Agriculture's Pioneers and the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
The article recalls the birth of Canada's agricultural expert community from Ontario Agricultural College graduates to a national network. It notes the rise of research driven by government support, the formation 18 years ago of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists, and annual meetings in which farmers, civil servants and professors share advances to meet farm challenges from rust to irrigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varsity
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Prince Edward Island
British Columbia
Royal Society of Canada
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Ottawa
Canadian Farmer
Family Herald
Weekly Star
Market Buys Bumblebees For Experiments At School
Prof John H Gehrs of Southeast Missouri State Teachers College advertises for lively and unharmed bees to use in a pollenization experiment. The note notes bee price at five cents per head and mentions pilot balloons rising to high altitudes for meteorological work. Cheese making history is cited as dating back over 7 000 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Gehrs
Southeast Missouri State Teachers College
Suppression Of News On Kingston Convict Transfers
The Woodstock Sentinel Review argues the Kingston penitentiary moved 130 long term convicts to Stoney Mountain and Prince Albert with minimal publicity. Denials and secretive railway coaches fueled rumors, while the paper warns that frank official statements curb gossip and prevent misrepresentation. Government departments are cited as prime offenders in withholding innocuous information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston Penitentiary
Stoney Mountain
Prince Albert
Sask
Woodstock
Ont
Kingston
Natal Beach Prospect Sees Ilmenite Deposits To Be mined
A Natal resident prospector finds payable ilmenite on both north and south Natal beaches. Samples sent to Pretoria and London for assay indicate tin presence. a company is formed to extract the deposits and explore inland sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian
North America
Natal
Air Conditioning Cuts Postoperative Pneumonia at Corey Hill
A Boston report says strict low humidity in Corey Hill hospital reduced postoperative pneumonia dramatically. Of 743 yearly operations, only one pneumonia case occurred, suggesting air conditioning and humidity control improve recovery. The note contrasts typical pneumonia rates of six to seven percent.
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Corey Hill Hospital
Boston
United States
Massachusetts General Hospital
Corey Hill
Beliefs Include Blood Use Across Burmans and Neighbors
The Indian Press Union notes that various groups in Burma, China, Siam and Malaya hold that drinking blood and consuming tiger parts boost health and endurance. Duck blood for chest and stomach ailments, tiger blood for vitality, and tiger flesh for stamina are cited, with pigeons’ blood also believed to cure illnesses in Rangoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Malaya
Siam
Rangoon
Indian Press Union
Narrow Escape Describes Ocean Rescue of Montreal Man
Eric Wainwright of Montreal was carried in an open rowboat into the English Channel and buffetted for hours before a cargo ship crew hauled him aboard. A three-man search in a rowboat, an air force plane, and Hythe lifeboat failed to locate him until rescue. He explained he fled the heat and signaled a cargo vessel. The report also notes Saskatchewan farm poultry valued at 4.544 million dollars last year and mentions a Jewish theatrical company touring remote parts of Russia.
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English Channel
Eric Wainwright
Montreal
Wainwright
Air Force
Hythe
Expert spider advocate says Black Widows are harmless
Takatsuma B. Kurata of the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology argues spiders are useful and should not be killed. He has studied spiders 25 years, has been bitten by various species, and notes only momentary pain with no illness from bites. He spoke from a lamp-lit tent at a National Park expedition camp in Point Pelee, Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Takatsuma B. Kurata
Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology
Kurata
Canada
Point Pelee
Ont
Mr. Kurata
Jade found in British Columbia yields first natural North American jade
A 50 pound jade block, two feet long and a foot thick, was found in the Lytton area of British Columbia and given to the Provincial Museum by Assistant Commissioner T W S Parsons. It marks the first natural jade discovery on the North American continent. A note on English coal derived resin and 1936 fruit imports to London is also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
Lytton
British Columbia
T. W. S. Parsons
North American
Mexicana-The Vogue for Linens Pattern 6194 Offer
Advertises Mexicana-The Vogue for Linens with colorful motifs for scarves towels and tea cloths. Describes transfer pattern 6194 with 14 motifs sizes from about 1% by 2% inches to 5% by 10% inches and instructions materials. Requests 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Scientists Fight Dread Horse Disease and Heat Relief Efforts
New York's horse population, reduced by 240000 in 40 years, still exceeds 10000. The ASPCA operates expanded summer horse water stations and 24 hour horse ambulances, while vaccine research on encephalomyelitis shows chick embryo vaccine likely to confer strong immunity in horses, outperforming horse brain vaccine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
New York
Sydney H. Coleman
A.S.P.C.A
Henry Bergh
Prairie Provinces
Health of Animals Division
Science Service
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Animal Diseases Research Institute
Canada
Arctic Wedding Aboard Nascopie To Meet Fiance Allan Scott
Misa Fileen Wallace of Peterhead Scotland travels by train to Churchill to board the Arctic supply ship Nascopie for a ceremony at Arctic Bay with fiancé Allan Scott, Hudsons Bay Company post manager. Rt Rev Archibald Fleming to officiate aboard the ship. The couple will live in the Arctic Circle, with radio as their link to the world. Wallace expresses excitement and bravery for the voyage and marriage ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Fileen Wallace
Peterhead
Scotland
Manitoba
Churchill
Arctic Bay
Allan Scott
Miss Wallace
Mr. Scott
Hudson's Bay Company
Baffin Land
Archibald Fleming
Arctic
Arctic Circle
Winnipeg
Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman
New Lord Chamberlain Succeeds. Cromer Becomes Permanent Lord-in-Waiting
The Earl of Cromer handed to the King his wand of office as Lord Chamberlain and becomes permanent Lord-in-Waiting. He is Sir Evelyn Baring's son, famed for modern Egypt. The post governs royal servants, approves petitions, licenses theatres near palaces, and oversees play examinations. Lord Cromer is 60. his successor, the Earl of Clarendon, is 61.
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Earl of
Lord Cromer
Earl of Clarendon
Lord Clarendon
Villiers
News of the World
World highway would link continents via Alaska route
Donald MacDonald of Fairbanks Alaska, back after seven years, described a worldwide road system starting in Cape Horn and running up the west coast through the Pan American highways, into Canada and the United States, then across Bering Strait to Russia and on to Europe and Africa. He noted the Bering Strait as the only missing link and suggested bridging or tunneling a 53 mile sea gap from Fairbanks to Siberia.
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Australia
Donald MacDonald
Fairbanks
Alaska
MacDonald
Seattle
United States
British Columbia
Yukon
Bering Sea
Russia
Europe
Suez Canal
Africa
Bering Strait
Siberia
Cape Prince of Wales
East Cape
Pussy willows bloom early attracting bees without color
Pussy willows appear early in spring and rely on scent and texture to attract bees, avoiding competition from other flowers. The lack of bright color does not hinder their pollination strategy.
Hog Marketing Reaches New High in 1937
The 18th annual Market Review from the Marketing Service of the Dominion Department of Agriculture shows hog marketing for 1937 reached a record 3,926,310 head graded, up from 3,796,952 in 1936. Rail grade sales totaled 1,002,541 head, versus 444,493 in 1936 and 115,209 in 1935, aided by strong UK bacon demand and a US pig products shortage that drew about 60,000 head from Canada.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
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Ontario Agricultural College
Guelpha
Toronto University
Gumph
South Africa
India
Empire Airway
Gwadar
Jimri
Colombia
Bogota
Edouardo Santos
Caleb Haynes
Vincent Meloy
Harold George
Saskatchewan
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
B.C
England
London
Lord Chamberlain
Clarendon
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