Windbreaks Boost Prairie Farm Profits In Dry Regions
An excerpt from a Carlos G. Bates Forest Service article explains how belts of trees in six to eight rows on fields and buildings reduce wind force, save soil moisture, protect crops and orchards, and improve home heating. Windbreaks cut evaporation up to 65 percent near the lee, with greater impact in crop fields and dry regions of the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
United States
Cascade Mountains
Carlos G. Bates
U. S. Forest Service
Arctic trapper praises open spaces over city life
W. D. Clark of Eagle River country in the Arctic praises the open spaces and vows to return there after viewing city life. He has spent 33 years away from home and arrived with fox and marten skins valued at $9,000. He traveled from Vancouver to Calgary to Edmonton in a Red River cart before reaching the north.
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Arctic Circle
W. D. Clark
Eagle River
Arctic
Clark
Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Red River
Federal highway scheme to spend five million in first year
The federal government will spend five million on road improvements in the Dominion during the first year of the highway scheme. Three million comes from the federal treasury and two million from the provinces, while the Dominion plans up to twenty million total. The grant demand has been light as provinces have had little time to prepare. Fewer men would protest against drinking soda water if it weren't for the name of the stuff.
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Dominion
Federal Treasury
Air Board maps cross country flight network in Canada
Capt Drummond reports plans to mark landing places every about fifty miles across Canada from Winnipeg to Sudbury to aid forced landings. Air Board stations at Vancouver Morley Camp Borden Rockcliffe open with flying by mid August pending cabinet approval.
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Canada
Halifax
Dominion
Drummond
Air Board
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Sudbury
Canadian National Railway
Hearst
Grand Trunk Pacific
Vancouver
Morley
Alta
Rockcliffe
Camp Borden
Cabinet Council
Australians Top Global Writers Claim in Recent Survey
A recent survey ranks Australians as the world’s most prolific writers per capita, surpassing the United States and Canada. The report notes Australians produce more works per person annually, highlighting strong domestic writing activity and cultural emphasis on literature.
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United States
Canada
Tolmie urges farming shift to lift Canada’s war debt
Dr Tolmie Canadian agriculture minister tells Regina Canadian Club that agriculture must firm as the backbone of the country’s finances. He cites rising acreage but falling yields, urges mixed farming, livestock, better seed, crop rotation, and fertilizer use to raise wheat yields and national wealth. He notes silos short and dairy needs support, and that Chicago showings prove Canada can raise top livestock with intelligence and enterprise.
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Canada
Tolmuie
Federal
Siimister of Agriculture
Canadian Club of
Regina
Tolmie
West
Tormie
Chicago
Edison greets telegraphers from Orange in Morse tribute
Thomas A Edison, after 19 years, sends a telegraphy message from his Orange New Jersey home. The note honors early telegraph friends and records his thoughts in Morse on an indestructible phonograph disc for the Historical association archive.
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Thomas A. Edison
Orange
N.J
The
Historical Association
Dominion Fish Hatcheries completes fry distribution across provinces
The Manitoba hatcheries report 226 446 850 fry released this season. Pickerel total 25 353 600 with the rest whitefish. British Columbia completed fry distributions totaling 114 479 487 for salmon species plus about 740 000 Kennerley salmon fry.
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Department of Marine and Fisheries
Manitoba
British Columbia
Kennerley
Butter Grader Appointed Mr H A Hanson
Mr H A Hanson was appointed assistant butter grader and creamery instructor with the Dairy Branch of the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture and will begin duties immediately. Born in Denmark he trained in dairy work and moved to North America six years ago. He has since worked in butter production in the United States and Canada and led the Dauphin Milling and Creamery plant at Preeceville last year before completing a course at Iowa State College.
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H. A. Hanson
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Denmark
United States
Canada
Dauphin Milling and Creamery Company
Preeceville
Sask
The Latest at Greenwich Observatory
The Board of Visitors reviews a year of work at Greenwich Observatory. The report notes wireless time signals now reach from the Eiffel Tower, Nauen, and Annapolis and time balls nationwide are synchronized by electric signals. Greenwich also oversees Big Ben in Parliament.
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Greenwich Observatory
Astronomer- Royal
Eiffel Tower
Nauen
Annapolis
Observatory
Greenwich
Parliament
Engagement Break Recorded In Nineteenth Century Talk
A terse dialogue reveals a breakup, with one man admitting the engagement ended not brutally, yet definitively, and explaining the motive by stating his salary. The exchange captures restrained social norms and financial reasoning shaping personal decisions.
Mammoth Incubator Tests Show Mixed Hatch Results
The 10000 egg mammoth incubator at Ottawa's Central Experimental Farm yielded fair results when not at full capacity but poor hatches when nearly full. Officials traced issues to ventilation and improved airflow boosted outcomes during lighter loads. A new cellar is planned to allow further testing this season.
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Poultry Division
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Bachelor deserts marriage after family opposition
An elderly man recalls falling in love with a young woman but gave up the idea of marrying her once he learned that she and her entire family opposed the union.
Manitoba's New Capitol Shines as Canadian Pride
Ottawa Journal lauds Manitoba for its new capitol building praised as a premier example of modern architecture in classic Greek design. The structure is hailed as a symbol of national culture and provincial achievement, reflecting credit on Manitoba and Canada.
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Manitoba
Dominion
Canada
North America
Ottawa Journal
Will Understand Later on Mother Dialogue
A brief fragment captures a domestic exchange where a mother admonishes Elsie for pressing Miss Older on her age. The daughter explains she was probed first and claims she did not get mad, reflecting a tense family moment in simple dialogue.
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Elsie
Thali Starved Look Sparks Past Reputation Debate
A fragment hints at a controversy over Thali's reputation as onlookers cite a starved appearance. No clear events or dates are documented. details remain unreadable in the clipping.
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Edison
Dominion Fish Hatcheries
B. C
Mammoth
Western Coal Supply
Alberta
Prairies
Province of
Chain of Opera
Government
Distri
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