Demand for Wheat From World Markets To Keep Prices Firm
A letter from Mrs. Oded Smith, former imperial commissioner for Canada in London, argues rising global demand for Canadian wheat will keep prices firm. She notes Canada sells wheat to Belgium France Holland Scandinavia Italy Germany the Old Land and the United States, with Russia placing a large order. The piece cites growing world population and expanding markets in the Orient and the United States as drivers of continued Canadian advantage and potential profits for farmers.
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Oded Smith
Impliration
Canada
London
London Weekly
Belgium
France
Holland
Scandinavia
Ialy
Germany
Old Land
United States
Russia
Orient
Pacific Ocean
China
Japan
Esme
Dominion
New Settler Praises Sask Meadow Lake Prospect
In a Portland Maine letter, David M. Boyes describes Meadow Lake Sask as a promising homestead site. He notes rich black loam soil, shallow wells, good water, two neighbors helping, and plans for 50 to 60 acres under cultivation. He praises grazing, fishing, hunting, and overall health and satisfaction.
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Portland
Maine
David M. Boyes
Meadow Lake
Sask
Canadian dairy exports show record gains for year
The dairy sector forecasts a buoyant year with 46 000 more boxes of graded butter and 85 000 more boxes of cheese available for export than a year ago. Canadian cheese commands 20 cents per pound in England, an attractive price.
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Canada
England
Nightingales Seen Singing in Holloway Garden
Nightingales in Holloway in north London were heard singing by residents. The birds settled in a tall tree in a garden and were observed clearly by watchers using opera glasses.
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Atightingale
Holloway
London
Muskrats Scarce Prompt Trapping Ban Across Saskatchewan
Eighty percent of provincial game guardian correspondents favor discontinuing fall and winter muskrat trapping in Saskatchewan. Beaver trapping south of the Churchill River is also urged to stop due to scarcity. Coyotes hold steady. jack rabbits surge as fewer coyotes allow their rapid increase across open prairie regions.
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Saskatchewan
Provincial
Game Guardian
Churchill River
Beaver
Canada Apple Crop Prospects Stay Near 1924 Levels
Canada’s Apple Crop forecasts show 95 percent of 1924 total or 2,749,544 barrels. In British Columbia the crop stands at 99 percent or 2,097,900 boxes, about 80.5 percent of a five year average. Winter injury and heat reduced yields in Creston Salmon Arm and northern Okanagan.
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Department of Agriculture
British Columbia
Creston
Salmon Arm
Okanagan
Keremeos
Kootenay Lake
Minerals In Rations For Hogs Yielded Valuable Information
At Agassiz British Columbia experimental station W H Hicks reports two winters of trials showing mineral matter in hog rations boosts gains. The mineral mix included ground bone meal ground charcoal ground rock phosphate and salt fed 3 pounds per 100 pounds of meal.84 pigs in fourteen groups showed higher gains where minerals were added. When minerals are unavailable wood or coal ashes on Moor feed also yielded good results.
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Agassiz
B.C
W. H. Hicks
Wolves and Their Economic Role in Canada by Criddle
The Ottawa Agriculture Department publishes Norman Criddle’s study The Habits and Economic Importance of Wolves in Canada. It surveys grey, Arctic, timber wolves and coyotes, detailing habits, feeding, economic value, and methods to trap, poison, destroy, and preserve skins.
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Norman Criddle
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Criddle
Tree planting program boosts shelterbelts in western Canada
The Canadian Government forestry division marked its 25th annual tree distribution to prairie farmers. About 40 000 shelter belts established, 2.47 million seedlings sent from Indian Head and 2.5 million from Sutherland to thousands of farms. 80 percent of plantings thriving. schools participate with 155 000 seedlings this spring.
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Forestry Branch
Department of the Interior
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Indian Head
Saskatchewan
Sutherland
Forestry
Manitoba
Alberta
Increase in Fish Marketed by B C
British Columbia's fisheries production reached 21 256 965 dollars in 1924 with 1 624 marketed. up 461 042 dollars from 1923. Salmon and halibut led the value, accounting for seven percent of total fisheries output. Capital invested in catching and landing gear totaled 5 594 494 dollars, down from 5 760 272 dollars in 1923.
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British Columbia
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Otawa
Department of Marine and Fisheries
New Press Speeds Up Postal Card Production
A printing press capable of 6400 postal cards per minute was shipped from Derby Connecticut to the government printing office in Washington. It is claimed to outperform existing presses and the Japanese Government has ordered a similar unit. Government records show August births have higher survival odds than births in other months.
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Derby
Conn
Washington
World Forestry Congress in Rome April to May
Representatives from universities and forestry associations worldwide will meet in Rome for an international forestry congress from April 29 to May 6. The event aims to unite forestry experts to advance global forestry and boost confidence in the forest sector, with an exhibition of wood working machinery and forestry products planned.
