Sweet Clover: A Helpful Ally Yet A Risky Crop In Canada
Sweet clover once boomed as a profitable seed crop but later fell from favor as defects surfaced. It pollutes other clover seeds, complicates separation, and can ruin red clover and alfalfa seed districts. Proper handling keeps it useful as fertilizer and silage, but seed prices may not rebound.
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Dominion
Canada
Europe
United States
Peel
Elgin
Ontario
Brooks
Who Won the War A Brantford Expositor editorial lecture
The piece recalls Sir Harry Lauder’s wartime anecdote about nations aiding Britain’s victory. It notes his joke that English and Irish Welsh French Belgians Americans Australians New Zealanders and South Africans helped the Scots win the war, and suggests the lineup could be rearranged by the speaker’s nationality.
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Brantford Expositor
Harry Lauder
Canada
Ranching In B C Improves Outlook For Cattle Industry
C G Cowan say BC cattle business is regaining strength after wartime lull. He runs major Cariboo ranches including Marquis of Exeter and Lord Egerton holdings. Competition now returns, spurring ranch improvements, more cattle and 3000 sheep imported from Oregon. irrigation ditches planned to boost feed production.
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British Columbia
C. G. Cowan
Cariboo
Marquis of Exeter
Lord Egerton of
Mr. Cowan
B.C
Collecting Back Taxes on Wheat Pool Deductions
The Federal Income Tax Department of Ottawa and the Western Wheat Pool dispute whether 2 or 3 cents per bushel deducted to fund elevators from all grain is taxable income. The department seeks tax payments on all such collections since inception. Western Canada hosts about 4,400 country grain elevators, with one-fifth owned or controlled by the Canadian Wheat Pool, the world’s largest farmers cooperative.
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Federal Income Tax Department of Ottawa
Western Wheat Pool
The
Treasury
Federal Department
Canada
Canadian Wheat Pool
Farmers’ Co-Operative Organization
University of B.C
British Columbia
Maizie
University of British Columbia
Brantford Expositor
Malzie
Almond Industry in Majorca A Thriving Crop
Almonds form the island of Majorca’s leading crop with many varieties grown. As olive trees age they are replaced by almonds. Near ripeness the nuts are knocked from branches by bamboo poles and gathered by women and children. After drying the nuts are husked and shelled by hand or machine, kernels extracted.
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Majorca
Shipping Cattle To China From British Columbia
British Columbia ships more dairy cattle to China despite political uncertainty the market remains strong. A 23 head shipment of pure bred and grade Jersey and Guernsey cattle was sent to Hong Kong for the Farm Dairy Ice and Cold Storage Company, with more to follow in spring.
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British Columbia
China
A. Knight
Jersey and Guernsey
Hong Kong
Uncle Ezra’s Witty Autocycle Accident Tale
Uncle Ezra explains the mishap with a farcical line about keeping an eye on one thing a foot on another and a hand on a third, joking his anatomy was in the wrong place and the crash resulted from mismatched focus.
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Uncle Ezra
Pauline and Fred Discuss Reusing Letters for Material
Pauline asks about returning letters while Fred notes there is useful material he can reuse. The exchange centers on preserving correspondence and repurposing content for ongoing work.
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Fred
Edmonton Winter Carnival Scene and Ski Race Winner
Carnival Queen Grace Bolli with court members Miss Dora Roberns Miss Grace Poole Miss Margaret Buckham and Miss Gladys Butler shown in a pageant lineup. Dr William Egbert lieutenant governor of Alberta and W A Brown Edmonton CN supervisor curl on Lac Beauvert. Queen of Carnival congratulates Camrose winner P Gotaas for the 28 mile cross country ski race. Marjorie Panning from Glimpses of Jaspers Winter Carnival also appears in the feature.
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Marjorie Panning
Canada to become third largest copper producer says official
Sydney J. Cook of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics told the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in Quebec that within ten years Canada could rise to third worldwide in copper output behind the U S and Chile. He cited Rouyn District Quebec Frood near Sudbury Ontario and Manitoba properties as growth avenues. He predicted per capita copper use would continue rising.
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Canada
U.S
Chile
Sydney J. Cook
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Quebec
Cooke
Rouyn
Frood
Sudbury
Ontario
Manitoba
Hudson's Bay Railway to open vast new development area
Saskatchewan Farmer notes the Hudson's Bay Railway will unlock immense territory along the bay coast. He suggests coast line size implies large untapped opportunities for fur, fish, minerals, pulpwood, and agriculture, besides wheat and livestock shipments. The line promises early payback from regional demand and farming needs.
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Hudson's Bay Railway
Bay
Saskatchewan
Buy At Home You Sell There Build Up Your Community
A local advocacy piece urges buying at home to support merchants, bolster town services, lower taxes, fund charities, and sustain local media. It argues home trade keeps wealth and development within the community while warning against outsourcing to distant markets. It closes with a note on the origin of modern banking in Italy.
Naval accord with Britain and U S seen as path to world peace
London Spectator editor John B. Atkins told Chicago’s English-speaking Union that a Britain United States naval agreement would mark a major step toward world peace. He cited Geneva’s failure but urged disarmament, noting Britain faces industrial decline and trade route needs push for smaller cruisers.
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Britain
U. S
Great Britain
United States
John B. Atkins
The
London Spectator
Union
Chicago
Atkins
England
Geneva
British Empire
Wheat variety claimed rust resistant by Dr Seager Wheeler
Dr Seager Wheeler of Rosthern Saskatchewan announced a new wheat cross bred from Kota that he believes will be rust resistant and suitable for milling. He has spent 40 years growing wheat and aims to meet Western farmers needs. Trials are under way in Ottawa Saskatoon and in Manitoba and Dakota.
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Seager Wheeler
Rosthern, Sask
Wheeler
Canada
Rosthern Board of Trade
Kota
Ottawa
Saskatoon
Manitoba
Dakota
John and Joan Friendship Prompts School Warning
A teacher warns John in an infant class that without more effort he will not advance and may lose his friend Joan, noting the close tie between the pupils. Also mentions that fifteen women over 100 years old died in 1922.
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John
Joan
Little Joan
Simple farm accounting urged for better results
Farmers are urged to adopt simple accounting methods and inventories to track receipts expenses and the value of livestock feed and tools. The Dominion experimental farms offer a small account book from Ottawa for ten cents to help start proper records and identify why farming may not pay.
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Dominion Experimental Farms
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Senator and the Major Shared a Gentle Guffaw
While strolling the avenue the overstuffed Senator asks the Major if a pretty girl smiled at him. The Major retorts that his own first sight of the Senator caused an audible laugh, revealing their fond humor and enduring friendship.
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Major
Humorous Exchange about Recycled Wardrobe Items
A Berlin joke exchanges quips about clothes reuse. A man notes his wife made a necktie from an old dress while she made a dress from a necktie, illustrating playful household thrift in Der Brummer.
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Sweet Clover
Sanny Land
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Island
Winnipeg
Unilon
Nibermoi Ave
Pauline
Ww. N. UC
Jasper
California
Lac Beauvert
H.B
Hudson Bay
Coast Line
Italy
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