Canada must invest in science to boost industry
Dr. H M Tory argues Canada loses millions by under funding research and failing to keep educated talent at home. He urges creating a department of science industry and commerce and emphasizes the long term gains from developing wheat rust research tuberculosis control and tar sand associations. He cites Western Canada’s Marquis wheat and tar sands as examples of potential wealth. He warns against pessimism and urges bold action to match Britain and the United States in research spending.
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Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Canada
Terenio Globe
H. M. Tory
Department of Science, Industry and Commerce
Toronto Board of Trade Journal
Advisory Council On Scientific and Industrial Research
Tory
Hudson Bay
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Germany
United States
Britain
Saskatchewan Establishes First Tubercular Free Area
Saskatchewan moves to create the provinces first tubercular free area on the east side of Last Mountain Lake. Testing of 25 000 cattle is currently under way after six rural municipalities petitioned for the program and the proposed area was recommended to federal authorities by the provincial minister of agriculture.
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Saskatchewan
Last Mountain Lake
France Establishes Metric System in 1799
The article notes that France established its metric system of measures in 1799, marking a decisive shift in standardizing weights and lengths across the nation.
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France
Sweet Clover Beats Peas as Green Manure in Manitoba Trials
Experiments at Brandon experimental farm show sweet clover outyielding peas and summer fallow as green manures. Wheat yields improve after ploughing under sweet clover, seed costs are lower, and only modest extra ploughing is needed. Moisture regimes affect optimum height before ploughing.
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Brandon
Mantoba
Beet Sugar Industry Expands in Southern Alberta
The beet sugar industry reaches the second season with about 7000 acres of beets under cultivation. Mark Austin of Utah Idaho Sugar Company notes favorable soil conditions after an inspection. The United Irrigation district near Cardston will ship beets to Raymond Alberta for the first time this fall as a 29 mile CPR branch line extension opens. The area, a fertile 35000 acre farming zone, is dominated by Mormon beet growers and will exceed one thousand acres of beets this year.
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Alberta
Mark Austin
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Canadian Sugar Factories, Ltd
Big Raymond
Alta
United Irrigation District
Cardston
Raymond
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada Ships Major Wheat Exports in 1925 26
Canada accounted for more than half of the world’s wheat exports in the period August 1, 1925 to February 28, 1926. Total exports reached 318,874,300 bushels with Canada shipping 192,152,800 bushels, compared with 99,816,700 bushels the prior year.
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Canada
Bureau of Statuses
Subsidy Sought for British Columbia Sugar Beet Industry
W H Watson head of a Vancouver syndicate told the cabinet the province should subsidize sugar production at 50000 annually to back a New Westminster factory costing about 1250000. The plant would process up to 1000 tons of beets daily and the subsidy would be half a cent per pound on sugar produced up to ten million pounds.
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British Columbia
W. H. Watson
Vancouver
New Westminster
US Crop Forecast Shows Below Average Conditions
The USDA based its July 1 forecast on crop conditions and reported the composite condition at 64 percent below the ten year July average. It lists expected production in bushels for corn 2,660,780,000 winter wheat 567,762,000 spring wheat 199,595,000 and oats 1,334,266,000.
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United States Department of Agriculture
A Rule That Works Both Ways Still Proves Poor
An old saying notes that rules applied in both directions can be flawed. The idea is that fairness may be absent when a measure punishes in both directions or fails to guide consistent outcomes.
Manitoba UF M Plans Cooperative Livestock Marketing
United Farmers of Manitoba moves to form a provincial cooperative livestock marketing organization after the Regina conference. A Winnipeg meeting on August 5 will bring together UF M locals and shipping associations to pursue contract-based marketing. A J M Poole will represent Manitoba on the new inter-provincial committee until August 5.
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Regina
United Farmers of Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
U.F.M
Manitoba
A. J. M. Poole
Shipping Association
Canadian Seed Growers plan to expand certified seed scope
The Canadian Seed Growers' Association aims to widen its reach in certifying vegetable seeds. The horticultural committee adds seventy vegetable varieties to the eligible list, and elite foundation seed stocks will be distributed to Dominion experimental farms for increase before reaching growers.
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Dominion
Genoa Adopts Public Cursing Ordinance For Golf Courses
A new Genoa municipal rule makes blasphemy and loud cursing in streets and on golf courses an offence. Convictions carry fines from 25 to 200 lire. The report notes humorously that John and Phyllis appear very close.
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Genoa
Italy
Demand For Poultry Active Market In Britain
Trade Commissioner Harry A. Scott reports strong demand in Liverpool for Canadian and American dressed poultry during the import season nearing its end. Russia’s supplies are lacking while France Austria and Hungary shipments are light. Imports mostly come from the United States as the season stretches from late March into July.
