Seed Treatment For Cereal Smuts And Alaska Reindeer Industry
Seed treatment aims to curb smut diseases in wheat oats and barley to prevent seed loss and dockage. The piece outlines multiple treatments including hot water copper carbonate dust copper sulfate and formalin with cautions on efficacy and method. It also discusses Alaska’s reindeer grazing industry expanding since 1967 with meat exports rising and a projected sustainable herd of about four million given grazing limits.
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Camara
Alaska
Russia
American Trust Review of the Pacific
United States
Apartment of Commerce
Seward
Fairbanks
Bureau of Biological Survey
Major H G L Strange Reelected Canadian Seed Growers Head
Major H G L Strange of Fenn Alberta, winner of the 1923 world wheat championship at Chicago, was reelected president of the Canadian Seed Growers Association for 1927 28 at the Victoria British Columbia annual meeting. He came to Alberta in 1919 after being gassed in the Great War and took a farm of acres. The world wheat prize has been won by Canadian farmers 14 times in 16 years of the competition.
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H. G. L. Strange
Fenn
Alberta
Chicago
Candles Light Old George Tavern Relics of Dickens
The George Tavern in London preserves Dickens era relics including photographs of London. Rooms feature large four poster beds and the building is noted as the only remaining inn with an open wooden balcony along the bedroom windows.
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George
London
Charles Dickens
Canadian Wheat Exports Reach 16.36 Million Tons
Canada ships 7.1 million tons of export wheat, about 70 percent of production, with prairie wheat pools accounting for 5.16 million tons of that total in the previous year.
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Canada
Prairie Wheat Pools
Poultry Expert Urges Simple Chick Rearing Method
A poultry expert argues against excessive fussing with chicks and promotes a simple feeding system. Central Experimental Farm tests show good results with a constant mash in hopper feeding from 48 hours old, plus water milk fine grit oyster shell and greens. As chicks age they receive light scratch grain and growing mash, with crushed oats added later. heat and range access are emphasized.
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Central Experimental Farm
Canadian Cattle for England Sparks Welsh Trade Group
The Canadian Trade Commissioner at Bristol notes the formation of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Cat te Suoporters' Association Limited to import Canadian store and fat cattle. The body unites nineteen meat traders' associations in the region.
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Bristol
South Wales and Monmouthshire
Catte Suoporters’ Association, Limited
Nesbitt wins creamery butter Sweepstakes at Brandon fair
JR Nesbitt of Shoal Lake Manitoba captured first in the creamery butter Sweepstakes at the Brandon summer fair with 2790.6 points. Campbell and Griffin of Calgary finished second as the Alberta entry scored 9.0.
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Western Canada
Nesbitt
Shoal Lake
Manitoba
Brandon
Campbell and Griffin
Calgary
Alberta
Whole or Crushed Oats for Horses Experimental Test
An experiment from June 16 to December 6 tracked four two horse teams at an experimental farm. One horse in each team ate whole oats while its mate received crushed oats, alternating weekly. Over 168 days whole oats yielded a net gain of 45 pounds. crushed oats produced a net gain of 25 pounds, suggesting little to no advantage to crushing oats for working horses.
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Animal Husbandry Division
Militarism in China Turns Peasants Into Locusts
The piece describes the shift to militarism in China, where the term soldier means misery for millions of peasants. It notes brutalized unpaid troops sweeping the countryside, confiscating cattle and crops, looting savings, and even tearing thatchers from roofs for firewood.
German battle cruiser Moltke raised after months of work
The 28 000 ton Moltke, scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919 and raised after months of effort, is floated and prepared for its final voyage to be beached at Cavasland. Earlier the Hindenburg was raised last August but sank again.
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Scapa Flow
Moltke
Hindenburg
Cavasland
Business Call Sparks Client Etiquette Clash
A tense exchange unfolds as Miss Ponson defends a routine business call while Mr Jones objects to her use of the term sweetskins toward clients, urging professional address in future communications. The overheard remark prompts questions about workplace decorum and client respect.
Health Education Drive Seen For Canadian Council
The Canadian Social Hygiene Council plans a three year program with about half a million dollars for health and hygiene promotion across Canada. Dr Bates says the aim is to assist official health bodies through education and research, expanding in Maritime provinces Quebec Ontario and the west with rural outreach and new regional hubs in Edmonton and Calgary.
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Baminlon
Bates
Canadian Social Hygiene Council
Torony
Domiinion
C.J. O Hastings
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Middle West
Northern Alberta Hygiene Council
Edmonton
Calgary
Alberta
Pacific Coast
Canada Tells Twine Demand for Grain Harvest
Garnet Le Lacheur of the Dominion Seed Branch cites a yearly twine need up to 80 million pounds for harvest. Five Canadian plants, Brantford the largest, produce most of the binder twine while imports flow from the United States Holland and Germany. Canada also exported about 1.01 million dollars in twine to Soviet Russia last year despite Russia's proximity to Germany.
