Cultural methods and plant diseases report spread in cereals
A Yukon or Prairie agricultural bulletin notes increased fungus diseases in barley and wheat, worsened by trash cover that overwinters pathogens. It urges changing cultural practices, avoiding same grain on the same stand, and recalling past burning or ploughing of straw to reduce inoculum. Longfellow quoted.
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Navy tests scoop net rescue for helicopter tasks
The Royal Navy develops a simple rope scoop net attached to a D shaped frame for helicopter rescues. The net lowers to water, gathers a survivor like fish, and hoists into the cabin. Tests show up to ten to twelve people rescued in twenty minutes.
Creep Feeding Boosts Weaning Weights at Brandon Experiment
Notes from the Experimental Farm Brandon Manitoba report creep feeding of suckling pigs. Pigs begin solid food at two to three weeks and should receive nutritious easily digested feed. A trough or self feeder kept away from sows encourages intake. Creep feeding yields heavier uniform pigs at weaning with lower mortality. At Brandon, a ration of wheat middlings ground wheat hulls removed oats fish meal and minerals was used, producing pigs averaging 37.8 pounds at eight weeks in 1955.
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Brandon
Odds and Ends Fashion Tips and Household Tricks
Advice on choosing drapery first to set room colors for a bride and tips to prevent tarnish on silver salt shakers with clear nail polish. Also an easy method to paint chairs by turning upside down to reach hard corners and finishing the legs and back before the seat top.
Tips for safe driving habits to reduce accidents
The article lists common predriver mistakes to avoid as driving skills form. It highlights speeding near parked cars, entering intersections on green without checking, assuming others will signal, tailgating, relying only on rear view mirrors, and flipping bright lights to challenge oncoming drivers. It urges focus on a mental checklist until safe habits become automatic.
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