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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 09, 1955
Page
2
A Canadian gardener’s season highlights advances from chemists who provide powerful new weapons against insects. The article notes 40 72 checks to identify pest types and contrasts modern targeted sprays with older broad-spectrum products.
A new C I L spray combines three chemicals in one liquid or dust form to guard plants against leaf spots blights and fungal diseases while targeting caterpillars weevils aphids mites thrips and many garden pests. Branden Experiment Farm Canada reports shallow tillage after hay removal crushes sweet clover weevils, with deeper cultivation burying adults. Chemical controls like aldrin dieldrin DDT or toxaphene are recommended when cultivation fails. Weevil infestation since 1939 spans Manitoba’s main agricultural areas, influenced by weather.
F. J. Greaney of Winnipeg urges seed treatment for Western Canada crops grown in 1954 poor conditions. Sponsored by multiple firms, the advisory notes five benefits and recommends treating all wheat oats barley and flax seeds with approved fungicides before sowing. Mercury-based chemicals advised but require caution.
Manitoba faces extensive losses in sweet clover seedings due to the sweet clover weevil. Impact spans hay production seed yield bee pasturage and green manure with no resistant varieties found among hundreds of global selections.
Meteers produces bearings for the Hyatt Bearings Division of General Electric required to maintain tool hardness even when red hot, ensuring reliability in jet plane engines.
Gilbert Plains Manitoba June 1948 Rob er J Logan received a gift from Donald Jadon chair and president of the Canadian National Railways after observant action on the CNR right of way. Logan reported high water under mining a small section of track prompting quick repair and resumed traffic. The CNR president praised Logan for public service and safety reminders urged water safety and proper canoeing practices.
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