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Canada
Garnet le Lacheur
Dominion Seed Branch
Dominion
Brantford
Empire
United States
Holland
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Alberta Premier Brownlee Heads to Old Country for Capital Inquiry
Premier J. E. Brownlee says he will travel to the Old Country to seek increased capital for Alberta and to confer with Herbert Greenfield in London about immigration and settlement. He will also explore larger markets for Alberta products and potential trade expansion.
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J. E. Brownlee
Old Country
Alberta
Herbert Greenfield
London
Canada Leads In Per Capita Health Insurance Costs
Canada records a per capita medical insurance outlay of about $500, a figure surpassed only by the United States. The data highlight the high level of health coverage spending in Canada compared with other nations.
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Canada
United States
The Canning Season Advances In Home Preservation
The Department of Agriculture Ottawa Division of Horticulture reports four main canning methods Cold Pack Fractional Intermittent Sterilization Open Kettle and Steam Pressure with guidance for apples berries pineapples asparagus spinach beans peas and more Jelly pickles and relishes are covered and storage tips emphasize cool dark dry conditions and variety based sugar needs.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Division of Horticulture, Experimental Farm
N.S
National Park Location in Manitoba Reconsidered
Representations by public bodies and boards of trade in Manitoba prompt the interior department to revisit where a national park should be placed. Public opinion favors Riding Mountains over the department’s eastern Manitoba plan, with provincial assent crucial for inauguration and funds already voted.
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Manitoba
Boards of Trade
Interior Department
Riding Mountains
Lethbridge to Build Hotel From Community Drive
The Board of Trade runs a drive that aimed for $170000 and raised $194200 for a new Lethbridge hotel. The shortfall will be funded by a mortgage to complete the quarter million dollar project.
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Lethbridge
Board of Trade
Sheep population surges in British Columbia grazing lands
British Columbia reports sheep numbers rising from 60 000 to 100 600 over two years. C EB Whit ney Griffiths secretary of the Advisory Board of Farmers Institute notes trillions of acres remain available for grazing.
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B.C
British Columbia
C. EB. Whitney Griffiths
Advisory Board of
Farmers Institute
Memory of License Number After Car Collision
A policeman asks the victim for the license number of the hit car. The victim recalls it as 426281 and notes a small blood spatter after the six.
Canadian Animals Tour to South Africa
Canadian animals travel with Porcupine pair leading a mixed caravan including a goose, bear cubs, coyote cubs, striped gophers, black squirrels, herons, and marmots. They arrive from Toronto aboard Canadian Pacific Express with 50 pounds each of frozen herring and cabbages for provisions while the cubs are fed mainly on bread.
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Toronto
Canadian Pacific Express
South Africa Flag Debate Sparks Imperial Ties Clash
Eric H. Louw speaks at the University of Chicago on South Africa’s flag bill and autonomy. He notes recognition of bilingual rights easing old tensions from the Hoer war though the flag issue still strains Briton ties and may go to referendum. Hertzog’s stance favors sovereign independence within or beside the Empire, while Smuts opposes secession.
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South Africa
Eric H. Louw
Canada
United States
Todd
University of Chicago
Louw
Harris Memorial Institute
Great Britain
Britain
Hertzog
England
General Smuts
Blind Watchmakers Two in England Who Are Clever At Their Trade
A historical note highlights blind watchmakers in England. It profiles a Holbeach Lincolnshire craftsman named Rippin who, though totally blind, disassembled and repaired delicate timepieces quickly and even identified stolen parts by touch. The piece also mentions Barnataple’s blind son raised to watchmaking and his skill in detecting faults other workers missed.
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England
Holbeach
Lincolnshire
Rippin
Barnataple
Monkeying with Private Notepaper In Office Fracas
An official confronts a desk theft claim as an office boy reports Mr Simpson, the window cleaner, noted writing a letter. The official rebukes casual misnaming and insists on proper address in the office. A visitor named Gent arrives moments later.
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Mr. Simpson
Winders
Jimmy
Highway Spending Across Canada in 1926
In 1926 Canada spent 45,562,000 on provincial highway work. Of this total 29,585,000 funded construction and 15,937,000 funded maintenance. The aggregate covered 46,824 miles of roads.
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Canada
Economists Urge Potatoes Over Rice in Japan Diet
Economists advocate substituting potatoes for rice as Japan faces a worsening food shortage due to rising population and limited cultivated land. Potatoes are proposed as a practical solution to ease the national diet while agricultural resources remain constrained.
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Japan
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Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Manton Agricultural College
China
Miss Ponsonby
National Park
Canadian Animals For
Zoological Authorities
Pretoria
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