Experimental Work Signals Strong Crop Progress at Saskatchewan
The University of Saskatchewan led by Professor John Bracken has built a decade of crop research testing over 600 varieties, producing practical data, 28 circulars, and extensive extension work that promise major wealth and sustainable farming in western Canada.
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John Bracken
University of Saskatchewan
Manitoba Agricultural College
Bracken
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
University
Extension Department
College of Agriculture
Cameron
Saville
Kirk
Fienry
Harrington
Sweden
Hannchen
O.A.C., No. 21
Canada
Sasketchewan
Winnipeg
For A Consideration Spratt gloomily scene
A dialogue unfolds as Spratt laments lack of friends and Sponger offers companionship in exchange for five dollars. The exchange hints at a transactional dynamic and financial strain shaping the tension between the characters.
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Spratt
Sponger
Airplane Engines Adapted to Drive Boats and Machinery
Airplane engines have been adapted to power motorboats and to run pumping machinery, extending their use beyond aviation. The versatile engines demonstrate cross service applications and potential industrial uses.
Currency Note Entry from 1890 Circulation
A note labeled for fifty pounds on one side and twenty nine on the other with a dollar amount of 190 dollars is noted as entering circulation in 1890. The fragment references the Aben designation and monetary values across currencies.
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Ted Aben
Bread Shortage Fears Rise in Britain Over Wheat
The London Times reports growing alarm over a future wheat shortage in Britain. It notes reduced US wheat acreage, Argentina export bans, Australia’s tight supply, and uncertain Russian grain stores as factors threatening British bread supplies in peacetime.
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Britain
Royal Counties
Reading
Lord Lee
United States
Australia
Russia
London Times
Real Life Tarzans and Wolf-Raised Humans
A discussion of real cases where humans lived among animals. A child reared by monkeys near Naina Tal showed vaccination marks proving human origin. An 1884 Indian shooting party found a boy walking on all fours living in a wolf den and eating raw meat, later rehabilitated in Europe.
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Naina Tal
India
Dr. Condon
Indian Civil Service
Europe
Must Conserve Lumber
A Canadian Lumberman argues that all forms of business rely on lumber and urges conservation and preservation. He notes U S forests have fallen from 850 million acres to 150 million and warns replanting takes years while demand rises.
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United States
Novel Chicken Food from 1899 Poultry Guide
An 1899 English poultry book recommends in cold weather adding sulphite of iron to water and soaking bread in ale for chickens. The excerpt questions the notion that any alcohol in feed could be beneficial, noting it is only a vague suggestion and unlikely to be favorable to poultry.
If a man is both bad and worthless there isn't much hope for him
A terse adage notes little chance for reform when a man is described as both bad and worthless, reflecting a harsh judgment on character and potential for redemption. The saying highlights moral assessment over time.
Practical Instruction In Agriculture is Better Than Book Farming
The article argues that teaching agriculture through observation and direct farm experience surpasses textbook dependence. In Ontario from 1845 to 1898 four textbooks were used, now no prescribed text exists. The Book of Nature guides pupils with a trained teacher fostering inquiry and reading, creating interested, intelligent readers rather than book farmers, while keeping books valued on the school shelf.
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Ontario
Grant Aids Helium Conservation Research In Canada
The honorary advisory council for scientific and industrial research awards 5000 dollars to Professor J C McLennan to study helium properties for lamps valves and high resistances and to pursue liquefaction. The aim is to conserve helium already wasted in Canada at about 1 million cubic feet monthly with Bow river and Calgary losses noted.
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J. C. McLennan
Advisory Council For Scientific and Industrial Research
Canada
Bow River
Calgary
British Empire
University of Toronto
Hamilton Palace sale eyed to ease Lanark housing shortage
Britons in Lanark shire endure severe home hunger with many sleeping in two shifts. Labor and Socialist groups urge selling Hamilton Palace and offices to relieve overcrowding as experts say the palace could house dozens of homeless families. The provost of Hamilton has reportedly offered to buy the building. Stables could shelter about a hundred people.
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Hamilton
Lanarkshire
England
Hamilton Palace
Duke of Hamilton
Colonizing Canada's Farm Lands Near Bartleford Saskatchewan
A steady stream of U S land-seekers arrives in the Bartleford district of Central Saskatchewan. They report fertile, luxuriant growth this year and most visitors decide to settle there to help develop the region and make it their future home.
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United States
Bartleford
Saskatchewan
New Migratory Birds Rules Set Across Canada
The Migratory Birds Convention act introduces daily bag limits and regional seasons. Manitoba allows 20 ducks per day to Oct 1 then 40, with 10 geese, 15 brant, and other limits. Saskatchewan 50 ducks geese or brant, season 250. Alberta 30 ducks, 15 geese, 15 brant, season 200. British Columbia 20 ducks daily, 10 geese, 15 brant. overall limits and restrictions apply nationwide including No 10 gauge, no automatics, and no night hunting. Taxidermists must register and pay a license fee, with tighter propagation control for captive birds.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Brant
Alberta
British Columbia
Orgy of Extravagance in London Buys Luxury Rush
The London Express notes a worldwide influx of wealth in the city as hotels, restaurants, theatres, shops, and streets overflow with cosmopolitan spending. The piece mocks the dazzle of luxury and records unprecedented, heedless expenditure across society.
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London
Croesus
London Express
Alfalfa Seed Grower Reports Record West Yield
J E Strong who raised eleven acres of alfalfa seed on an irrigated Brooks area farm last year says his gross from the seed crop was 6543 dollars, about 7000 pounds sold at eighty five cents a pound. The result is described as the greatest financial return per acre of any farm in the west.
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J. E Strong
Brooks
Your Own Fault Luck Defies Odds in Contest
A witty notice notes that luck tilts against a participant in a local contest, signaling a narrow margin of control and urging sharper focus for future attempts. The terse line frames a personal setback as a lesson in chance and effort.
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West
Western
Department of Field Husbandry
Prof
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