Insects Fight for Existence as 15000 New Kinds Found Yearly
Dr. S A Neave of the Imperial Institute of Entomology details humanity’s endless war against insects. He notes 1000 new insect genera and 15000 new specimens emerge each year, and describes how useful species combat harmful ones. A new reference work Nomensclator Zoologicus will catalog generic names, three years in the making.
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S. A. Neave
Imperial Institute of Entomology
London
Dr. Neave
Africa
Neave
Linnaeus
The Cost Of Raising Turkeys On Prairies At Scott Sask
Turkeys can be raised at the Dominion Experimental Station in Scott Saskatchewan with six seasons of satisfactory results. Artificial hatching and brooding, careful feed and fuel records show costs per bird rarely exceed one dollar for fuel and feed when grain is about one cent per pound. Natural incubation is feasible for small flocks, and turkeys offer economical meat production with higher sale prices than many other meats, while pigs require 300 to 400 pounds of grain per hundred pounds of pork.
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Dominion Experimental Staton
Scott, Sask
Turkey
Health Plan For B C Outlined For Future Session
A draft health insurance plan for British Columbia was explained to the provincial legislature by Hon. G. M. Weir. It aims to provide public discussion and input from all parties. The plan would establish a system to protect those unable to budget for health services or income loss due to illness.
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British Columbia
G. M. Weir
Islanders Receive Royal Gift at Tristan da Cunha
The King and Queen of England sent gifts to Tristan da Cunha, easing life for 172 island residents. Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Australia faced rough seas, deploying lifeboats to deliver 17 tons of supplies and royal bounty ashore.
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England
Tristan da Cunha
Empress of
Australia
Japanese Women Enter Nursing Without Social Stigma
Miss S G White of St Luke's International Medical Centre Tokyo says Japanese young women can join the nursing profession without damaging social standing. She arrived in Toronto and will study methods in Toronto, Toronto and New York, as director of the nursing school at the Centre.
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S. G. White
St. Luke's International Medical Centre
Tokyo
Japan
Toronto
Torents
New York
Seed and Lawn Care Principles for Canadian Gardens
The article stresses choosing seed suited to Canadian conditions and soil tilth. It outlines sowing times for vegetables and starting some in hot beds, plus lawn seed mix composition and preparation steps. Emphasis on soil leveling, germination, and careful mowing once grass reaches two inches.
Cucumber Bargain at Nursery Garden Auction
Sandy bargains with a gardener over cucumbers paying five pence then tuppence. He agrees to take a cucumber for tuppence and promises to return in about a fortnight. The piece notes many varieties of butter and cheese.
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Sandy
Gardener
Cambridge hen bred from Canadian Barred Plymouth Rocks
Canada contributed to a new Cambridge hen developed at Cambridge University by Dr R C Punnet and associates using Canadian Barred Plymouth Rock stock from UBC. The breed, Barred and Golden Cam bars, lays large coloured eggs and produces sex identified chicks at birth, aiding the poultry industry.
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Canada
Cambridge University
England
Spectator
Cambridge
R. C. Punnet
University of British Columbia
Hamilton Native Sons form group to prove Canadian authorship
The article reports claims by a Tennessee resident that the song When You and I Were Young Maggie was written by George W. Johnson of Canada. A committee is formed to prove Johnson as lyricist and composer, noting he taught in Glanford Ontario and Maggie Clark is linked to the heroine. Spain plans to lend nearly 14 million dollars to small farmers at low rates.
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United States
Tennessee
Maggie
Hamilton
Canada
George W. Johnson
Johnson
Glanford
Ont
Maggie Clark
Spain
Fruit and Vegetable Canning Industry in Canada Growth
The Canadian fruit and vegetable processing industry rose about 16 percent from 1923 to 1933 as canning and preserving expanded. Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec lead canning with apples pears plums peaches cherries currants blueberries raspberries strawberries apricot loganberry and vegetables like tomatoes peas corn beans beets carrots and more. Canning runs June to October peaking in July to September, enabling year round access to canned produce and shifting seasonal food patterns.
