Manitoba to Pilot General Course for Business Oriented Students
Manitoba announces a one year trial general high school course focused on business life. A seminar at Manitoba Teachers College will draft the program with Geoffrey M. Davis as chair. The plan includes core subjects and options, with transfer between courses and a three year diploma pathway.
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Mannitoba
Manitoba Teachers College
Stewart E. McLean
Geoffrey M. Davis
Davis
Royal Commission On Education
Organic matter is the life blood of prairie soils
Prairie soils retain little organic matter due to erosion and cropping. Organic matter improves soil structure, prevents erosion, stores nutrients, warms soil, fuels beneficial microbes, and boosts fertilizer value. Return straw and manure, prevent erosion, and grow forage crops to rebuild humus and sustain yields.
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Canada
Teachers Tour of Manitoba Planned by Education Department
The eighth annual Teachers Tour of Manitoba is planned by the Manitoba Department of Education with the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce and community Chambers. The forty teachers will travel 2500 miles over two weeks starting July 4 visiting about 25 communities from Winnipeg west to Portage la Prairie and north to Flin Flon then south to the International Peace Garden, with day trips from Winnipeg. Route coordinators are Inr W A Muirtead and Rod H Thomson.
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Manitoba
Manitoba Department of Education
Manitoba Chambers of Commerce and Community Chambers
Chambers of Commerce
Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
Flin Flon
Neepawa
Minnedosa
Clear Lake
Dauphin
Swan River
Pas
Cranberry Portage
Roblin
Russell, Russell
Virden
Brandon
Beissevain
International Peace Garden
Killarney
Morden
Steinbach
Lac du Bonnet Pine Falls
Selkirk
Gimli
R . W.A. Muirtead
Charlood
Rod H. Thomson
Manitoba Chambers of Commerce
Manitoba Hospital Plan touted as meeting real needs
Dr George Johnson minister of health and public welfare hailed the Manitoba Hospital Services Plan as meeting real health needs. He cited high coverage 99.5 percent and low administrative costs four cents on the dollar. The plan funds hospital care at cost while hospitals see upgrades and more beds, with new rates for 1961 based on actuarial projections.
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George Johnson
Dr. Johnson
Pickering
The Pasture That Ain't and Salt in Diets
A discussion notes that woodlots yield low forage and harm timber, advising farmers to choose woodlot or pasture. A reader asks about salt. respond that salt is essential, though salt-free diets exist only relatively so, with historical and physiological significance and a Bantu saying on salt’s importance.
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Wisconsin
Ohio
Africa
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Light For Living
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Gustav Bohstedt
University of Wisconsin
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