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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 03, 1956
Page
3
Premier Campbell of Manitoba calls for public backing of Mental Health Week, urging unity across provincial and national lines. The message highlights stigma reduction, community involvement, and support for mental health services, including hospital outreach and patient opportunities.
New pocket edition Facts About Manitoba offers up to date Manitoba data. Capsule notes cover bird varieties grain elevators population origins auto registrations altitudes and climate. Population stats for towns and villages added with history industrial and cultural context. Prepared by H. E. Wood and Agriculture Department staff.
An analysis discusses how farmer purchasing power depends on wheat price and costs of goods. It notes the price of wheat is beyond control, while lower costs for farm inputs could restore higher value per bushel. The passage reflects on postwar economic relations and how adjustments might align prices and real purchasing power.
A collage of practical tips for households includes bed time fears and night light ideas, using a plastic shoe bag as a toy organizer, removing ballpoint ink stains with rubbing alcohol, and simple meatless meals like corned beef hash with peppers and herbs. It also previews portable radios and interior painting advice to influence room perception.
Brandon Manitoba researchers report spring field surveys showing topsoil loss from knolls reduces oats yields by about 50 percent compared with level land. The study, based on 1954 sampling, warns erosion controls could have prevented the productivity drop and directs readers to the Experimental Farm in Brandon or the Department of Agriculture for guidance.
Manitoba cropping faces a late start with seeding unlikely to be general before mid May. H E Wood of the Department of Agriculture notes limited sowing in southwest Manitoba, potential shifts from wheat to barley, and rises in flaxseed rapeseed and sunflowers if floods and weather ease. The Assiniboine River floods threaten areas between Winnipeg and Headingly, while April rainfall remains well below normal. In 1950 flood year, despite heavy rains, seeding was late but crops fared well.
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