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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 12, 1956
Page
3
Dr A C Carder of Beaver Lodge Experimental Farm explains a yearly tillage program to eradicate couchgrass. Start late fall with sharp main-board plough or disc, cut just below root depth, then repeat with a one way disc and later with cultivator wire weeder as conditions allow. Nine to ten cultivations and follow up with barley and herbicide for remaining plants.
The article presents Lloyd Percival's Sports Clinic as a Canadian sport and fitness program under the Amateur Sport department. It outlines training methods, clinics, and guidance for athletes seeking performance improvement. Percival emphasizes practical exercises, conditioning routines, and athletic development.
A Canadian survey of about 1000 injuries among teen athletes across baseball tennis track and swim shows major causes: poorly kept playing areas fatigue from poor conditioning lack of skill insufficient muscular strength inadequate warm up unattended minor injuries ill fitting equipment fear and officiating. The study claims about 90 percent could be avoided and urges community athletes coaches and educators to act through The Sports Clinic by writing to Sports College Bos 99 Toronto Ont.
The Book of Knowledge says the phrase born with a silver spoon stemmed from a medieval custom. Wealthy families reportedly placed a silver spoon in a newborn's mouth to ward off illness.
The article warns that cross stepping is the main cause of inaccurate throws as it locks the hips. It advises the lead leg to move straight toward the target with toes pointed at the mark. Practice this season to improve accuracy and speed. Sports College launches a national service to develop amateur sports and fitness in Canada.
At the Ontario convention in Hamilton D B Goodwillie of Agriculture predicts 1956 concentrated milks production may reach or exceed 500 million pounds. Canada aims for about 305 million pounds of concentrated milk and expects record whole milk output alongside rising dry skim production and exports.
Dr. L. H. Shebeski of the University of Manitoba tells the Canada Food Technologists in Winnipeg that scientists using electrons chemicals and selective breeding seek to create new plant species and rearrange chromosome patterns. He notes mutations may arise from x rays certain chemicals and temperature shocks to produce hybrids with enhanced size and pest resistance.
A set of questions asks which Great Lake has the largest Canadian area across the boundary, the 1955 total of 51 700 new dwelling units in Canada, the present yearly cost of family allowance payments after ten years, who was Governor General at the outbreak of World War I, and what share of national income Canadians pay in taxes.
Answers list quick quiz items with figures: about one third, an estimate for the year near 399.2 million, Lake Huron cited, 127 552 new dwellings completed in 1955. Named figures include Duke of Connaught and Lord Tweedsmuir, material from Quick Canadian Facts pocket annual.
Mrs. Sybil Wallace slipped stepping into her mother Mrs. T B Wood's home in Bryan Texas and broke her hip. Mrs Wood and daughter Mrs Clara Wallace assisted her to a hospital where at the entrance Wood sprained an ankle and Clara Wallace broke her wrist.
A compact crossword style entry listing definitions for horizontal and vertical clues including instruments, objects, body parts, pronouns, exclamations, and directional terms with brief descriptive hints and associated words. The fragment hints at a themed puzzle with diverse categories across the grid.
A Cornell marketing specialist Erman Moore Moore led an 18 month study on cracked eggs. His team coined Econ-o-rax and used economy as the selling point. Cracked eggs priced 10 to 15 cents below grade A large eggs boosted sales six percent in the first year, with broken eggs accounting for over one quarter of all sales.
Laura Bloxem, a polio victim and mother of two, started a personal telephone service in Sam point Idaho. Her first client was the Sandpoint Camera Club which used her calls to inform members of an upcoming meeting. Nearly all members attended, with eggs and price cited in a postal card survey.
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