Barefoot Girl in 20 Below Zero Highlights Labrador Mission
Photographs by Dr. Wilfred W. Grenfell document Labrador coast life from Ennlee to Englee. The Strathcona mission steamer serves fishermen, brings hospital care, and promotes the gospel of love through steady medical aid. Vice versa, Grenfell notes whites’ attachment to bare-rock homes and the appeal of gooses, ducks, and salmon.
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Cherub
Esquimaux
Myak
Willard T. Grenfell
Labrador
Ontario
Wilfred W. Grenfell
Laubrider
Royal National Mission
Ennlee
Newfoundland
Snuw House
Greenland
Br. Grenfell
Dr. Grenfell
Bliss Carman Named Editor of The Literary World
Bliss Carman becomes editor of The Literary World in the February number replacing Dr. Edward Abbott who held the chair since 1895. The review, founded in 1870, is trusted by readers and Carman is expected to uphold literary criticism traditions. A portrait of Carman is presented with his works connected to the publication. The Pipes of Pan, a new poetry series, was recently reviewed in Canadian papers.
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Literary World
Boston
Bliss Carman
Edward Abbott
Gilman
The
Review
Anecdote in Autobiography on Burns Encounter
Dr Cuyler recounts an Alloa Kirk sexton memory of meeting Robbie Burns while riding a road near the town. The sexton, with blue bonnet down and eyes to the ground, refused to greet Burns in reverent fear, saying he would not speak to the famed poet but would elsewhere greet any other man.
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Cuyler
Alloway Kirk
Burns
Quiy Aince
Nny Road
Sabbie Burns
Robbie Burns
Sobriety Tests: Varied Methods Across Britain and Scotland
The piece notes doctors disagree on when a man is drunk. In Scotland police demand fluent speech like Shoes and socks shock Susan. Edinburgh cites Burgess fish sauce shop tests. England uses chalk line walks and quirky phrases. The article links Blue Peter to partir from French.
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Scotland
Glasgow
Susan
Edinburgh
England
Preparing for Maple Sugar Next Spring in the Sugar House
An Ohio farm writer advises on readying wood, tanks, and buckets for sap season. Check wooden storage, paint, wash and scald buckets, and prepare covers. Build inexpensive metal covers from sheet iron, with a bent corner guide to fit spiles, enabling use without removing buckets.
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Ohio Far Mer
Ontario fairs and exhibitions report details 1902
The 1902 Ontario fairs and exhibitions report from the Department of Agriculture highlights the Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions meeting, agricultural acts guidance by Deputy Minister C C James, and an appendix on early farming societies. It emphasizes education over spectacle and reviews Whitby Model Fair plans and outcomes.
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Ontario
Department of Agriculture
Toronto
Canadian Association of Fairs
C. C. James
Agriculture and Arts
Whitby
Size of Seed Grain Important in English Experiments
English tests comparing large and small seed in wheat oats and beans show wheat yield near double with large seed. Oats show marked advantage for large seed while beans show little difference when land is well prepared. Fall grass seed can be sown very early even into the last of the snow.
The Fall Fair and Its Lasting Civic Influence
The piece extols annual fairs as powerful motivators for improving useful products and advancing local industry. It highlights the Canadian Associations of Fairs and Exhibitions second annual report, appreciating pioneer history, early agricultural societies, and the enduring courage of communities shaping civilization through fair culture.
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Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions
C. C. James
James
John
Hog Scalding Pan Improves Butchering In Indiana Farm
A Rural New Yorker correspondent describes a hog scalding pan used on an Indiana farm during butchering time. The pan replaces the old kettle method, holds water at the right temperature, and features flaring sides. Dimensions are given, and the one-piece bottom and ends are nailed to pine sides. The pan cost $4 and has been widely used by neighbors for ten years.
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New Yorker
Indiana
Petunia Seed Sowing for Early Flowering
Sow petunia seeds in shallow boxes with light sifted soil and gentle heat under glass. Keep moist and shade bright sun. Transplant later to pots and set in ground in May or June. For continuous blooms, sow in May in a cold frame or open ground with loamy soil and manure. Bone meal flour and wood ashes boost color and bloom.
Vermin and Livestock: Feeding Ticks and Lice Questioned
The note argues not to feed pests with livestock. if ticks or lice afflict cattle hogs horses or sheep the vermin must be controlled as well as the animals. It questions profitability of feeding pests and suggests removing them.
Agricultural Motor in Farm Work Shifts Labor Costs
British agriculturists adopt the agricultural motor for cutting, threshing, churning and chalkcutting. The Dan Albone designed machine, weighing about seventeen cwt with 30 gallons of cooling water, uses a friction clutch and rubber padded wheels to reduce noise and vibration. It attaches to mower, reaper, plough and more via a spring coupling for smooth operation on uneven ground, with the motor named fuel praised for simplicity and easy repair.
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Magazine of Commerce
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire
Dan Albone
Albone
Women Institutes Offer Valuable Ontario Insights
The 1901 Ontario Women's Institutes report highlights rising membership from 1602 to 3081 and attendance from 4650 to 16410, with locally produced papers by women on household science health and comfort. The free publication urges formation of institutes in all provinces sections and directs interested readers to contact the Superintendent of Farmers Institutes in Toronto.
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Province of
Ontario
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Basf
Farmers’ Institutes
Toronto
Treatment of Seed Oats to Prevent Smut
Reports from many quarters show successful seed oat treatment against smut. The method uses one to three ounces of oats spread on a floor, sprinkled, raked, re sprinkled, and repeated for three to four cycles until thoroughly wetted, then heaped with shovels for twenty four hours and finally spread to dry.
English Cheese Makers Bring Continental Flavors Home
The British Dairy Institute at Reading now produces Camembert Brie Pont l Eveque and Gruyere in England. Aiming to rival continental cheeses, Reading acquired the bacilli of foreign cheeses and, under instructor Mika Benson, details the process of culturing them in milk. The venture notes strong female participation among cheesemakers and highlights a Holstein prize winning in 1902.
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England
British Dairy Institute
Reading
Camembert
Brie
Pont l'Eveque
Gruyere
Dairy Institute
France
Normandy
Holland
Cheldar
Bacilli
Bueilli
Mika Benson
Veto Camembert
Mike
London Mail
Time to Prave What Is the Best Wine to Pre Fruit Trees
The best time to prune fruit trees is when the sap starts in early spring. In some places that should now. Trees needing pruning should be pruned at once for best results.
Hotbed Making Begins With Gardeners This Month
Gardeners begin hotbed making this month as warming weather spurs early seed trays and greenhouse prep. Local plots and nurseries report rising interest in early season starts and protected cultivation.
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Sumer
Grenfell
Esquinauk
Kyak
Canadian Post
Sobriety Testa
Jeave
Sugar Bush
Women's Institutes
Rettie Bros
Norwich
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