Value of Canada's Dairy Products Near Mineral Production
A 1928 government statistics report details dairy output in Canada. It records dairy product value at 297,625,347 dollars with butter and milk leading production. The report traces dairying history from Champlain to modern factories and notes 2,833 active dairy plants and over 286,000 supplying farmers.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Samuel de Champlain
France
Quebec
Acadia
Nova Scotia
United States
Ontario
Insect War Resumes Against Ravaging Pests
Dominion Department of Agriculture plans intensive campaigns for 1930 targeting field crop pests such as grasshoppers wheat stem sawfly wireworms and cutworms plus forest pests like aphids on maples willows and elms the spruce spidermill and forest tent caterpillar. The Publications Branch offers bulletin information on these pests.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
A Trial Garden Plot for Floriculture Novelties
A garden tip encourages dedicating a small trial space to test new flower introductions. Buy small seed packages from reliable firms, plant in a prepared plot, and follow directions to judge which novelties merit a place in your beds. These plants promise growing interest and early blooms.
Made Him Too Good
A neighbor recalls Jimmy son next door with a lonely mood on his porch. He explains Billie got a spanking and behaves well briefly after. A mother cautions Eric not to go far, while he notes his father is far out at sea with life insurance.
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J Jimmy
Billie
Eric
Spring jacket dress idea for sports and street wear
The jacket dress showcases a versatile Spring idea in black silk crepe and tweed options. It features a long-waisted bodice with an eggshell crepe inset and black bows, with sleeves optional. Available fabrics include tweed browns, harmonizing browns, and printed silks in greens, blues, and purples. Pattern Style No. 3234 offers sizes 16 to 42 inches bust and costs 25 cents.
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Independence
Deputy Minister Resigns to Join Beauharnois Company
Henry, previously Deputy Minister of Railways and Canals and former Director of Economics at Canadian National Railways, resigns to become Vice-President and General Manager of Beauharnois Light Heat and Power Company. He will stay on the National System Board, bringing deep knowledge of company affairs.
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Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Company
Henry
Canadian National Railways
National System
Genuine mummy Wheat Claim From Pyramid Finds
Real mummified wheat is in the possession of Professor Melchers of Kansas State Agricultural College after two years in the Nile Valley. He believes the seed, taken from pyramids and aged about five millennia, is genuine though a red oxidized seed shows dust when pressed. He warns fake mummies colored to deceive tourists do exist.
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Melchers
Kansas State Agricultural College
Nile Valley
Ministry of Agriculture
Pyramids
Pyramid of
Sakhara
Live Fox Exports Rise From Prince Edward Island In 1929
Live foxes were shipped abroad in 1929 from Prince Edward Island, Canada, showing a rise from 1928. Germany imported 759, Sweden 669, Norway 305, United States 379, Russia 131, England 142, and other nations plus Canadian provinces ordered 2,731 foxes, led by Quebec with 2,249.
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Prince Edward Island
Canada
Garden Island
Germany
Norway
United States
Sweden
England
Russia
France
Holland
Finland
Belgium
Scotland
Czecho-Slovakia
Labrador
Quebec
Experimental farms nationwide under Dominion government
The Dominion Government currently operates 28 experimental farms. Quebec has six sites, British Columbia four, Alberta four, Saskatchewan four, Ontario three, Manitoba two, Nova Scotia two, Prince Edward Island two, and New Brunswick one.
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Quebec Province
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Coke Production in Canada Widens Across Provinces
Canada produces coke mainly from bituminous coal with small amounts from petroleum distillation. Coke from coal or petroleum is now produced in almost every province of the Dominion.
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Canada
Dominion
Alaskan Coastline Longer Than Earth’s Equator Loop
The coastline of Alaska measures far longer than the equatorial circumference of the Earth, highlighting the vast irregularities of coastlines and the influence of fjords in total shore length.
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Alaskan
Travellers Tales Declares World Trivia From Inns and Outs
Wm. M. Myers cites assorted traveler trivia from Inns and Outs including Bologna older than Rome, Lake Lucerne cross shaped, lyre birds barking, Aleppo built over an ancient city, Gulf of Lions named for lions, and other odd facts. The piece references San Diego as oldest California city, Pitcairn Island inhabitants, Mardi Gras meaning Wednesday, and Innocent Popes.
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Bologna
Italy
Rome
Lucerne
Switzerland
New South Wales
Aleppo
Syria
Gulf of Lyons
Mediterranean
India
San Diego
California
Philippine Islands
Pitcairn Island
Pacific
Australia
South America
Vevey
Lousiana
Florida
Innocent
Kansas
New York
Maine
Holland
Ignorance of One's Country in London Tourists and Proximity
Kipling notes many Englishmen have never visited England’s famed relics such as the Tower of London Westminster Abbey and St Pauls. Foreign visitors plan and dream of such visits while locals overlook them, a phenomenon he links to proximity and familiarity. He extends the reflection to Canada.
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Rudyard Kipling
England
St. Paul's Cathedral
Shakespeare
Stoke Poges
Gray
London
Glasgow
Canada
Boy questions paying church dues in future life
A mother and her small son discuss religion the boy asks if he must owe a preacher when he grows up. The mother answers yes if he wants to, and the boy agrees he will attend church all his life stating it’s harder to sit still than to stand and holler.
County Health Unit Plan For the Health of Rural Canada
The piece urges subsidized County Health Units to protect rural health. It notes government funding plans, compares urban and rural health care, and cites Quebec’s progress with rural units reducing deaths from general causes, tuberculosis and infant mortality. It argues health is a national asset and calls for immigrant support.
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Rural
Canada
House of Commons
Dominion
Quebec
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Beauce County
Record Of Performance Dairymen In Canada 1927 28 29
Twenty first report of the Canadian Record Of Performance For Pure bred Dairy Cattle issued by the Dominion livestock branch covers years 1927 1928 and 1929. It lists every animal on the honour roll to November 1929 with class group indexing and owner access. Includes standards registration rules and regulations.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Not Much For Surplus
A 1929 analysis of the Frisco lines shows the typical rail dollar divided among labor 43.43 cents fuel 5.6 cents materials and supplies 14.0 cents taxes 5.65 cents interest 13.61 cents and other costs 7.0 cents. Only 10.98 cents remain for dividends and surplus.
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Frisco
Prince of Wales In Bechuanaland Hunting Grounds Stop
An amusing record describes the Prince of Wales in Bechuanaland as he strolls with friends at Maha labye platform. White visitors recognize him while native vendors yell with offers of skins neck laces and carvings. Grandmother and Betty add domestic humor about a kitchen ette.
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Prince of Wales
Mahalapye
Bechuanaland
Sunday School Lesson on Bearing False Witness
A Sunday school scene features a teacher and seven year old Nettie explaining false witness. Nettie reframes the concept with a humorous misstatement about nobody doing anything and someone telling it, highlighting a child’s literal interpretation.
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Nettie
Post Office Money Order Inquiry Sparks Ethnic Bias Incident
A postal clerk asks for the sender’s given name from a money order recipient and answers with a prejudice stating the payer “hasn’t got one, he’s a Jew.” The exchange highlights anti Semitic bias in a customer service setting.
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Gutierrez
Madrid
Ww. N. U
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Annebelle Worthington
Winnipeg
Calog
McDermot Ave
R.A. C. Henry
Traveller's Tales
Wm. M. Myers
New York Evening World
Carl Ben Eielson
Siberia
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Betty
Diver
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