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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 28, 1955
Page
4
Advice to Manitoba farmers on improving corn yields focuses on selecting early adapted hybrids such as Morden 74 and Morden 77, treating seed with fungicides, using optimal fertilizer rates of 11-45-0 or 16-20-0, and maintaining proper seeding rates and dates to secure better stands and earlier maturities.
Poultry profits drop due to egg handling in the laying house with a small price gap between Grade A large and Grade B large eggs. Experts urge ample nests and litter, frequent egg collection, and immediate cooling. Emphasizes careful feeding during pullet development and strict follow rules for feeds.
The article warns against buying ready-made glasses from store counters for sight impaired individuals. It notes most people have eyes that are not identically impaired, requiring individual prescriptions, proper examination, and correct lens fitting. It also advises keeping glasses clean and storing them in their case.
A humorous montage shows fans heckling Gil Hodges during a slump with a friend called Toots Shor defending him. Other vignettes include a Viennese analyst learning English in the United States and a doctor puzzled by a maternity ward claim. A teen named Pert Gwendolyn speaks about Greek maidens and lyres.
The FAO notes that about 20 percent of annual world crop plantings are destroyed or damaged by pests and diseases. This loss could nourish tens of millions, while international transport raises pest spread risk. The agency aids governments with pest control programs and operates a world plant protection reporting service. Quarantine rules aim for uniformity across nations.
Paris perfumist Count F. de Peretti de la Rocca told a Canadian Press crowd in Toronto that women should carry an aura of fragrance using an atomizer. He described perfume as wine like and offered tips from bath sprays to scented lamp and telephone uses to surround a woman with fragrance.
A reporter visits Lelystad in progress as the Dutch plan a city of 50,000 on reclaimed Zuyderzee land. Workers live on barges, a dyke road nears completion, and engineers haul up sea bottom debris while residents observe a city emerging from the water.
Oslo fjord features low salinity due to freshwater inflow and cold winters that can freeze ports. The surrounding region holds nearly a quarter of Norway’s farmland though it covers less than a 25th of the area. Cristobal Colon peak is noted as a high coastal mountain in Colombia.
Plant Pathologists at Science Service Ottawa report three year tests showing older seed, especially beet corn bean and soybean, can achieve higher emergence when treated with fungicides Panogen B856C Phygon Arasan Merculine Orthocide 75 and Vancide 51. Most seeds aged respond, 20 of 23 stocks, with several crops showing substantial gains in seedling emergence after treatment.
The National Geographic Society notes Maracana in Brazil seats over 150 000 spectators. Finished in 1950 it uses reinforced concrete and hosts soccer, Brazil’s national sport. Players’ salaries reach about 20 000 dollars annually and a 9 foot moat guards the field.
Recent studies sponsored by the Canadian Cancer Society indicate that Indians show less skin cancer than whites. The pigment in Indian skin is likely a protection against ultraviolet rays, and Negroes are also less susceptible to skin cancer.
The barn owl is prized as a predator for rodent control and is rarely seen during the day.
Oddities and local quirks dominate a quirky brief. Barbers raise prices from 1 to 1.25 dollars amid teen fashion tensions in Birmingham. Other items note weather, rallies, a Tokyo burglary, and odd prison escape hints.
Tremendous numbers of land turtles once trudged between highlands and seashore in Ecuador's Galapagos islands. Narrow gullies forced the shellbacked travellers to move in single file at their own pace.
A collection of seafood centered recipes includes Shrimp Stuffed Peppers with Spanish rice and whole shrimp garnish, Fish Sticks Oven Meal with sweet potatoes and tomatoes, and Fillets with Brazil Nut Sauce. Also features Brown Butter Sauce with Brazil Nuts and nut preparation steps.
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