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Window Treatments Can Be Creative

Curtains can be made out of just about any piece of fabric that catches your eye. I’m always looking for invent ive window treatment ideas that are out of the norm and I’m delighted by the great ideas out there, especially in decorating magazines. VERSATILITY I guess window treatments fascinate me because they are so
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Farmers Worry Bee Crisis Has Been Ignored Too Long

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“If cattle were producing 30 per cent less milk each year, it would not be acceptable. But that is what we have had to put up with.” Europe’s beekeeping industry could be wiped out in less than a decade as bees fall victim to disease, insecticides and intensive farming, international beekeeping body Apimondia has warned.
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Argentine Farmers Turn Away From Wheat

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Parched soils, lack of credit and anger over government policy could lead Argentine farmers to plant less wheat this year when sowing begins next month in the key global exporter. Argentina’s last wheat harvest was the smallest since 1982 due to a harsh drought, compounding farmers’ reluctance to plant wheat after two years of government
Hogs, Livestock

Feed Requirements Vary During Sow Lactation

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Current nutritional recommendations for gestating sows are out of date because today’s genotypes are so much leaner and more productive, says Dr. Ron Ball at the
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Plan And Shop For Good Nutrition

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O Planning meals in advance and preparing a shopping list is one of the best ways to maximize your time and effort. ut of the corner of my eye, I noticed someone peering into my grocery cart. “I was just checking to see what you put in your cart,” she said. My brain did a
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More Tips From Reena

3 Wipe your hair with a fabric-softener sheet to control static electricity. Tip: Keep an extra fabric-softener sheet in your jacket pocket for this purpose, especially during dry months. 4 Drop a capful of liquid fabric softener into a litre of water to make your own lint-free cleaner for regular glass and Plexiglas. 5 Store
News, Pulses

Pulses Need A Hollywood Image

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Pulses pack a mighty punch with their nutrition and health benefits, but like a poorly understood superhero, they can’t get any respect, nutritional experts lamented here last week. In fact, as incomes rise in countries that have traditionally leaned heavily on dietary pulses, consumers abandon them in favour of diets less conducive to good health.
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Survival skills for holiday eating

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Try a snack before you go, like a piece of fruit or some crackers. Since holidays revolve around food – and lots of it – here’s some tips to help keep the calories down. Avoid going to gatherings starved. If you arrive too hungry, you’ll eat too fast, choose the less-healthy foods available and end
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Feed the birds this winter

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Providing for and feeding wild birds can be a very rewarding and enjoyable activity. Bird feeding is the most popular form of providing for wildlife and is practised by many homeowners. Other means of providing for birds include installing birdhouses, providing fresh water and the planting of trees, shrubs, evergreens and flowers to provide shelter
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Northerners push for more food self-sufficiency

Northern communities are gaining greater self-sufficiency in food, said Northern Affairs Minister Oscar Lathlin, speaking in Thompson last week at the Northern Harvest Security Forum. More northerners are growing garden and raising small animals such as goats and chickens thanks to the Northern Healthy Food Initiative, a series of programs aimed at reducing northerners’ dependency

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