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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 07, 1957
Page
4
Canada remains among the world’s most advanced agricultural nations, bolstered by technical services and government policy. Yet postwar strains persist with labor shortages, capital needs, and migration to towns. expansion hinges on more funding for education, training, and leadership to sustain productivity.
A vaccine targeting adenovirus types 4 and 7 could be publicly available soon. In Fort Dix experiments, it reduced expected respiratory illness among army recruits by 98 percent, says Dr. M. R. Hilleman of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. The illness causes inflamed nasal membranes and five to six day fevers. adults are less affected, while children show higher susceptibility.
Choose bright clean hard onions with dry skins and no sprouts. Avoid moist soggy specimens. Store mature dry onions in a cool dry well ventilated cupboard. Leftover onions can be refrigerated if well wrapped in foil or waxed paper.
Scientists explain that whale locomotion relies primarily on tail fluke propulsion rather than backbone support. The tail creates the main thrust, while body and fins assist steering and stability. This propulsion method allows efficient movement through water.
Saskatchewan natural resources minister A G Kuziak notes mink ranching on Lac Ile a la Crosse rose in 1956 with nine ranchers and about 1,400 breeder mink. With six more planned, breeders reach about 4,000. The drive comes from improved access via Buffalo Narrows road and a survey showing more fish can feed mink. Each breeder and kits eat about 589 pounds of fish yearly, aiming for 2,350,000 pounds of rough fish use at full capacity. The lake now yields about 4,000,000 pounds of fish annually. The goal: full use of Lac Ile a la Crosse by commercial, tourist, domestic fishing and mink ranching.
Preliminary figures from Manitoba health statistics show marriages fell 6 percent in 1956 with 6515 couples, down from 6913. Births totalled 21517 for the year, deaths 6686, births outnumbering deaths by more than three to one. The busiest birth month was August, and June led in weddings with 925 couples.
Dr. C F Bentley of the University of Alberta says phosphate fertilizers should be applied at seeding for grain and as early in spring for hay and pasture, while nitrogen fertilizers like ammonium nitrate and sulfate can be fall or spring with no clear advantage. Convenience often decides.
Letters inviting former Virden residents to the 75th Anniversary Celebration July 21 26 1957 will be sent from a special post office box Box 599 Virden Empire Advance Virden Man Residents abroad can mail lists to Virden 75th Anniversary Box 599 Virden Man for forwarding invitations
Red Cross Water Safety instructors operated across Saskatchewan with 168 instructors teaching 460 classes at 96 swimming sites. Some 7 170 awards were issued, 44 safety displays drew about 6 000 spectators, and 54 rescues were recorded. Pupils came from 445 Saskatchewan points and 113 places elsewhere.
Long term plans to improve and shorten No 26 between No 4 junction and Turtleford began last summer. Grading near Meota completed, graveling set for new sections by spring, and surveys extended to Edam. Route cuts 13 miles total, eliminates crossings and weak bridges, enabling a hard surface road in Meota with controlled access later.
Estimated value of products shipped by Canadian manufacturers in 1955 reached a record 19 billion 469 million dollars, about 11 percent higher than 1954 and nearly 442 times that of 1940, signaling steady postwar industrial growth.
A collage of observations on grooming and culture from E V Darling. It notes French barbers favoring razors, Britons preferring scissors, and clippers for horses, alongside musings on women, epitaphs, churrasco origins, New England breakfasts, and the meaning of blarney as persuasive eloquence.
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