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- Biting flies number in the hundreds per square foot in the summer in the Canadian north, it becoming more problematic from a human irritant standpoint as human activity is increasing with more and more industry taking place. Three types of biting flies form the bulk of the numbers: mosquitoes, black flies, and tabanidae, which include horse flies and deer flies. These three types of flies are discussed from their life cycle, to their habitat, to the nature of their bites and how they affect animals in general, humans in particular. The Canadian Department of Agriculture, with the Defense Research Board, has been doing research on these types of flies since 1947 in order to develop repellents and insecticides, with the research into the latter including how to apply them to their best effect under differing environmental conditions.
- Elderberries grow wild in Eastern Canada, but are not a widely available commercial crop despite they being prized by those who have access to them to use primarily for culinary purposes such as for making pies. They are easy to pick as the fruit grow in clusters, the stem which easily break off from the bush, however it is the processing that is the problematic process in the small berries needing to be separated from the stems cost effectively. E.L. Eaton, the senior horticulturalist at the Kentville Research Station in Nova Scotia, is doing research on the commercial harvesting of the fruit to overcome this problem, which, if he is successful, means a potential new commercial crop available to the masses.
- Host Julian Biggs speaks to Jim Wyatt about his operation at Wyalta Ranch located outside of High River, Alberta. Jim admits that while raising cattle pays the bills, it is the raising of horses that is his passion. The primary breed on the ranch is the highly prized appaloosa, the oldest traceable breed of horse in the world. What is most distinctive of its features is its mottled coat. Beyond those distinctive physical characteristics, Jim discusses the reasons the appaloosa is so prized and what makes it a good all around horse breed. Cowboy Jack Miller demonstrates what Jim talks about in, mounted upon one, using an appaloosa to herd cattle.