Sterile Males Help Control Orchard Pests in Trials
A new sterile male technique aims to eradicate codling moth and Oriental fruit moth in peach and apple regions. Trials in Canada at Vineland Ontario and Summerland British Columbia show sterile males released in large numbers do not hatch eggs, potentially reducing spray needs and preserving beneficial insects.
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Florida
Curacao
Canada Department of Agriculture
Vineland Station
Ontario
J. A. George
Niagara Peninsula
Vineland
Summerland
British Columbia
M. D. Proverbs
Gems of Thought Security Quotes Digest
A compact reader collects quotes on security from Pasternak Markham Miller Eddy and Cummings. The excerpts discuss inner security, freedom, and the tension between future safety and present insecurity.
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Gems of Thought Security
B. E. Hutchinson
Boris Pasternak
Edwin Markham
Harlan Miller
Mary Baker Eddy
E. BE. Cummings
Farmers fined for drunken riding in Tonstedt hunt
Four Tonstedt farmers were fined 250 dollars each after stopping for drinks too often during a cross country hunt, deemed too intoxicated to ride a horse safely.
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Tonstedt
Germany
Deafened in World War II Military Service
More than 35 000 men were deafened in military service during World War II according to a historical wartime casualty report highlighting hearing loss among veterans and the scale of wartime injury.
The Things People Lose
An exploration of lost items found in transit and held by UK lost property offices. It notes auctions selling umbrellas, gloves, cameras, and even a skeleton, with regional volumes and curious items such as a barrel organ and false teeth reported in railway areas.
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Britain
British Railways
Umbrellas
London Transport
Curb Service For Train Passengers Offers Regional Fare
Vendors set up along the rail corridor selling city specialties such as assilfish in Shizuoka eel-bento in Nagano and tor no kamameshi at Yokokawa. The curb sale aligns with travelers hungry for regional flavors during stops.
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Vendora
Shizuoka
Nagano
Yokokawa
Wage growth in Canada since 1950 in purchasing power
Since 1950 Canada's average wage has risen by about 40 percent when measured by purchasing power rather than current dollar values. The gain reflects inflation adjustments and real income growth for workers.
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Canada
Salt in food and world facts quiz fragment
The text mixes questions on cooking salt NaCl and a Europe country capital on a river, Congo prime minister, an 18th century historian, and a colonial Malaya summary with commodities Tin and rubber and a 1.3 million population. It reads like a jumble of Daily Quiz Corner items with incomplete data.
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Dea
Congo
Forest
Budapest
Bude
Poo
Pesth
Cyrille Adoula
Edward Gibbon
Aren Rance
Federation of Malaya
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