Garnet Ottawa 652 Wheat Draws Prairie Farmer Interest
Tests show Garnet Ottawa 652 wheat, developed at Lacombe Alberta, matures faster than Marquis and yields more. Prairie farmers request test seed as preliminary milling and frost resistance data are gathered. Garnet is expected to replace Ruby Ottawa 623 while Marquis remains the standard milling wheat.
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Canada
Ottawa
Central Experimental Farm
Ollawe
G. E de Long
BSA
Dominion Experimental Farm
Lacombe
Alta
Alta Station
Marquis
de Long
Laecombe
Garpet
Alberta
United States
Manitoba Rural Credits Act costs rural lenders
A report to Premier J Bracken shows Manitoba has lost over 650000 since enacting the Rural Credits Act. Prepared by John Wyle, rural credits superintendent, the eight month fiscal period reduced principal and interest owing by about 380000. The balance owed stands at 2336531 with 175874 in unpaid interest.
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Manitoba
J. Bracken
John Wyle
Remote RCMP Post Planned on Ellesmere Island Frontier
The world’s most northerly police post will be built next year for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the far end of Ellesmere Island. Building materials and two years of supplies have been cached within easy freighting distance of the site.
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Bureau
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ellesmere Island
Immigrants to Canada under Lutheran aid in 1926
The Lutheran Immigration board of Canada plans to bring four thousand immigrants to Canada during 1926. The western branch adopted the programme unanimously at its annual meeting held in Saerstoon. European representatives will select the settlers carefully.
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Canada
Lutheran Immigration Board of Canada
Saerstoon
Agriculture Department Reviews Embargo on Scottish Cattle
The Department of Agriculture is considering minor changes to the two year old embargo on breeding cattle from Scotland due to foot and mouth disease in Britain. Scotland and England are treated as a single regulatory unit and no cattle from Britain have been admitted, with no definite steps to allow imports from the Old Country.
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Department of Agriculture
Scotland
Britain
England
Old Country
Canada Daily draws crowds in Trafalgar Square for emigration
The Canada Building in Trafalgar Square sees daily queues of men anxious to emigrate as inquiries surge beyond expectations. Three Scottish farmers walked to London to seek immediate sailings, while many women apply under the new low rate. Applicants range from teachers to dressmakers and clerks, all aiming for domestic work upon arrival. The Alberta scheme plans 30 000 acres in Vermilion for emigrants, many of whom are expected to be Roman Catholic.
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Trafalgar Square
Canada
Canada Building
Scotland
London
London Times
Alberta
Vermilion
Mennonites Buy Land In Saskatchewan
Fifty five quarter sections totaling 8800 acres north of Speers in the Battleford district have been bought by Mennonite settlers from the Canadian Pacific Railway. About 40 families will begin farming in Western Canada under similar terms to early homesteaders, moving onto the land by June 1, 1926.
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Speers
Sask
Battleford
Canadian Pacific Railway
Russia
Canada
Woollen mill project eyed in Winnipeg by British and American capital
A Manitoba industries committee announcement said British and American interests are interested in building a woollen mill in Winnipeg. A tentative site has been selected and manufacturing will include socks caps coatings robes and other woollen goods.
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United States
Winnipeg
New Industries Committee
Manitoba Industrial Development Board
Britain’s postwar recovery praised by authorities
Kingston Standard notes that Britain is recovering faster from the Great War than after Napoleon, citing a drive to restore the pound to gold parity and maintain economic strength as evidence Britain rises to the occasion once more.
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Great Britain
Britain
Life Expectancy Projections by Prof Hornell Hart
Prof Hornell Hart of Bryn Mawr suggests babies born in 2000 A D may live about 200 years. He told the American Sociology Society that science will accelerate the rise in average life expectancy.
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Hornell Hart
Bryn Mawr
Science
British rail groups order vast BC Douglas fir ties noted
Purchase by a major British railway group calls for 36 060 000 feet of Douglas fir railroad ties from British Columbia. Officials claim this exceeds BC's 1923 export to Britain. A shift to Canadian timber is highlighted along with favorable freight rates and Panama Canal service.
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British Columbia
Britain
British Railways
Great
British Railway Group
Panama Canal
London and North Eastern Railway Company
British Admiralty
British Board of Trade
Pacific trade surge seen as future world system shift
A. M. Dollar, Vancouver board of trade president and son of Captain Robert Dollar, foretells the Pacific overtaking the Atlantic in trade. He cites rising Pacific foreign trade among the United States, Japan and Canada, the opened Panama Canal, and a Pacific coast population of 856 million versus 226 million on the Atlantic.
