Ring rot in potatoes prompts disinfection and resistant varieties
Canada research outlines ring rot prevention through equipment disinfection and certified seed. Knife sanitation cuts infection risk, while fumigants and heat treatings reduce bag transmission. New disinfectants penetrate bags and cracks. resistant varieties like Teton and Merrimac show partial immunity but may still carry the disease.
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D.S. MacLachlan
Science Service Division
Canada Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Renfrew Victoria hospital board sets 1958 budget deficit
The Renfrew Victoria hospital board approved a 1958 budget showing a deficit of 11,444 against expected income of 26,955. Expenditures are estimated at 275,499 for 1958, versus 245,572 in 1957 and 231,069 in 1956, with depreciation of 12,000 not included. The Advance Renfrew Ontario January 2, 1957.
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Renfrew Victoria Hospital Board
Renfrew
Ont
Parrot Sets Off Holiday Scene With Finger Bite
In Bathurst New Brunswick Polly the parrot at a local household bit a visiting gentleman who shared a sip of wine. The bird perched, then attacked, biting his finger before collapsing briefly. Polly recovered and resumed chatting contentedly after the guest departed.
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Polly
Bathurst
New Brunswick
Record cattle sales at Western Stockyards Saskatoon in 1957
About 100,000 head of cattle and calves were marketed through Western Stockyards in Saskatoon in 1957, nearly 30 percent above the prior high. Farmers earned 12,700,113 for the livestock, a one third rise from 9,350,711 in 1956, with packing house purchases expected to lift district totals to around 17,000,000.
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Saskatoon
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National Film Board of Canada
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Montreal
Andre Lapointe
Andree Monette
Linda Miller
Little Diane Lamontagne
Snow-Shoers Club
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