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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 01, 1955
Page
5
Alberta range management may adopt common use grazing on foothill ranges. Alex Johnston of the Lethbridge Station notes predators and plant preferences as challenges. Tests show combined carrying capacity higher, with up to 83 animal units, and sheep aiding weed control and range renovation.
June data show cattle and sheep up while horses fall on farms, exports above last year lifting half-year totals, imports also higher but with a smaller rise. Travel credits, highway traffic, retail sales gain, unemployment claims drop, wages peak, prices ease, construction costs rise, population hits 15.6 million.
REGINA Saskatchewan farmers growing flax or rapeseed should inspect fields for Bertha Armyworms now. R E McKenzie of the provincial Plant Industry branch warns controls are in use in some areas, including spraying with three quarters of a pound of DDT per acre and derris powder for vegetable patches.
A US pharmaceutical house using Upjohn technology sterilizes drug containers by bombarding the substance with high speed electrons, killing bacteria that may have contaminated the products. This new method aims to ensure sterility in pharmaceutic production.
Mr McKenzie notes a large conspicuous caterpillar that ranges from green to black and travels in armies across fields. He cites extensive rape infestations in the northern province and widespread flax crop damage in the southeast where an unusually large acreage is planted this year.
Cunard Line announces six Sunshine Cruises aboard the 36 000 ton Mauretania for the 1955 56 winter season. The Caribbean itineraries run seven to 17 days beginning December 22 from New York with a Christmas and New Year voyage to La Guaira Curacao Kingston and Nassau. Subsequent sailings include Nassau Havana Cartagena Port au Prince Antigua Granada and Barbados with calls at Cartagena for the first time.
Canada's population reached 15 601 000 on June 1 up 27 percent since 1954 and 11.4 percent since 1951. The rise reflects higher birth rates lower death rates and heavy immigration with Ontario adding 137 000 to 5 183 000 and other provinces showing gains ranging from 3 000 to 132 000. Northwest Territories up to 18 000 and Yukon steady at 10 000.
Naples volcanology professor Antonio Parascandolo reported Mount Vesuvius reached temperatures up to 1598 degrees Fahrenheit while checking Etna. He noted brass thermometers melted and alloys had to be used due to the extreme heat.
The article notes rising interest in employing people over 40 in New York City and describes a Manhattan training school with placement services for mature workers. It also covers the Redheads League of America campaigning for cosmetic and fashion considerations for redheads and mentions related issues from dental care to dowries in Italy.
Canadian currency redesign creates tougher to imitate notes with simpler typefaces two color offset printing and engraved plates. Security features include feel of the paper and secrecy around phonies while two Ottawa printers produce the notes under Bank of Canada instruction and signatures of governors Coyne and Beattie finalize legal tender status.
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