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Robert Dollar
San Francisco
Ontario
A. M. Dollar
Vancouver Board of Trade
Pacific
Atlantic
Mr. Dollar
United States
Japan
Canada
Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
Europe
Proposed Dairy Merger Forms Canadian Holding Company
The Ottawa Citizen reports a holding company may be formed to merge dairy firms across Canada with a capital around 20 million dollars. Proponents expect Ottawa's Producers' Dairy Company shareholders to vote on joining the scheme. Backing centers in Quebec Montreal Toronto and Winnipeg. If approved the venture would expand beyond dairy into bottle manufacture wooden case production and related dairy trades.
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Canada
Ottawa Citizen
Whaling Firm Sells 10800 Barrels Oil For Various Uses
The Consolidated Whaling Company of Victoria put up about 10800 barrels of oil from four stations operating May to October last year. The oil will be used to make toilet soaps tanning tempering steel fruit and other sprays. Blood and bone meal also used for growing flowers and fruits.
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B.C
Consolidated Whaling Company
Victoria
Saskatchewan Dairy Output Soars in 1925 Production Rise Report
The Saskatchewan dairy branch reports 1925 dairy product value at 20 945 648 with creamery butter output reaching 15 850 000 pounds up from 13 585 902 in 1924 an increase of 2 266 093 pounds Cheese production rose to 223 137 pounds from 165 000 in 1924 and butter exports to Britain topped 10 500 600 pounds with strong demand due to reliable quality
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
P. C. Kidd
Dominion of Canada
By-Products From Raymond Sugar Factory to Feed Stock
Raymond Alberta beet sugar factory by products pulp molasses syrup and pulp will feed cattle with alfalfa and grain. Negotiations with a packing firm aim to test feeding a large steer group near the plant. This fall the Raymond factory processed about 45 000 tons of beets and expects a substantial increase next year with 2000 tons of syrup and ample pulp available for stockmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Alberta
Canada
Soldier Settlers Doing Well In Alberta Loans
The land settlement board in Calgary reports soldier settlers are paying in 4000 to 5000 dollars daily. The payments indicate prosperity among farming communities. One settler recently paid 2600 dollars in full.
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Alberta
Land Settlement Board
Calgary
Alberta farmer yields steady wheat output for two decades
Horace Johnson, a longtime Alberta farmer in the Champion district, has averaged 28 bushels of wheat per acre for over twenty years with no crop failure, though he shares common risks with other farmers from natural causes. The piece also notes revived Western Canadian farm interest and a proposed Galway to St Johns air service.
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Horace Johnson
Alberta
Champion
Galway
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Free States
United States
Edmonton Board of Trade
Wheat Straw To Be Used For Paper Making In West
Western wheat straw may soon supply pulp for paper as trials prove straw pulp can match wood pulp quality. Alberta led research on the Bache Wilg process with government tests in Montreal, showing high cellulose yields from wheat and other cereal straw and potential for mill establishment in Alberta and Manitoba.
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Alberta
Manitoba
Prairies
Bache-Wilg
Forest Products Laboratories
Montreal
E. Parke Cameron
John Bache Wilg
Carl Bache Wilg
Norway
United States
Canada
Muller
Canada Inland Mineral Boom Sets 1925 Record
Canada's mineral output in 1925 is valued at 228.44 million dollars, up 18.86 million from 1924 and surpassing the 1920 peak. Gold, lead, and zinc show standout gains while nickel, copper, and cobalt rise. iron ore exports increase from mine stocks. Mining ranks third among Canada's primary industries and fuels related sectors nationwide.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Noted Woman Surgeon Dame Louisa Aldrich Blake Dies
London pioneer among women surgeons Dame Louisa Aldrich Blake dies after long illness. She served as dean of the London School of Medicine for Women and held senior posts at Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital, with fellowship in the Royal Society of Medicine.
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Louisa Brandreth Aldrich Blake
London
Aldrich-Blake
London School of Medicine For Women
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital
Royal Free Hospital
Royal Society of Medicine
Oberammergau Passion Play Moves Up to 1927 Summer
Oberammergau's peasant players plan next Passion Play for summer 1927 rather than 1930 after war interrupted the decennial presentation. It last appeared in 1922 before the company toured the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberammergau
Passion Players
United States
Muskrats Threaten Fishing Boat at Port Arthur
A family of muskrats nests under the quarter deck of John Sheehan’s fishing boat moored at Port Arthur for the winter. They gnaw at the knees and could cause damage. The area is a game sanctuary, making it legal to kill or drive them away.
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John Sheehan
Port Arthur
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Manley Champlin
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