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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1947
Page
2
The question of soil conservation in Canada grows more important as fertile lands face erosion and waste loss. Writers warn that without practice of conservation methods, rich farming districts risk becoming barren wastelands, threatening future fertility and productivity.
At the Agricultural Institute of Canada annual soils group meeting in Lethbridge led by Dr. J. L. Doughty of Swift Current the dangers of soil organic matter loss were discussed. He warned that eighteen percent of nitrogen and twenty percent of organic matter have disappeared from prairie brown soils since cultivation began due to fallow hail frost rust insects and new grain varieties.
Dr P O Ripley from the Dominion Department of Agriculture warns that water erosion is a growing problem and calls for thorough testing of erosion under different climates. Dr G N Ruhnke of Ontario Agricultural College stresses lasting fertilizer use as a permanent soil conservation factor. The call for farmer cooperation and action is echoed across Dominion and Provincial agriculture bodies and organizations.
Static reducing powder blown into automobile inner tubes lessens electrical shocks from touch and reduces interference with radio reception. The powder clings to the walls of the tube and changes the electrical behavior of the tires. Scientific Service.
A business wall proclaims work faithfully for eight hours, then you may become boss and work eighteen hours a day with all the worries. The message reflects a stern, ironic career caution likely from an earlier era.
A two headed speckled trout raised in a Calgary brewery hatchery lives on borrowed time and leads a normal life span. At 15 months it rests and swims on its side and survives on crippled fry. The second head has eyes and breathes but is not used for feeding. Attendants keep it in a trough to avoid predation by larger fish. If placed with fish its own size it would be killed. with smaller fish it would kill them.
An unnamed American tourist searching for a nickel in a Fort Erie hotel phone booth dropped a diamond bracelet and two diamond rings from her purse. The gems were turned in by a guest named Jack Bell of Toronto at the hotel room desk after the woman reached Niagara Falls. She offered a $10 reward for Bell.
A collection of short, light anecdotes and quips spans professions and places. Jokes cover church, cinema, medical mischief, a minister mowing sermons, a matchmaking crowd, a barge style arrest, and a desert of jokes about finance and gravity, all with concise punchlines.
Blackfoot Stony and Sarcee leaders press for a doubled prize list for best dressed Indians and for raising Teepee grants from 5 to 15 dollars. They note current payments include 1 per parade, chiefs 5, with meat, bread, tea, sugar, hay, cash prizes, and gifts totaling about 4000 dollars for Stampede week.
In the heyday of fame opera singer Mary Garden lavishly funded her father who kept asking for more. After the stock crash she faced ruin but he refused to aid her. Years later his death revealed he had saved all her gifts and left them to her, noting his pleas to save.
Green Bay police say a burglar avoided a longer prison term after weather records helped determine the burglary occurred in daytime hours. The man admitted breaking into a dwelling around eight o'clock, but sunset at 7:47 moved the offense to daytime burglary with a lighter minimum.
A collection of quotes on reading wisdom and discernment from Bacon Qos born Sydney Smith George Macdonald Mary Baker Eddy and a Bible verse Luke 10 25 26. The excerpts urge selecting best books for growth and understanding scripture with thoughtful practice.
Nebraska physicians Dr. Ruth M. Leverton and Dr. George Clark report successful use of strained meat as a protein supplement for six week old infants. In a JAMA article they note scented meals in Nebraska institutions and 15 control babies gaining better sleep and physical condition with meat added to formula.
The piece recalls Sable Island as the Graveyard of the Atlantic where wrecked ships fear the sands. It notes wild horses descended from survivors of past wrecks, bred on the desolate coast and surviving in harsh conditions.
The 163 foot Morning Star VI departs Boston carrying Bibles bound for the Marshall and Caroline Islands. Natives on the islands have welcomed five prior ships from this port since 1856.
About 160000 honey bees are needed to produce a pound of honey. Half collect nectar while the other half evaporate water by waving wings and perform other hive chores. The note id 2739.
Three long range electronic beacons will link the Arctic rim in a U S Canada project to guide aircraft. Stations at Point Barrow Alaska Campbell Lake Canada and Victoria Island will enable polar routes to Europe by providing precise position data. Officials say the system removes a major navigation blackout across northern Canada.
Men and management of the Lancashire cotton trade urge Sir Stafford Cripps to act as the threat from low cost Japanese cotton, produced by cheap Japanese labor, increases daily.
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