Distribution of Special Crops in Manitoba
Manitoba farmers face three main limits on where to grow special crops climate soil and market distance. Frost free days determine maturation success with Dauphin Portage la Prairie Winnipeg and Morden Winkler Altona cited for regional totals. Proximity to buyers affects crops like sugar beets sunflowers and vegetables less mobile crops such as rapeseed mustard and field peas can be grown farther from markets. Soil type matters for root crops with heavy clays hindering mechanized digging while light and peat soils suit carrots turnips and rape seed.
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Manitoba
Dave Durksen
Christie
Dauphin
Portage la Prairie
Winnipeg
Morden-Winkler-Altona
Durkson
RCMP Musical Ride to Visit Winnipeg and Brandon
The RCMP Musical Ride, famed internationally, will tour Manitoba for two weeks this summer. Winnipeg hosts June 22 to 30 at Red River Exhibition, Brandon July 2 to 6 at Provincial Exhibition. A troop of 32 all black horses and scarlet riders perform intricate maneuvers to music, including the Shanghai Cross.
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Acmr
Manitoba
Sterling Lyon
Q.C
RCMP
Red River
Winnipeg
Brandon
Canada
U.S
Seaboard
Shanghai Cross
Mounted Police Force
British Record Player For Children With Robust Arm
A Britain based firm has created a children’s record player featuring a specially designed arm that endures rough handling. The device aims to provide durable use for young listeners and classroom settings alike, promising safer materials and simplified operation.
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Britain
Minister Warns on Ground Fire Toll and Spring Burning
The minister of mines and natural resources warns that brush burning permits could be cut drastically this spring if drought conditions worsen. Farmers are urged to burn debris now while snow remains to smother peat fires and reduce costly spring methods. Lands and owners may face liability under the Fires Prevention Act for fires that escape. Surveys are underway to extinguish ground-burning fires by March while snow covers the ground.
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C. H. Witney
Witney
Sugar Beet Acreage To Rise In Manitoba In 1962
Manitoba beet growers expect 2000 more acres planted this year as Manitoba Sugar Company plans contracts for about 30000 acres. Expansion at Fort Garry plant and better beet handling support larger sugar output. 1961 production and by products sales set records with strong averages and top yields among growers in Red River Valley and Interlake regions.
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Manitoba
Manitoba Beet Growers’ Association
Fort Garry
Red River Valley
Lower Interlake Region
Portage la Prairie
Final Voyage Finds Remains Of Mosasaurs
Regina UF report describes Saskatchewan’s early predators mosasaurs as marine contemporaries of dinosaurs. The South Saskatchewan River dam shaly basin yielded two mosasaur remains over the last two summers, showing they thrived in a vast inland sea.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
North American
Museum of Natural History
Museum
Shaly
South Saskatchewan River
Construction opens giant central Europe oil pipeline
In Genoa Italy the start of a 620 mile oil pipeline marks a major energy project for central Europe. The multinational effort aims to link refineries and grow cross border fuel supplies, signaling a strategic shift in regional energy infrastructure.
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Genua
Italy
Central Europe
Tin Can Mail Resumes to Niuafoou After 15 Year Gap
The Tin Can Island mail service to Niuafoou in the Tongan islands resumes after a 15 year lapse. Sealed cans are dropped offshore due to rough seas. Service halted in 1946 when the island was evacuated after a volcanic eruption.
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Auckland
Niuafou
Tongan Islands
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McMaster
Ore
Tion
Waele Telephone CS
Wpg
Flowers
Hearing Aids Magazine
Dennis P. McMahon
MacGregor
Manitoba Sugar Company
W. Hetherington
Hetherington
Prairie
Ken R. Blight
Oakville
Blignt
B. Gerzanic
M. Chori
Moeller Brothers
Toulon
Big Pipeline
Manitoba Hydro
Exchange Service
Seabatt
Manitoba Brewery Limited
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