Garnet Wheat Fares Well in Overseas Milling Tests
A Canada led study reports Garnet wheat shows strong milling qualities in tests by 6,700 bush overseas shipments to British and European millers. While blending with Manitobas alters behavior, Garnet milled alone or in blends yields good results, with some favoring separate market grading and possible price premiums.
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Prairies
Manitoba
Federal Department of Agriculture
United Kingdom
Newman
Great Britain
Canada
England
Kent- Jones
London
Not a Day Job The Dominion Botanist
H T Gus sow reports dusting wheat for rust control shows best dusting window is 6 to 9 pm. Evening air conditions permit efficient use of the dusting aeroplane and a uniform cover over swaths of 90 to 100 feet. Morning dusting on prairies is unsatisfactory and daytime spraying is rarely feasible.
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Dominion
H. T. Gussow
Winter Feeding System Outlined at Sask Stock Growers Meet
At the 18th annual Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association convention the winter feeding plan was introduced. The proposal describes distributing large herds into smaller groups among province ranchers, tracing back to a 1929 resolution and prior trials in Western Canada.
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Saskatchewan Stock Growers’ Association
Canada
Demand for muskrat pelts rises in Scotland markets
The growing popularity of musk rat coats in Scotland drives higher demand for muskrat pelts. A major wholesale manufacturer in Glasgow says it will require about 20 000 muskrat skins this year and is seeking quotations for large, well colored eastern Canada rats.
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Scotland
Glasgow
Eastern
Canada
Canadian Exports to France Rise in 1929
Canadian exports to France climbed in 1929 to 843,540,000 francs valued at over 33.5 million dollars, with weights rising from 357,141 tons in 1928 to 591,385 tons in 1929, indicating substantial growth in trade activity.
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France
Lilue Ethel Stages A Family Relic Question
Lilue Ethel asks if the mother is the nearest relative, and the mother affirms both that she is the closest kin and that the father is the closest. The dialogue centers on family relation and kinship.
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Lilue Ethel
Geological Survey mobilizes 58 field parties nationwide
The Canadian Government Geological Survey operates 58 field parties this year across the country to map mineral deposits and water power. Thirteen will perform topographical surveys, three use geophysical prospecting, two collect specimens for the national museum, and four pursue other investigations. The northern party works near Chesterfield Inlet, the western party in Yukon, and the eastern at Sydney Nova Scotia. Forty six parties are led by permanent officers. others by university teachers or visiting specialists, with 115 university geology and engineering students accompanying the teams.
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Dominion
Canadian Government
Geological Survey
National Museum
Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson Bay
Yukon Territory
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Fraser River Lumber Exports Reach 62 Million Feet
Frasers River exports for January through April total 62 million feet of lumber. About 4 000 tons of box shock veneer and lath plus 15 million shingles were shipped in the period.
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Fraser River
Canadian entries in Overseas Section lead British contest
A report to F. C. Elford shows Canadian entries in the British National Laying Contest Overseas Section ranking third and fourth. C. D. Calder of Cowansville P Q fields White Leghorns with 825 points, and J C Quandry of Port Dover Ont follows with 782 points. France Rhode Island Reds lead with 926, Ireland second with 924. Canada may improve as the contest continues.
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F. C. Elford
Dominion Poultry Husbandman
C. D. Calder
Cowansville
P.Q
J.C. Quandry
Port Dover
Ont
Rhode Island Reds
France
Ireland
Regina Population Grows Ahead of 1932 Grain Exhibition
The Regina population is expected to reach about 75 000 to 80 000 by the World's Grain Exhibition in 1932 with a surrounding transient influx. Estimates from Hendersons Directory and the Post Office place the current number around 62 000 to 65 000 while the Board of Trade cites 63 000.
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Regina
Henderson's
Post Office Department
Board of Trade
Saskatchewan
Alpine Camp on Most Beautiful Lake in Rockies
Alpine Club of Canada enters its 25th annual Camp at Jasper National Park in July and August. climbers from Canada and the U S converge near Maligne Lake for extensive ascents behind Mount Warren and other peaks, with an auxiliary camp to reach distant summits and new memorial hut near Penstock Creek.
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Jasper National Park
Alpine Club of Canada
Maligne
Canada
United States
British Medical Association
Winnipeg
Jasper Town
Jasper Park Lodge
Medicine Lake
Maligne Lake
Mount Mary Vaux
Mt. Llysyfran
Mt. Leah
Mt. Sampson
Mts Charlton and
Unwin
Amery
Mt. Julian
Edouard Feuz
Coronet Creek
Mt. Brazeau
Valad
Mt. Henry MacLeod
Coronet Peak
Sunshine Falls
Pixie Valley
Penstock Creek
Tonquin Valley
Surprise Point
Jasper
Edith Cavell
Growth of Western Provinces A Modern Canadian Romance
A retrospective look at Western Canada’s rise over six decades from sparsely settled land to a modern wheat powerhouse. Manitoba’s 1870 founding, Selkirk and La Verendrye’s roles, population growth, railways, and the prairie boom are chronicled amid notes on remaining agricultural land and future potential.
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Manitoba
Canada
Province of
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes la Verendrye
Lord Selkirk
Red River
Western
Winnipeg
Western Canada
Secarcely
Prairie Provinces
la Verendrye
Selkirk
Dominion
Three Rivers
Quebec
Regina grain show aims to unite world experts in 1932
The World's Grain Exhibition and Conference official booklet outlines a Regina fair from July 25 to August 6 1932. It seeks top contributors from all countries to create a clearing house of global ideas on field crop production and marketing.
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Regina
Debt settled after funeral in Vincennes
A 46-year-old debt of eight dollars from the funeral of Jane Gibson in Vincennes Indiana was paid recently when a son visited a local undertaking establishment and settled the account that the proprietors had forgotten.
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Jane Gibson
Vincennes
Ind
Dirt in the Air Over Manhattan Estimated at 125 Tons
A historical note claims that the dirt suspended over Manhattan Island weighs more than 125 tons. A humorous exchange quotes a doctor offering a fasting cure for fatness in response to a question about cheap remedies.
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Manhattan Island
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Hamburg
W. N. UL Lst
Fraser River Lumber
Venezuela
Rockies
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Taio
Annebelle Worthington
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