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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 28, 1949
Page
4
Professor F A Pearson and F A Harper of Cornell review world population and land resources in World’s Hunger. They warn arable land per person is under two acres, urging Canada to conserve soil, improve fertility, and adopt contour tillage and crop rotations to prevent erosion and sustain production.
Hamilton leads Canada in a pest campaign as municipalities and agriculturalists mobilize against insects fungi rodents and weeds. A modern Hamilton pesticides plant will produce DDT dusts sprays parathion and other insecticides to protect crops and curb damages estimated at 350 million dollars last year.
A fragment outlines picnic utensil care with soap to remove soot and hints at fashion trends including pinning flowers to spring outfits. It mentions waist corsages making a comeback and offers cleaning tips for ivory using lemon juice salt or alcohol and turpentine methods.
A resolution from the National Social Hygiene Committee of the Health League of Canada urges that sex education and venereal disease films be shown only under accredited sponsorship. It calls for endorsement from the Health League on all educational pictures and to be noted in public ads. The resolution will be sent to provincial censorship ministers after last November's approval amid complaints about unsuitable censor boards and objectionable literature.
The first air mail letter, sent to Benjamin Franklin while he lived in France in 1785, was carried in a balloon across the English Channel.
Garden notes urge gradual planting through late June to extend harvests of beets carrots beans spinach lettuce radish and other vegetables while flowers can be sown over several weeks. It stresses using Canadian seed suited to conditions and early planting for tender crops, with screens or hedges as decorative privacy.
Sir Donald MacKenzie Kennedy former governor and commander in chief of Mauritius plans to settle near Victoria or Duncan British Columbia in May with his wife. The 59 year old administrator hopes to acquire a small property to grow bulbs and raise a breed of dog in Canada.
A hardware dealer ordered a carload of stoves from a factory. The factory refused shipment until the prior consignment was paid. The dealer replied he could not wait and canceled the order.
Scientists foresee oceanic food as central to mankind's future diet aiming to end global hunger. They argue the sea could supply a majority of the world’s sustenance through innovations in aquaculture and marine harvesting.
The Wichita Beacon runs a contest rewarding the most courteous driver each week with a box of cigars. A different organization judges the contest each month, recently the Wichita Women’s Insurance Association served as judges.
Unusual linen motif combines embroidery with crochet edge. Pattern 7479 offers transfer options and crochet directions with improved visuals. Send twenty five cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 7479 and include name address and pattern number.
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