Shellmouth Dam foundation tests underway near Russell
Test fill for the Shellmouth Dam foundation sits below the confluence of the Shell and Assiniboine rivers, 15 miles northwest of Russell. PFRA scientists install piezometers and instruments to study soils and settlement while planning a 4000 foot long by 75 foot high dam. The project, split with a diversion channel near Portage la Prairie, is a joint Canada Manitoba effort to control floods and aid agriculture, with PFRA engineering guiding the shellmouth structure and provincial land work advancing reservoir lands in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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Shellmouth
Assiniboine
Russell
Pfra Soil Mechanics
Portage la Prairie
Manitoba
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
Anada Department of Agriculure
Saskatchewan
PFRA
Winnipeg
Regina
Pfra Land Division
Disease Discovery Ends Pasture Bloat In Cattle
A Canadian Department of Agriculture scientist links a protein in legumes, known as Fraction 1 or 18S protein, to causing highly viscous foams in rumen that trap gases, bloating cattle. Research explores how foam forms depend on rumen acidity saliva protein amount and varies with species maturity weather, guiding bloat prevention and feed strategies.
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Canada Department of Agriculture
MEA
Clear Lake Aire
Wheat on Stubble in Western Canada A Climate Gamble
The piece analyzes 1964 wheat on stubble versus summerfallow across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It highlights yields from six years and soil moisture depths required for seeding in different soil types, noting stubble yields roughly two thirds of summerfallow and urging moisture reserves as a key factor for sowing decisions. Local stations advise minimum moisture depths before seeding depending on soil type amid a favorable export outlook prompting many farmers to consider stubble seeding.
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Bar Jey St UK
Prairie Provinces
Ab’ Berta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Swift Current
Get In Line The Get In Line! Harris Urges Reform
A UK report warns central and local governments can trample individual rights for a perceived good. It cites Ottawa officials pushing a social insurance number regime as an example where all workers must register, insured or not, with threats of a 500 fine or six months in jail for noncompliance.
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Ottawa
Allan MacEacher
Ent
Laymentsurance Division
Labor Department
Srs
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