06 May 1976
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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 06, 1976
Page
1
Manitoba Premier Schreyer announced a weight based automobile registration plan starting next year. The budget unveiled April 13 includes a fee reduction of about 10 percent for each year of a car's age for heavier cars and station wagons.
Canada observes Hospital Day May 12. Hamiota District Health Centre Auxiliary hosts tea bazaar and bake sale displaying the Stryker turning frame donated by Grace Rebekah Lodge No. 35 and the Hamiota Royal Canadian Legion. The piece covers rising health care costs, vehicle registration changes, and the Golden Sweepstakes lottery launch at Assiniboia Downs with Total Community Involvement Inc. Winnipeg overseeing.
Agriculture Canada notes a 1976 Manitoba outlook improved with an expected 38 percent reduction in infested area and lower severity, while Saskatchewan faces wider but less dense spread. Alberta sees a slight overall drop and half the 1975 severe areas. Early warm, dry weather could threaten crops in SK and AB, with control timing tied to heat and spring timing.
Dr G J Racz reports three years of field trials showing 60 lbs per acre of nitrogen increases yields for non fallow land, with moisture amount altering response. In wetter areas up to 90 lbs N may be applied. barley rises 23 to 25 lbs per lb N, wheat 20 to 23 lbs, and higher gains noted in lowland versus dry regions. Protein content also improves with nitrogen, and profits remain in dry years. Nearby social notes mention visitors from Winnipeg, Neepawa, Killarney and Neepawa connections.
Dixie Daniel Decatur Emmett wrote Dixie in 1859 as a hooray song for a Virginia minstrel quartet he led per Encyclopaedia Britannica. The piece became a famed walkaround tune in American music history.
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