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Manitoba Power Commission. Report on the Farm Electrification Test. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Power Commission, 1945.

Manitoba Power Commission. Farm Wiring Forms. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Power Commission.

Manitoba Power Commission. 26th Annual Report for the year ended November 30th, 1945. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Power Commission, 1945.

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Newspaper Ads:

Brandon, I'm Here for the Fair, July 14, 1949.

Rural Weeklies, Your Best Hired Hand! October 7, 1949.

Portage la Prairie, In the Year 1863 Slavery was Abolished, June 8, 1948.

Transcona, See Hydro at work on the Farm, May 19, 1949.

Film:

Farm Electrification. National Film Board of Canada, 1946.

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