South East As yet but up to 75 per cent of the wheat has been seeded in the Northwestern areas. The por Tion seeded in other areas varies from around 10 per cent in the Regina Weyburn District up to 60 per cent in the Maple Creek Leader area. Some 10 per cent of the anticipated coarse Grain acreage is seeded. Warmer weather in the last few growth. Days has started Plant with Alberta temperatures during the enthusiastic fans broke i rough when flood Relief fund officials were meeting Gracie Fields and Gracie had to Stop and sign autographs Lor them. A free press photographer snapped Gracie As she gave a smile and her signature for one of her admirers. Seen among the fans a top left is h. A. Manning chairman the fund and at top right is mayor Garnet Coulter. Nationalize rails . Suggestion Ottawa May 17 up nationalization of the railways was urged by the Prince Edward Island government before the Royal com Mission on transportation tuesday As a solution to Canada s rail problem. J. O. C. Campbell the Island s Deputy attorney general predicted general government ownership of the rail carriers including the Canadian Pacific rail Vay was coming eventually and he called on he commission to recommend it now. The Best reason for having a Iona Bizalion of the railways is that the present system does not work it never had or. Camp Tell said. The Liberal , government s presentation completed the final argument he eight provinces appearing before the commission. With the completion of the , argument the Canadian Pacific railway late in the Day opened final argument to take about four Days. British championship meetings in Archery were instituted in 1844. Wilhma Kennedy so. Tests Relief to Many offerer i from Mth and Chokler South attacks. Join these hundreds of pleased Eutt Omen today. Week hum Ify nil be taller Sains eight inches. Other pupils report age Cains in ins. 16 Days ins. 6 Voeks 5 ins. N m the. Ins a weeks m a ins. I no the 1 ins. 6 weeks 16h Pisseri gift. Mark is Massod get. Jins. No appliances no tablets no dieting. Boss so Stem gets enc inc arils Stamps Lor a Challm or. Complete system. 512. Air m.t.1 it desired. S3 Clra Malcom t. R. Ross he Kiivit specialist . London . End. Goodbye Farewell Clear up the muck our Gracie urges arms and talked to it Makin War like moves Belgrade Yugoslavia May 17 a Premier Tito s govern ment tuesday reported soviet tank movements n Bulgaria Pon Loon bridging on the Danube and Airfield cons Ruffion along Yugo Slavia s frontiers. The reported moves were cited officially As proof that Russia continues War Monger ing toward Yugoslavia. Last week averaging Between four and five degrees above Normal seeding has become general throughput Alberta. In the South Eastern Corner of the province wheat seeding is practically completed and More than half of the coarse Grain acreage is in by Frank Morriss Betty Hulton add a quart of mexican jumping Beans Jumble them All together stir with a thick Lancashire accent and a heart As big As the Side of a barn and you have Gracie Fields. Our Gracie breezed into Winnipeg Tor a few minutes on tuesday Uig it met a hand Ful of civic dignitaries handed a Cheque for to the Manitoba flood Relief fund signed As Many autographs As line could breezed off with it loves. Get the cleared away in Fure i cume next since in june should Clear away my lingering doubts on that score. Hit or miss mixing just pick the Shade you want from samples in album at the store. Flo glazed Coon Zer Painti Ore available in All Interior finishes ground. About half the Grain is up ule in the Medicine hat. Area. Uleria Izier in the world shei do until somebody with superhuman less Progress it been made ifs Lela Yeri Wilh soc Ling in the remainder of the province with the extreme Southwest areas in the Central and Eastern parts of the province and the peace River District being the most backward. Surface moisture is generally considered adequate for germination but subsoil Mois Ture reserves Are Low in most weary Little face come per cent of the Market gardens Kreag am Good Rains Are flooded with heavy loss after seeding o Fromolc Efi paints and a can enamels bedding plants. Farming operations Are at a Complete standstill in the East Sel Kirk District. The weather has been Damp and cold with considerable Snow and rain. A Large percentage of he cultivated land is still under water and seeding is not expected to get under Way for a least an other 10 Days. At Teulon. No work on the land has been done but some activity is expected next week if the weather remains dry. Live Stock Are in fair to poor Condi Tion due to shortage of fodder. There is very Little pasture growth As yet Grasshoppers expected in the Northwest area of the development of a satisfactory crop. Grasshopper infestations expected of be about heavy is in 1949. Sympathy comes to red s victims from Britain two messages of sympathy for flood victims in Winnipeg have come from London England. One message received tuesday by red Cross reads have heard with great distress of the flooding of. Winnipeg and All members the women s Volun in emergency you need the modern Antiseptic Dettoli the Safe Antiseptic does t pain does t stain Elaml wearing u Over Clu True Luil on the Back Lary services join in sending deepest it was signed Stella mrs. R. F. Mcwilliams wife of the lieutenant governor of Mani Toba also received a Ca ble from lady Reading said deepest sympathy with you in your distress. Good wishes Froin ill the . Women s voluntary . Reading who is chairman of the . In Britain was in charge of Relief work in bombed out areas in England during the last War. She visited Winnipeg in May 1946. While on a tour of Canada to thank canadians for their Fis Sis Lance in sending food and cloth ing parcels to limb victims. Package i Lan Lac kid Ottawa May 17 ;