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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1947
Page
2
The article notes Canada's fertile land now requires serious soil conservation efforts. It warns the risk that without proper practices, rich farming districts may become waste lands and fertility could decline in coming years.
At the Agricultural Institute of Canada annual soils meeting in Lethbridge leading Dominion scientists warned about soil decline. Dr. J L Doughty cited the loss of 18 percent nitrogen and 20 percent organic matter in prairie brown soils since cultivation began, attributing causes to fallow hail frost rust insects and new grain varieties. The panel said isolating a single cause is impossible.
Dr. P C Ripley warns water erosion is a growing problem and urges thorough investigation under different climates. Dr. G N Ruhnke emphasizes permanent fertilizer use for soil conservation. Experts urge farmer cooperation with Dominion and Provincial agriculture bodies to address erosion.
Static reducing powder blown into automobile inner tubes reduces shocks when touched and lessens electrical interference with radio reception. The powder clings to tube walls and alters tire electrical behavior, per Scientific Service.
A wall inscription in a business shows advice about labor and advancement. It warns that initial eight hour days lead to eventual longer hours and more worries if one seeks higher position. The quip reflects workplace culture and career ambition.
A Calgary brewery hatchery houses a two headed speckled trout now 15 months old. The creature, resting on its side, swims with limited speed yet breathes with both heads visible. It eats crippled fry, grows fat due to lack of competition, and is kept in solitary trough to prevent cannibalism with other fish.
A collection of brief comic lines and anecdotes ranging from minister and boy counts to a cinema note find, nurse and patient banter, a clever farmer quip on sermons, and light social misadventures. The items feature brief dialog and one liners with recurring punchlines. Notable bits include a boy counting aloud, a ten shilling find, and a barrelling man mistaken for a poker player.
A unnamed American tourist searching for a nickel in a public phone booth at a Fort Erie hotel dropped a diamond bracelet and two rings from her purse. She reached Niagara Falls before realizing the loss and Bell of Toronto returned the gems to a room clerk. She offered a $10 reward for Bell.
Blackfoot Stony and Sarcee leaders push to double prize money for best dressed Indians, parade participants, and races. Teepee grants would rise to $15, with chiefs and participants paid draft wages and allowances. Officials estimate Stampede week costs near $4,000, while tribes demand a larger share of profits.
In Mary Garden’s heyday she lavished money on her father who never refused a request. After the stock crash he refused to aid her. He later died having saved every dollar she gave him and left it to her, showing he warned her to save.
In Green Bay Wisconsin a burglar faced extra prison time after weather records helped reclassify the crime from night to day burglary. Police noted the house was entered around eight o clock but sunset that day was 7 47 PM making the act daytime under law.
Quotations on reading by Bacon Osborn Sydney Smith and Macdonald emphasize choosing best books for growth. Scriptural reading is tied to discernment and demonstration, while scripture prompts inquiry into eternal life. A lawyer asks how to inherit life and is urged to read the law.
About 160000 honey bees are needed to produce one pound of honey. Half collect nectar while the other half fan wings to evaporate water and carry out hive tasks.
Nebraska physicians Dr. Ruth Leverton and Dr. George Clark report in JAMA that six weeks old babies can start meat as a protein rich supplement. In a Nebraska trial fourteen infants received strained meat daily, increasing formula protein by about 25 percent and improving infants' condition and sleep.
Report notes Sable Island earned the nickname Graveyard of the Atlantic for shipwrecks nearby. Described are wild horses descended from survivors of wrecks, living on rough grazing and fresh water, proving survival in harsh coastal desolation.
The 163 foot schooner Morn ing Star VI carries Bibles and leaves Boston for the Marshall and Caroline Islands. Natives have welcomed five prior ships from this port since 1856, signaling continued missionary outreach.
Three long range electronic beacons are to be built on the North American Arctic rim by the United States and Canada to permit aircraft navigation. Stations at Point Barrow Alaska Campbell Lake Canada and Victoria Island will aid electronic receivers to determine position enabling across the pole hops to Europe. The system ends a vast navigation blackout over northern Canada and extends range northward from Canada into Finland and Europe.
Men and management of the Lancashire cotton trade press Sir Stafford Cripps for action as the menace of cheap Japanese cotton, produced by cheap Japanese labor, grows daily greater.
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