Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 11, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba The province Winnipeg free press october Page 2 Julian provincial editor Winkler project altering Joose Breeds by Gladys Terichow special to the free press Winkler some of the most innovative geese Breeding programs in North America Are being conducted on an area the programs Are the brainchild of Gordon of who is applying technology used in Chicken and Turkey Breeding to develop new strains of Mcnabb worked in the Federal agriculture departments poultry production Branch for 35 years before taking Early retirement last year to act As a consultant for the newly incorporated Pembina Goose breeders International a subsidiary of Pembina poultry packers in Mcnabb has worked with Pembina poultry packers since 1981 to help upgrade Breeding Stock and enhance meat and Feather uniform Bird Hes proud of past weve made big gains in developing a uniform Bird with High egg production and using those lines to mate with Birds gives us a Good commercial now he is crossbreeding to develop a broiler Goose to compete with poultry if i can develop the Goose i it will take he that what i find so exciting about this in actually developing Birds that didst exist Mcnabb says geneticists at the agriculture departments research station in Ottawa Are using Only one while he is crossing three or four the broiler in developing will be further advanced than the one in his Breeding programs involve seven pure strains and numerous i dont know of any american breeder that has five different strains of Emblem four of the purebred strains used were developed Here and several others have been it takes four years of selection to purify a Mcnabb he said Hes not sure whether his broiler will be a pure Strain or a but Hes hoping to develop a Bird that will reach Market weight in nine he should be Able to Purchase his Bird in three Mcnabb is also excited about another Breeding program that he Hopes will have developed an Early maturing Bird reaching Market weight in 14 in the next week or Birds will be tested for marketability at 14 fat or feathers if they make Grade we will have made a big he adding his enthusiasm is somewhat dampened by the fact Feather buyers prefer 18to 20weekold Birds and Pembina poultry packers has More markets for feathers than we Are trying to develop a Bird that has less but that is very difficult because a Goose is a he the Only Way we can have less fat is to develop an earlier Market but then you have the problem with the Pembina Goose breeders capable of hatching to eggs a and the research farm Are located Southwest of Birds Are raised on six Manitoba five in the Region and one in Mcnabb said Canada produces More than half of All geese raised in North America and Manitoba raises 93 per cent of Canadian deaths migrating Birds take to the skies As Bill executive director of the fort Whyte Centre for environmental approaches with Barley to going South feed about Canada geese and 700 Mallard ducks Are using the Centre As a staging area for their trip South As they sense the approach of top court rejects appeals in beating of elderly Man Manitoba highest court yester Day dismissed appeals by two men who brutally beat and robbed a sleeping Eriksdale Lawrence and Chris Gopher filed the appeals after being convicted of aggravated assault and robbery last March in an attack on 73yearold Erik Sid Sidwall was beaten into unconsciousness As he slept in his Remote Eriksdale farm House on july a partially empty bottle of whisky and were taken from the the victim spent 23 Days in Hospi Tal after the incident and required plastic surgery to reconstruct smashed Bones in his Swan and Mclean were each sentenced to five years in during yesterdays de Fence lawyer David acting for argued unsuccessfully that too much emphasis was placed on the crowns key Howard who had been with the two men at the time of the lawyer Dave represent ing Chris suggested to the three member Manitoba court of Appeal panel his client had been wrongly despite a Lack of both arguments were appeals of the sentences Are to be heard by the court Grain scientists suggest Farmers Pepper crops with Salt to increase yields by Bill Redekop Farmers May want to Sprinkle a Little Salt on their wheat crops next scientists have discovered like the human plants need but not too its not often a new Plant nutrient that been Jay a soil science professor at North Dakota state universe its like discovering a new cure for a its what scientists dream scientists have discovered Salt is a Plant nutrient that increases wheat yields up to 10 per and fortifies plants against As Salt increases a plants ability to hold the same Way it causes the human body to retain the Salt slows water evaporation within Plant Plant nutrient its not quite or sodium chlo but granular data has been available since the 1950s showing that Chloride improves Plant but re searchers had always attributed the Plant response to the potassium in Potash fertilizers potassium chlo Only in the last five years have researchers begun to realize that Chloride is a Plant nutrient in its own it has already demonstrated it can suppress diseases such As Leaf Tan spot and septoria in Spring wheat in South Dakota Root rot and spot Blotch in North Dakota Barley Down mildew afflicting Millet in Dave free press India and Grey Leaf spot disease in Coconut Palm Trees in the Philip crops shown to Best respond to Chloride include potatoes and Salt has produced positive results in at least 15 Foliar and Root diseases in 10 differ ent closer to the University of Manitoba began its first Field trials with Chloride this but the results were disappoint said Don director of the u of is school of while the analysis is not yet Fin from a visual standpoint there was Little to distinguish Between plants with Chloride fertilizer and those platen it really left us scratching our were still feeling our Way around in the dark with he goos offers a reason Why the u of m trials showed lacklustre re that happens with some years you get lots of some years you no one knows Why the response is so but the Good news is that Chloride remains Active in soil longer than other fertilizers and will give responses for two or three i think Farmers would tolerate a that is if the soils Are deficient in As Are an estimated 60 per cent of Manitoba coastal areas receive Large amounts of Chloride in due to the influence of the the red River Valley also has High Chloride Levels because of Salt depos its in the ground left Over from the old beaches of Lake but the rest of the province is generally and receives less than one Pound per acre of Chloride in a years said who ran tests on Manitoba soils for the u of our testing found Manitoba soils went from 100 pounds per acre of to virtually he research has also shown that not All crops respond Well to for Chloride was blamed for wiping out some soybean crops in and for reducing soy bean yields in soil tests urged and for City its Likely their soils already have a High concentration of Green foliage left Over on gardens is another source of any Plant harvested Green is very High in and that keeps recycling into said Paul director of the Potash and phosphate Institute in for its Handy to know that Chloride is already available because its contained in Potash Fer goos suggests Farmers who May want to use Chloride first have their soil he suggests farm ers ensure they have More tradition Al and use Chloride Only to Popup nutrient if youre looking for an extra 10 per cent they could try chlo but its not As important As nitrogen or phosphate he Fixen adds that the research is still quite new to oneyear three goos South Dakota research estimates Chloride fertilizer can produce a return on wheat of to for every Dollar researcher Ramona Mohr studies effects of Salt on classified death of of Winni husband of Anastasia dem Andrew of husband of Ruth widow of Bob of no John of husband of Mildred 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