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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 13, 1981
Page
8
Dryland salinity or alkali affects brown and dark brown soil zones across the prairies. Causes include altered water cycles from cropping and reduced soil cover. Experts urge extended cropping, rotation changes, and deep rootedforage crops to use excess water, plus soil tests and targeted weed control.
Dr Henry cites research showing snow trapped on cropped stubble can store significant soil moisture, with Montana tests matching twenty one months of summer fallow. Farmers are adopting varied stubble heights and simple swath devices, aiming to slow or reverse dryland salinity trends in western Canada.
Manitoba province opens provincial parks and camp grounds for the season at 9 a.m. Friday May 8 with unchanged camping fees 4 dollars unserviced 5 dollars electric 6 dollars full serviced. Park entry fees start 9 a.m. Friday May 15 at 1 dollar 50 cents daily vehicle permit and 8 dollars for a season permit. Seniors 65 and over drive a vehicle in their name? with free entry and camping Monday afternoon to Friday noon. Early golf course openings Falcon Lake April 11 and Hecla Island April 23 with unchanged green fees except holidays. Senior 65 plus 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekday rounds 1 dollar per round for limited hours.
Laura Johnson reports a steady flow of visitors in Lyall Park Place including Paul Jemson of Calgary with Carrie Mills, Ed and Kim Shaffield of Saskatoon, Margret Flynn of Winnipeg, and multiple calls among neighbors. Several arrivals spanned Saturday to Sunday visits, with families dropping by Thelma Dagg and Thora Meredith, plus Grand Forks relatives.
Vancouver residents Bob and Ron Sigurdson plan a coastal move from the Maritimes while asking friends to remember them. Fred and Emma Thornborough spent Mother’s Day with Lewis and Gert Cullen in Treesbank. Eva Wheeler and Carla Hallberg plan May moves to Burnaby B C joining Jean Wheeler Keays and Beryl Dack.
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