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Rome
Winnipeg Pulp Mill Prepares to Start Under Contract
George M. Seaman of Seaman Paper Company Chicago and E. W. Backus of the Backus Brooks interests stated readiness to build a 250 ton capacity pulp mill in the Great Winnipeg district worth 5 million dollars if the Dominion Government signs a contract for pulpwood and waterpower rights. The assurances were praised by about 300 representatives from Winnipeg and surrounding areas at Mayor Webb's meeting.
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Great
Winnipeg
Dominion
George M. Seaman
Seaman Paper Company
Chicago
E. W. Backus
Backus-Brooks
Canada
United States
Greater
Webb
Hull Lord Mayor Proposes Targeted Colony Centers
The Lord Mayor of Hull urged Canadian and Newfoundland representatives to concentrate Hulls colonial ties on specific districts in each colony. He argued immigration is too diffuse and visionary and suggested a tangible scheme to channel desirable migrants to defined areas.
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Newfoundland
Hull
Ancient Babylonian artifacts on display in Cleveland
A collection in Cleveland features a 2350 B.C. tax bill inscribed on a tablet plus an ancient inventory for sheep to be sacrificed. Also shown are a business document from Abraham's era and a Nabonidus period record dated 688 B.C. highlighting Babylonian life and commerce.
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Babylonia
Cleveland
Abraham
Nabonidus
New Insulin Discovery At Johns Hopkins Gates Lab
A highly concentrated form of insulin surpassing the potency of the commercial diabetes treatment has been developed by scientists over the past year at Johns Hopkins University and the Gates Chemical Laboratory in Pasadena California.
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Johns Hopkins University
Gates.Chemical Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
See for yourself tours to Canada attract nearly twenty thousand
The excursion program began from British and French ports in July with passengers ranging from retired military men and civil servants to teachers and farmers sons. In other notes, commentators discuss cheap labor in India for hand-dressed lumber and a rise in public school enrollment by about a third over the last two decades. Geologists state hot springs arise from surface water heated by subterranean lava rather than deep Earth sources.
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Canada
India
Western Canada praised by U.S. visitors for farms and beef
A fifth annual Ottawa report highlights rising finish weights for steers and export quality cattle across Quebec Ontario Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Western Canada impresses United States land agents with strong hog production, grain yields, and favorable farming prospects during tours of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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Canada
Ottawa
Quebec
Ontario
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
United States
Dan M. Johnson
Canadian National Railways
Winnipeg
Dauphin
Melfort
Wadena
Prince Albert
Saskatoon
Eston
Kelvington
Goose Lake
Snipe Lake
Board of Trade
Forestry Farm
University
Nebraska
Sinvis
London to award farming scholarships for Canada
The Fellowship of the Empire Exhibition allocates fifty agricultural college scholarships in Canada. Twenty five have been allotted to London, with the rest to Scotland and English districts. Each scholar receives free passage, a year of education and maintenance, and later suitable land employment in Canada.
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London
Canada
Scotland
High value aviation oil from crickets urged by Washington
Reports from Washington based on advice from Algiers state a valuable aviation oil can be made from crickets and does not congeal at high altitudes. About eighteen tons of oat crickets were sent from Algeria to Holland, with portions fed to poultry and the remainder yielding oil.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Algiers
Holland
Algeria
We’re Moving to a Better Neighborhood Says Neighbor
A suburban woman chats over the back fence with her neighbor. They both claim they will soon live in a better neighborhood. One woman insists she is not moving, only staying while others plan to relocate.
Bill's Odd Faculty Noted In Quirky Metaphor
The report highlights a humorous saying about Bill who tends to misorder tasks. Observers quip that he treats wheels as the motor and fixes the cart first, reflecting a habit of reversing priorities in planning.
Louise Studies French Latin and Algebra This Year
Louise is studying French Latin and algebra this year. The note asks to say how-do-you-do in algebra for the lady Louise.
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Louise
Willam Hohenzol lern’s fortune saved for a refgpy ray
The fragmentary text notes a person named Willam Hohenzol lern storing a fortune supposedly set aside for an event described as a refgpy ray. The garbled OCR yields no clear location or date.
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Willam
When He Wished It
A Sunday school superintendent beams at high attendance and notes one absence, Maggie, hoping she is ill. The cheerful report frames a simple, homely moment in a church setting.
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Maggie
Swimmer Rescued by Large Turtle Off Leighton-on-Sea
A swimmer off Leighton-on-Sea received an unexpected rescue when a large turtle lifted him from the water and carried him several feet. EMTs arrived to assess the swimmer after the incident.
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Leighton-on-Sea
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North America
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