a pase § New apple variety is hardy A Russian apple variety may play an important role in the development of a more, winter- hardy Canadian apple tree. This is the conclusion of Canadian Department of Agri- culture officials after 20 years observation of the Antonovka variety at the Fredericton Experimental Farm. Various test winters 1938 have shown that ovka tree topworked varieties © Bancroft, Kendall, Linda, Macoun, Wanted ROUGH, DOUGLAS FIR LUMBER by Twin Harbors ‘Lumber Co Ltd. 1271 Howe Street, Vancouver 1, B.C. Spy and Sandow have done better than when/the trees are grown on their own trunks. Singleworked. or standard, trees of Kendall, Linda, Red Spy and Sandow practically all perished during a series of test winters , while double-worked trees of the same varieties, while injured to some extent, largely recovered 9 The Antonovka wood that | makes up the trunks and lowe! portion of the scafforld branches was not injured. since Anton- to the Edgar, Red FOR DELIVERY TO Western Skagit Timber Co. Ltd. Please contact DAVE POWELL or 387 Williams Lake LES TAYLOR 96-M SASHLESS WINDOWS © Complete elimination of sash, mullions, bars and frames, giving clear VISTA-VISION views @ All the benefits of up to 25 per cent more natural daylight. . @ Simple, easily operated and inconspicuous BURGLAR-PROOF locking device. @ A completely unobstructed picture framed in beautiful weather-resistant cedar. See Canada’s most versatile window THE BEAUTIFUL FUNCTIONAL CRYSTAL PANORAMIC SASHLESS WINDOW on display now at Williams Lake Wood Products Plant window red Shell Oil Bulk PHONE 23¢ Near NOD This giant truck load Williams forni, of Lake last week day, February 28, to arr hours later with 1,000 cases of Sunkist oranges. the picture is Mackenzies grocer. y store manager Gor- public Kelly-Douglas manager from Quesnel’Ed McAneeley, and driver Len —__ and driver Len Wyrick, of Fresno. | don Adair, notary | Standard beef said justified While forming only 8.9 per-) ent of total beef gradings in |1958, the new standard grade lintroduced a year ago, fillea als | sap in national beef grades and| justified its creation. Homer J. Maybee, assistant [director of the Livestock Di i-| sion, Canada Department of |riculture, said Standara beet | |was in demand by institutional | Purchasers like the armed | |forees and hospitals. In fact, on occasion some sup- | pliers with Department of National Defence contracts ‘sub- stituted Good grade beef be- cause of the shortage of Stand- ard, Owing to the lack of volume, Standard has yet to be sold in| any proportions on the retail level. Though this grading was fairly uniform throughout the| year, the high point was May | Kamloops sale Brisk bidding on good demand | Was noted at the B.C. Liv Producers’ Co-operative auction sale at Kamloops March 3. There were 425 head of cattle and calves and 13 lambs sold for a total value of 361,086.00. | Price range was: Good butcher steers, 21.00 to 23.40: good | | feeder steers, 22.00 to | good stocker steer calves, tock ue | 26.00 to 28.50; good butcher heifers, 19.00 to 20.00; good feeder heifers, 18.00 to 20.50; good stocker heifer calves, 5; good butcher cows, to 19.00; common cows, 15.00 to 16.75; good stocker cows, 16.00 to 18.00; good veal, 24.2 good bulls, 18 lambs, 18.10. 17.00 to medium new system that oils the chain Starter, Diaphram GO PHONE 172 TOP FROM GROVE TO STORE Fresno is situated 185 miles south of San Francisco and the truck left there at 8 p.m. Satur- the new FA CULLOCH BAG D-30 with money-saving LUBRI Only McCulloch, manufacturers of the world’s finest chain saws, could make such an outstanding saw at such a low price and then give you greater value by equipping it with LUBRI- MAC, the revolutionary mixture! 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The cur- rent week's cattle offerings are expected to grade below last week 47 percent good and choice slaughter cattle. The general quality of the cattle marketings to date this year is better than last year for the same period, the combined number of cattle grading choice and good to Feb- fresh oranges arrived in direct from Fresno, Cali- ive in Williams Lake 49 In inspector Les Langley, —_.sS,_ [sss when it averaged 9.9 percent uf total Canadian slaughtering. ruary 21 this year accounting A built-in possibility is that|for 44.3 percent of the total Standard will be called on if|sradings compared with 40 per- Canandian consumers demand a|¢ent tor the same period a year leaner type of beet and prices/480. Exports of beef cattle con- fall into line accordingly. tinue to be sharply below last “The Standard grade fas|Year, with the total moved south [proved a worthwhile change,"|to February 21 at com summed up Mr. Maybee. [pared with last 68,162 ea. 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