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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1923
Page
3
An article by Andrew J. Norquay argues Western Canadian farmers must adopt crop rotation with legumes and shift to concentrated fertilizers. It highlights lime as an essential, readily available indirect fertilizer that improves soil structure and availability of nutrients, urging widespread lime use and local production to boost yields.
A Kansas Agricultural College questionnaire of 1,237 farms finds annual farmer earnings rise with education from 422 for common school to 554 for high school 895 for partial college and 1452 for full college. All states studied show similar results with college men leading in modern conveniences by over 50 percent. The piece argues education enhances manhood and productivity.
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service reports 1920 lumber production across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta totaling 154 019 000 board feet. Spruce led with 144 907 000. jackpine 5 065 000. balsam fir 875 000. Manitoba provided 1 176 000 poplar and 286 000 birch. tamarack produced in both provinces. Sawmills numbered 94 with values of the cut at 5 613 397 dollars.
A lawyer questions why the doctor vilifies the legal field and the doctor retorts that the profession does not create angels, prompting witty exchange about human flaws.
Luther Burbank, famed horticultural innovator, announces he must sell his Sebastopol experimental farm due to lack of appreciation and funds. He recalls 13 acres with 2000 cherry varieties, 1000 plum varieties, walnuts yielding 1000 dollars yearly, and creations like the plumcot, spineless cactus, and Burbank varieties. The Carnegie Institution supported him with 10,000 dollars yearly for a decade but waned afterward. at seventy four he ends his experiments.
A provincial Agriculture report shows fifteen more creameries now running in Alberta than in 1922, bringing the total to 69, with 54 last season. Additionally 13 cheese factories operate province wide while wireless signaling tests in locomotive cabs advance on French railways.
Teaching Milk Facts Society gains broad recognition at the 1923 World's Dairy Congress. California Dairy Council reports show significant reach of school milk service since 1919, with San Francisco pupils purchasing 10,500 half pint bottles daily and Berkeley fully embracing the program. State milk consumption rose to 13.5 million gallons more than prior year as per capita intake jumps.
Coast mills report orders totaling 40 million feet of lumber on the books at month start, with cast mills also expecting an active three month season. The market has softened slightly but millmen expect no price slump, and foreign business remains strong.
The article notes Canada endures a heavy annual drain on wealth from insurable fire losses and wartime reductions in military strength in Germany, with 1922 insurance data showing premiums exceeding losses by millions and a broad impact on resources, labor, and construction costs. It cites 1922 fire losses, insurance payouts, and the need to mobilize resources to replace raw materials, underscoring national economic strain.
Boston officials set aside 200000 dollars for renovations at Faneuil Hall the cradle of liberty. The project calls for wire proof metal on all surfaces and fireproof construction. patriots threaten a grand jury indictment over elevator installation while the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company plans to continue using stairs.
The article converts skilled labor costs into farm products and livestock. It states a plasterer for one day costs 762 eggs, a bricklayer a year’s receipts from half an acre, a painter a 3 pound chicken, a plumber 42 pounds of butter or milk from 14 cows for 24 hours, and a carpenter a 175 pound hog after months of care.
The passage notes glass blowers drink twenty five to thirty quarts of water daily and argues that the deepest shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.
A Los Angeles Times excerpt notes the cost of correcting postal errors. It explains that explicit state designations prevent misdelivery when many Springfields exist nationwide. The piece humorously urges careful addressing to avoid delays.
In 1922 British Columbia sustained 292 operating sawmills with a daily capacity over 9.59 million feet. Shingle plants totaled 10 percent of that capacity at 15.5 million shingles daily, with only a few mills idle. A total of 2652 logging operations were active in the province.
Sir Samuel Hoare told Parliament that £41,000 has been spent in four years on Louis Brennan’s heliocopter development. He stated the experiments have reached a stage where discontinuation would be a pity.
The largest pencil factory in the world is in Nuremberg, Germany, a historic center of pencil making since around 1760. The article notes Nuremberg as a major hub in penellimaking and its long industrial legacy.
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