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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 04, 1962
Page
3
A reflective column weighs optimism and realism as a new year begins. It contrasts cautious, practical planning with hollow cheer, urging steadfast faith, inner strength, and genuine goodwill while noting historical quips about commercialization and double-talk in geopolitics. The piece highlights Khrushchev and Nehru as examples of hopeful rhetoric versus action.
The Land Use Committee met with cabinet ministers to discuss projects across Manitoba. Plans include dams, Game Management Areas at Dauphin Lake Lake Wahtoponah Maple and Hunter Lakes and a Heron Sanctuary. Questioned topics cover Pasquai Lake wildlife status Crown lands wildlife value deer herd Two Creeks Community Pasture Assiniboine River Diversion water levels Pembina River development and the role of the Game Branch. A two year study by the International Joint Commission is noted for Pembina. The paper ends with a tax-like joke about advertising in weekly papers.
A dense listing of January and February arts and sports events in Manitoba. Highlights include seven East Coast painters exhibit in Brandon, hockey games at Winnipeg Arena, concerts and recitals at Playhouse and Wpg Aud, the Alpine World adventure, and public skating and lectures across Winnipeg venues with dates from Jan 5 through Feb 3.
Manitoba agronomists at the annual conference revised feed barley and flax variety recommendations for 1962. Zone based zoning across eight districts reassigns testing sites. main cereals and forages largely unchanged. Common picks include hard spring wheat oats and alfalfa with new oats Russell joining Garry and Rodney as first choice. Silage corn now advised across all zones with Falconer Morden 74 Rainbow Flint and Wheatland Blend as leading varieties.
Zone by zone crop variety guidance covers durum wheat Parkland barley and flax, with new and existing varieties named for each zone from 1 to 8. Parkland is malting barley primary. Jubilee Keystone Husky and Traill appear as feed cultivars. Late spring shifts favor early maturing options. Cree flax joins Redwood Rocket and others.
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