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Liverpool
Harry A. Scott
Commercial Intelligence Journal
Russia
France
Austria
Hungary
United States
Cattle Shipments Abroad Fall in 1926 Exports
Cattle exports to the United Kingdom have declined with outbreaks of foot and mouth disease impeding movement. For the week ended July 1 1926 shipments totaled 1 57 head, lifting the year’s total to 46 910 head versus 43 102 a year earlier and 35 820 in 1924.
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United Kingdom
Scotland
Grain Exports Through Vancouver Reach Record Volume
Grain exports via the Port of Vancouver total 51,213,268 bushels from August 1, 1925, to June 21, 1926. About 30,000,000 went to the United Kingdom and 20,000,000 to the Orient. A record season pace is anticipated for 1925-1926.
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Vancouver
United Kingdom
Orient
Montreal Mayor Leads Quebec Tour Across Canada
Mayor Mederic Martin of Montreal travels with the Lady Mayoress and about a hundred Quebec and Montreal citizens on a three week CPR tour to Victoria and back. The event, organized by Universite de Montreal, follows a successful initial trip last year and includes priests professors doctors lawyers and judges.
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Mederic Martin
Montreal
Windsor Street
Universite de Monreal
Quebec
Victoria
Canada and Britain war talks and cabbage worm control
The article notes arsenate sprays as key to curbing the cabbage worm attacking cabbage crops, with dust forms offering quicker but less even distribution. It also discusses The London Spectator and Saturday Review opinions on Canada Britain war policy and parliamentary ratification, and the likely air strike emphasis in future conflicts.
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London Spectator
Canada
Britain
Arthur Meighen
Mackenzie King
Spectator
The
Saturday Review
Dutch Emigration Plan Draws Interest in Canada
J. A. A. Hartland of the Central Emigration Foundation of Holland tours Canada to study conditions for Dutch farmers seeking to emigrate. He will visit many communities across Western Canada to locate suitable farming territories along national lines.
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Canada
Netherlands
J. A. A. Hartland
Hartland
Central Emigration Foundation of Holland
Tertiory
Lawns For Farm Homes On the Prairies
The prairie lawn faces drought by using a seed mix of 15 pounds Kentucky Blue Grass and 1 pound White Dutch clover per 500 square feet. Prepare soil a year ahead with manure and potatoes, then level and firm before spring sowing. Water weekly with a sprinkler if possible and avoid heavy use in the first season.
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Prairies
Dominion Experimental Station
Rosthern
Dates Of Cutting Rusted Wheat In Manitoba Farm Experiments
The Brandon experimental farm reports three years of tests on premature harvest of rusted wheat. Early cutting is harmful in normal seasons and offers no gain even in severe rust outbreaks. Begin cutting before dead ripe due to large acreage and sawfly pressures on shattering varieties.
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Brandon
Manitoba
World’s Record Established By Cow Tops Record in Canada
Janet a four year old Jersey cow from Rosedale Ranch near Armstrong British Columbia set a new world record for milk and butterfat during a government test. Her 305 day yield reached 14935.2 pounds of milk and 872 pounds of butterfat surpassing the four year old class and beating the five year old Jersey breed records in actual production.
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Jersey
British Columbia
Pretoria
Oxford
Janet
Foster Whitaker
Rosedale Ranch
Armstrong
B.C
Okanagan Valley
Cher Ami Pigeon Receives Distinguished Service Cross
Military authorities honored Cher Ami, a World War I homing pigeon, with the Distinguished Service Cross for delivering a crucial message that saved a lost battalion. The article notes more than 206000 birds served in the war and calls the pigeon the racehorse of the air for its value and appeal.
Death of Sir Adolph Tuck Pioneer of the Picture Postcard
Sir Adolph Tuck, credited with introducing the picture postcard to Great Britain, died in London recently. He was a prominent printer and entrepreneur associated with the Dusart and Raphael studios. His work helped popularize illustrated mail across the country.
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Adolph Tuck
Great Britain
London
Goodness and folly traced in a quiet moral vignette
A compact reflection contrasts true goodness with convenient virtue, noting that not all acts labeled good are admirable. The narrator uses a wry tone to question motives, comparing moral behavior to a snail’s slow, cautious path rather than reckless mischief.
Farmers Optimistic Over Western Canada Wheat Outlook
Nor West Farmer of Winnipeg reports in its crop outlook that Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta farmers are optimistic and satisfied this season. They foresee profitable crops and a higher price through pool marketing with about seventy five percent of the 1926 wheat crop to be marketed by the Canadian Wheat Pool. Its membership reaches 125000 farmers across the three provinces.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadian Wheat Pool
Gum Now Classified as Dentifrice by Customs
Officials moved chewing gum from confection to dentifrice in the customs list. Experts say gum is a dental necessity and should be treated as a health item rather than a sweet.
Government to Mix Gas with Denatured Alcohol
The U S Government plans to mix gasoline into denatured alcohol to curb bootlegging. Officials say this move will complicate illicit production and distribution of counterfeit spirits.
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United States
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Phyllis
Port of Vancouver
Martin
Sir Adolph Tuck
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