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Close Encounters With A Skunk

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Skunks were a common sight on the farm where I grew up. Our yard with its many granaries, sheds, chicken coops and barns was a haven for these creatures and their offspring, and everyone encountered one at some point or another. My own close encounter with a skunk occurred many years later as I was […] Read more
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Shearing Our Own Sheep And Saving Money

Sheep are raised on our farm for two reasons — meat and wool. Finding a shearer for a few sheep and having them booked for when it was convenient for us has always been a hassle. Then there is the cost of shearing compared to our proceeds from the wool itself. So when I saw […] Read more
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Grow Your Financial Potential

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Question: Are you working at your financial potential? Let me explain. We’ve all heard about how farmers try to manage fields so crops yield closer and closer to their genetic potential. With new varieties, placing fertilizer properly, and better seed beds, more and more farmers are getting yields that we once thought impossible with their […] Read more
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Profile Of A Bond Man

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Bonds have a reputation for dullness. The bond market is where insurance companies and pension funds slug it out for what are often small gains. Yet the very professionalism of most of its players makes it the most cerebral of all capital markets. Unlike stocks, which tend to trade as much on market mood as […] Read more
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Potato Poultice Soothes Sunburn

Planting a garden according to moon cycles and deciding what it says about weather has always intrigued me. Later, some reader feedback, including an Alberta family’s experience dealing with a severe sunburn. But first… hollyhocks and clematis. Wow! I am impressed at how a row of hollyhocks makes a sturdy backdrop while supporting a clematis. […] Read more
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Cover Of Love

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Ladies in Beiseker, Alberta assisted by ladies in neighbouring communities are making a commitment of their time to see that other people have the comfort that comes from owning an afghan. Since April 2000 a group of ladies in Beiseker (population of 828) has met to join squares together to make afghans. In that time […] Read more
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Create A Frame And Poem For Dad

Make up this frame and poem, add a photo of you and Dad and you’ll have a perfect gift for Father’s Day. MATERIALS: 4×6 wooden frame Piece of white paper to fit frame size Puzzle pieces Acrylic craft paint — about four different colours Craft varnish Glue gun DIRECTIONS: Scatter puzzle pieces on a covered […] Read more
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Prince Albert-Area Couple Develops U-Pick

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Three years after Genevieve (Greif) Stafford began a 10-acre U-pick saskatoon berry farm north of Prince Albert, she and her husband, Will, expanded into agriculture tourism with a corn maze and a variety of other fruit such as strawberries, raspberries, and Prairiehardy cherries and apples. The decision to purchase more land and expand their operation […] Read more
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Economical And Elegant — Perfect For Father’s Day

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How about an economical meal that’s still elegant enough for a special occasion like Father’s Day. These recipes will fit the bill. STUFFED HAMBURGER ROLL 2 tbsp. butter OR oil 1/2 c. finely chopped onion 1 c. grated carrot 1 10-oz. (300-g) pkg. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry 2 c. fresh whole-wheat bread […] Read more
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Tips To Avoid Investment Frauds

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King Solomon’s Mines TABLE: A SMALL LIST OF BIG SCAMS Ponzi scheme Matchbox scheme Junk bonds Bre-X Minerals Ltd. Hedge fund fraud Name of scam Financier Charles Ponzi Ivan. Kreuger Adnan Kashoggi Mike Milken J. Felderhof * B. Madoff Plot of the scam Sell postal coupons for more than cost Earnings overstated to attract investors […] Read more

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