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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 07, 1956
Page
2
Developing a new wheat variety takes about 12 years from cross to distribution, with three to six years for initial growth and greenhouse acceleration. Extensive multi location field tests at 23 Western Canada sites evaluate yield, disease resistance, and bread making quality before licensing.
A brief guide encourages safe firearm storage with ready for hunting advice. It mentions one or more guns and suggests using racks for secure organization. The piece emphasizes safety and preparedness during hunting season.
The Virden Expire-Advance notes Canada runs an unfavorable trade balance with the world, mainly against the United States, yet stresses that imported capital and machinery spur oil and resource development. It compares Canada to postwar America and predicts reduced import reliance as domestic resources advance, citing petroleum export growth and industrial expansion.
The Brandon Daily Sun warns drivers to remain vigilant after a recent double tram crossing fatality near High Bluff. It stresses constant caution on double track crossings, warns against rushing, and notes signals, underpasses, and potential future elimination of level crossings.
The Mail reports accidental poisoning kills more young children than polio and other diseases combined. It notes many cases involve household pills and cleaners, with deaths and injuries avoidable by safer storage. Visiting nurses cite frequent preventable incidents and urge parents to lock away medicines and keep chemicals out of reach.
Manitoba’s butter production for the first seven months of 1956 fell 41 percent from the same period in 1955, reported dairy commissioner C H P Killick. Milk cows rose to 208000 in June 1956 from 201000 last year, while fluid milk and cream sales increased, with a seven percent rise in the first half of 1956 over 1955.
The article advises teenagers to eat nourishing meals from family foods in larger portions to support rapid growth and activity. It notes girls may skip meals to stay thin, while boys worry less about extra weight, and recommends following Canada’s Food Rules to maintain a normal figure without excess weight.
The first Canadian Civil Defence mobile hospital unit, a 200 bed facility with X ray and operating rooms, was set up in 55 minutes during a field test at Arnprior. Built to be manned by CD personnel, it includes multiple operating rooms, a lab, pharmacy, sterilizers, a generator and water system, and will be worth about 30000 dollars.
The phrase dog days traces back to ancient Rome when Sirius the dog star rose with the sun, believed to intensify hot humid mid summer weather. The idea linked stellar events to seasonal climate and discomfort.
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