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Dominion
Ontario
British Columbia
Quebec
Times Reports Soviet Russia Seen by Great Powers
The London Times, long conservative, has sent a staff correspondent to Moscow for the first time in 17 years since the Bolshevik revolution. The move follows Europe's armament crisis and Eden's Moscow negotiations for the Russian government.
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Europe
Russia
London Times
the Times
Moscow
Anthony Eden
Clouds and Filters Improve Landscape Photos
John van Guilder explains how to photograph clouds in landscapes using filters that block ultraviolet light and pass green or green plus red. He details exposure factors, yellow sky filters, and a two half filter for sky and ground, noting silver linings in clouds.
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John van Guilder
Forest riches and canine lore in early Canada
Early Canadian exploration notes describe native dogs used for hunting and the vast forest wealth of the Dominion. Canada’s forests cover 1,155,900 square miles, about 32.8 percent of the land, with over half accessible for timber and a merchantable timber stumpage value exceeding 1.7 billion dollars. The forest industry supports 244,000 jobs and 250 million in wages annually.
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Dominion
Ottawa
Canada
Trawler Brings Odd Black Fish With Tentacles To Boston
A trawler Tide of Boston hauled in a bizarre twenty inch oval black fish south of Sable Island. Described by the U S Bureau of Fisheries as among the strangest seen, it has a five inch head appendage with about a dozen umbrella like tentacles that glow at tips to lure prey. The creature lacks eyes and scales and is covered in quill like matter. Captain Valentine Meade reported the haul at the Boston fish pier.
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United States Bureau of Fisheries
Department
Boston Fish Pier
Boston
Valentine Meade
Sable Island
Jews Prove Good Settlers
The Jewish Agricultural Society reports high retention of Jewish families on farming land from 1929 to 1933 with averages ranging from 63 to 100 percent. Causes of attrition include wife dissatisfaction illness death lack of capital dissension and economic distress.
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United States
Jewish Agricultural Society
Perseverance Illustrated By A Teacher And A Boy
A teacher asks what can carry a man over varied terrains to illustrate the word perseverance. A boy responds that there isn’t such a car, highlighting a humorous misdirection in a classroom example.
Comet Halley Speed Varies With Distance From Sun
The speed of Halley's Comet changes from 24 miles per second at its closest approach to the sun to under 1 mile per second when it is farthest away.
Meteorological Observer Ad Sparks Applicant Comment
A job advertisement for a meteorological observer prompts one applicant to recall his claim I saw a meteor once. The remark highlights casual interest sparked by the posting and lends a quirky note to a practical recruitment detail.
Germany Expands Fish Day to Tuesday and Friday
Germany adopts a two day fish intake policy with Tuesday and Friday designated as fish days to promote seafood consumption among the public. The plan aims to support sustainable fishing and improve dietary habits nationwide.
Dustless Highways Planned for British Columbia
Hon. Frank M. Mac Pherson told the Automobile Club of Vancouver that a definite start is assured this year on extending hard surfaced, dustless highways. He noted BC has 19 800 miles to maintain versus Quebec 16 000, with BC’s maintenance vote at 1 500 000 while Quebec had 11 000 000 available.
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British Columbia
Frank M. MacPherson
Automobile Club of Vancouver
MacPherson
Ontario
Quebec
Alexander Mackenzie
Simon Fraser
Pacific Ocean
Mr. MacPherson
Columbia Proves Pleiades Move as One Stellar Family
Columbia University researchers present photographic proof that the Pleiades cluster is a single family of stars. While only six are visible to the eye, over 400 stars in the group travel together in the same direction, forming a bound stellar stream.
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Columbia University
Columbia
Space balloon life support advances enable sustained high altitude travel
Science enables a man to live with reduced strain in rarefied space by removing carbon dioxide, adding oxygen, and regulating temperature and humidity. Observations suggest that thin pastures for sheep promote finer wool grades, while thick lush grass favors coarser wool.
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B.C
Gordon L. Smith
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Cloud Pictures
Mexico
Hudson Bay
Charlevoix
Germany
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