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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1956
Page
4
A collection of humorous exchanges and anecdotes features an insurance agent advising a newlywed Angus about life insurance, a haughty lieutenant mocked as a ninety day wonder, and a series of misadventures including a husband courting his wife with flowers amid a leaking roof. The jokes shift to playful wordplay about roses and a first horseback ride, ending with a pratfall at a construction site and a hospital visit.
A collection of brief, period style epigrams from Edward Dowden Yvette Guilbert Gore and Mary Baker Eddy about failure defeat and perseverance. The quotes emphasize learning from mistakes evolving from experience and keeping hope for tomorrow.
J W McAfee reports from the Globe and Mail that Science Newsletter data show death risk rises with speed, from one in 16 at 40 mph to one in six at 65 mph. The piece urges immediate speed limit reductions and restraint in car design to prevent unnecessary deaths.
Franklin Johnson argues for international cooperation on North Pacific seal management after a 1950s four-nation Washington meeting among the United States, the Soviet Union, Japan and Canada. He notes seal migrations, pelagic hunting, and breeding-area control as keys to preventing near extinction of seals and preserving fisheries and fur resources.
Agricultural guidance from W S Logan advises farmers housing cows in conventional stables to estimate storage needs by matching feed rates to roughage appetite, allowing 25 percent silage and 30 percent hay losses. With loose housing and self feeding, it is hard to predict consumption of silage and hay, but a typical ratio of three units of silage to one of hay is suggested to balance access and wastage.
The article notes King Saud of Saudi Arabia showcasing a fifty foot mobile palace built by a U S trailer company for distant royal visits. It also mentions a study on Asian and American seals and their reproductive and feeding habits, warning that much remains unknown about the creature’s behavior and ecology.
Hail damage in Manitoba destroys an estimated 20 million dollars of crops and may slash 1956 cereal values by about 20 percent. Agriculture Minister C L Shuttleworth notes delayed harvesting and poor drying weather across eastern and northern regions, with 85 to 90 percent of cereals cut south of the C N R line and much grain left in swath north of it.
High efficiency broiler rations developed over the past decade enable broiler chickens to reach 3 to 5 pounds in 35 percent less time and with 30 percent less feed than 20 years ago. At Nappan Nova Scotia experimental work by T M MacIntyre shows roaster type chickens also improve growth and feed efficiency with these rations.
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