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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 15, 1960
Page
7
A test compares allaash ration with pelleted concentrate and whole grain. Egg production shows no difference, but all mash costs 0.4 pounds per dozen. Pelleted concentrate with whole grain yields 0.1 units larger eggs, tradeoff by feed cost and egg grades.
The Canadian National Railways, soon fully dieselized, operates 2024 diesel locomotives across 24000 miles of transcontinental lines. Regional motive power control bureaux at Winnipeg Toronto and Moncton connect by a linked communications system and track every locomotive around the clock.
City police in Edmonton formed a posse February 12 to chase two rustlers who stole a life-size model Holstein cow from a display at the Alberta Dairymen's Association Annual Convention. Hotel staff reported the men entered, claimed they came for the cow, grabbed the $350 model, and exited as the doorman held the door.
Canada produced 427.8 billion cubic feet of natural gas in 1959, a gain of over 25 percent from 1958 led by expanding fields and new wells across Alberta and Saskatchewan with strong output from major producers.
Clifford Downing, famed maker of women’s sweaters, tours North America from Montreal to New York predicting a shift to classic and dress-maker styles. V-neck cardigans with soft collars may lead, cashmere demand rising, college girls reducing purchases, and a preference for Made in Hawick Scotland labels.
Ernie Bear greets with open arms in a line drawing puzzle. The task asks to connect dot 1 to dot 2 and beyond to complete the figure while noting a seven step word ladder changing one letter at a time to transform TOWN into CITY without rearranging letters.
A garbled text sample presents a string of playful questions and misspelled words. The piece reads like a parody of a quiz with lines about going to bed removing items, drawing bigger items, asking questions, and luggage in the back. It resembles a playful but unclear riddle set.
A University of British Columbia team led by Dr. Sidney Friedman and his wife Dr. Constance Friedman investigates how salt handling in cells relates to blood pressure. They use a sodium sensitive glass electrode developed from aluminum-modified glass to monitor cellular sodium shifts, aiming to link hormones from the pituitary and adrenal glands to blood pressure changes and explore potential treatments.
A group of 14 unlicensed magazine salesmen posing as university students are under police inquiry in Regina. The Better Business Bureau suspects they may be the same individuals checked by a Winnipeg licence inspector. The bureau warns citizens not to buy from such sympathetic but illicit sellers. A member said the group started in Montreal and planned stops in Moose Jaw after Regina.
Appealing cut out ducks may be used as toys or lawn novelties. Pattern 258 provides actual-size cutting and painting, plus a smaller duck design and wheelbarrow directions. The four full-size patterns in Furnishings and Toys for Small Children Packet 61 are all for $1.70. Home Workshop Patterns, at P.P.L., 4433 West Std Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
The Iroquois at St. Regis Que produce about 20 000 hand made lacrosse sticks annually. Roughly half are sent to the United States while many are sold in England where lacrosse is popular in girls schools.
The earliest Egyptian script is described as hieroglyphica or picture writing, highlighting its pictorial form used in inscriptions aboard monuments and tombs.
A. H. Hart, CNR vice-president of traffic, told the Canadian Fruits and Vegetables Wholesalers Association annual meeting that container use will speed service and cut costs for future fruit and vegetable distribution. He described container developments in Canada, the U S, and Britain and noted predictions that containerization could revitalize railroads. The CNR is exploring mechanical refrigerator cars and testing zero degree cooled cars, along with heated box cars for vegetables.
Bob Shaw and Kel Young spotted a coyote near a bluff north of the golf course. Kel used a 25-06 rifle to shoot the animal from 673 yards away, a distance described as over one-third of a mile. The Guide notes the feat amid quiet humor about wolves and luck.
Mrs. A. Hudson of Innisfail reports a New Hampshire pullet laid an egg shaped like a horseshoe. She notes hens sometimes lay shellless or unusually large or oddly formed eggs, but this horseshoe egg tops them all.
In 1959 Canadian steel mills produced 5.8 million ingot tons, up 36 percent from 1958 and 12 percent above the previous 1956 peak, signaling a strong expansion in the industry.
A vintage advertisement promotes Anne Adams Pattern 4906 with a slim casual ensemble featuring a tucked top and an eight gore skirt in various fabrics. Available in women’s sizes 36 through 50, it requires five yards of 39 inch fabric for size 36 and includes printed directions. Send 50 cents in coins to Anne Adams Pattern Dept at 60 Front Street, Toronto.
In Milton, 400 to 500 people participate in Scout and Guide activities. There are 14 groups including three Cub Packs, three Scout troops, three Brownie Packs and three Guide troops plus Ranger and Rover units. Leaders and committees donate countless hours, echoing Baden-Powell's idea that education should teach how to live and foster goodwill and cooperation for a better country and world.
A Toronto columnist argues against dismissing fluoride opponents as crackpots or dimwits. He asserts free speech requires respecting minority views, even when expert opinion favors fluoridation, noting that governing relies on a mix of expert advice and ordinary judgment in a democratic society.
A historic search unfolds across laboratories hospitals and clinics as researchers tackle heart disease the leading killer in Canada last year claiming about 65 000 lives and disabling 300 000 more. The article contrasts funding with Valentinega tributes and calls for greater investment in heart research.
A cigarette left alight in bed can cause fatal fires affecting the smoker and others. advise smoking only with supervision or a metal tray nearby when ill and in upholstered furnishings, and to avoid smoking while tired or alone without precautions.
Thomas Edmondson station master of Lancaster invented the railroad ticket system in 1836, pioneering standardized ticketing and station practices that shaped early railway commerce and passenger travel. His innovation reflected growing railway expansion in England during the era.
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