Western Canada Wheat Empire Drives Canadian Prosperity
The article credits Western Canada's prairie provinces with transforming the economy over the past two decades. Prairie output now anchors national business, powering railways, industries, and cities from Halifax to Vancouver. farm production surpasses all other sectors, reshaping Canada’s industrial profile and creating a vast agricultural empire in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ontario
Dominion
Halifax
Vancouver
Prairies
West
East
British Columbia
Prairie
Western
Great Lakes
Seaboard
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Cape Breton
Yukon
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada Forest Resources and Commerce Rise in Early 20th Century
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service in Ottawa reports Canada's forested areas rank second to agriculture among basic resources. Exports of wood, wood products and paper grew from 42 million in 1903 to about 268 million in 1923. Estimated forest land covers about 690 million acres, with 150 thousand bearing merchantable saw timber and 550 million board feet. Pulpwood stands reach 1.3 billion cords, of which 500.6 million are saw-timber size. Total timber stock is about 1.6 billion M feet, over 80 percent coniferous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Empire settlement plan with CN Railways aids British families
Colonial Secretary Thomas signs an agreement with Canadian National Railways to place 500 British settler families in Canada. Loans of 300 pounds per settler are guaranteed up to 50 percent loss, targeting married couples with agricultural experience who must bring about 200 pounds. First groups will settle 160 acre farms at Tisdale Saskatchewan, about 100 miles east of Prince Albert.
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Thomas
Empire Settlement Committee
Canadian National Railways
Canada
Great Britain
Tisdale
Sask
Prince Albert
Tread of Immigration Shifts to Eastern Canada Provinces
Immigration figures for the winter season show 40 975 arrivals from October to February with 34 730 from overseas and 6 065 from the United States. Ontario and Quebec receive large shares while western movement is expected to rise, and about 60 009 of 136 000 immigrants in 1922 settled in Ontario and the prairies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
United States
Prairies
Dominion
New marking system for cheese and butter under Dairy Act 1923
Circulars from the Dominion Department of Agriculture update how Canadian cheese and butter packages must be marked for inspection. Consecutive yearly numbering starts with No 1 for cheese vats and for butter churns, with weights, register numbers, and factory brand shown on each package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
J. A. Ruddick
Dairy and Cold Storage
Stingless bees plus other wonders join science displays
Beekeepers view a stingless Adel strain bee exhibited by E. J. Campbell of Tenino Washington. The honey gathering insect has no stinger and retreats when threatened, described as a safe playmate for children and a novelty alongside the spikeless cactus and seedless fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Campbell
Tenino
Wash
Campbell
Brute Maude and a Dream Talk at Evening Social
A dialogue from a Philadelphia Public Ledger excerpt shows Brute Maude and Bert discussing dreams and a young man named Doubleday with admiring remarks about his mouth and chin. Ethel comments on kissing, reflecting light gossip tone. Linen history notes its ancient Egyptian use and purity symbolism.
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Ethel
Doubleday
Myrtle
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Proper seeding rates for wheat oats and barley
The article warns against over seeding crops as thick stands mature faster and reduce grain weight. It cites a Ottawa Department of Agriculture guideline to sow 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 bushels per acre for wheat on good land with summer fallow, adjusting for season. Oats and barley follow 1 1/2 to 2 bushels per acre, depending on fall prep soil and seeding date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Radio stations complete in five western cities
Montreal headquarters reports railway network will run non commercial radio chain. W R Swift confirms arrangements for Winnipeg Saskatoon Regina Edmonton and Calgary completed leaving Vancouver as the final link in the transcontinental system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Vancouver
Canadian National Railways
Montreal
W. R. Swift
National
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Edmonton
Calgary
Mammoth Eggs Dream Nears Reality in Ontario Hen Yard
H Hayball of Stratford Ontario reports a Black Minorca laying an egg weighing one quarter of a pound. The egg measures nine inches around one way and seven inches the other. The owner promises a demonstration at any time to prove the seventh wonder in eggdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Hayball
Stratford
Ont
Orient representatives seek Canadian wheat for flour mix
In Calgary, Orient business representatives urged that Japan and especially China must have Canadian wheat to mix with other grains for flour. They noted large current imports of Canadian wheat and predicted shipments to the Orient would rise in the near future as they investigated prairie grain conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
China
Calgary
Prairies
Cornish Honey: Beekeepers Seek Aid to Compete with Imports
An expert praises Cornwall as ideal for honey and Cornish beekeepers appeal to the ministry of agriculture and local authorities for funds to hire an expert to tour the county. The aim is to inspire farmers and cottagers to improve production in face of cheap foreign honey imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
England
Ministry of Agriculture
Jruce
Western wheat traffic surges along Canadian Pacific route
Don Coleman, vice-president of western lines at Canadian Pacific, said Alberta wheat was now moving largely westward and even some Saskatchewan wheat followed that direction during an interview in Calgary, illustrating the routs’ rapid development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Coleman
Western Lines
Canadian Pacific Railway
Calgary
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Formation of Montreal Anti Tuberculosis League
An organization named the Anti Tuberculosis and General Health League is formed in Montreal. It will include clergy, industrial leaders, senators, members of parliament, and citizens. Lord Athelstan has provided $100000 to support the league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Lord Athelstan
Butter Shipped Via Panama Succeeds for Alberta Exports
Canadian trade commissioner Harrison Watson says Alberta butter sent to the United Kingdom via the Panama Canal has been satisfactory. In London four thousand boxes were forwarded in the fall by this route and consignors report savings over the eastern route.
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Alberta
Panama
Panama Canal
United Kingdom
Harrison Watson
London
Anglo-Saxon Nations Endorse Pacific Peace Vision
A Toronto Saturday Night editorial praises the exchange between King George and President Coolidge affirming Anglo American unity as a basis for world peace. It argues this official pledge strengthens civilian support for the League of Nations while urging broader, genuine global unity beyond blocs.
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Great Britain
United States
Fsme Howard
King George
Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
Bherch
League of Nations
League
British Empire
Toronto
German chemists claim solution to Athabasca tar sands
German chemists announce a breakthrough on the Athabasca tar sands and report purchase of tar sand areas along the Athabasca River. Two plants will be built one near the Northern River mining site and another in Edmonton for reduction and refining of bitumen. Dr. Ing C. Glenz and A Stroppel will visit Edmonton in May to decide plant locations.
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Athabasca
Edmonton
Ing C. Glenz
A. Stroppel
Alberta coal exports to Ontario under CN freight rates
Western Coal Alberta trade commissioner If Stutchburg reports that Alberta coal totaling 51 000 tons was shipped to Ontario last summer under CN freight rates. The sales saved about half a million Canadian dollars in circulation instead of being spent in the United States. Ontario and Alberta premiers push CN to keep a permanent low rate to boost eastern market distribution. Alberta miners earn a minimum wage of 46 59 per day, over twice what Nova Scotia miners earn.
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Alberta
Stutchburg
Ontario
C.N.R
Canada
United States
CNT
Nova Scotia
Border Cities Star
New Building Plate From Waste Paper and Clay
A Swedish engineer, Mr G P Brehmer, invents Bona Plate. The material uses waste paper and clay bonded with sulphate, made cheaply to lower building costs. Stockholm exchange message reports the process and claims lower price than existing materials.
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G. P. Brehm
Stockholm
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Natural Resources Bulletin
Empire Settlement Plan
Maude
Bert
C.N
Orient
Tar Sands
Western Coal
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