Canada Protects and Propagates Wildlife Nationwide
The article notes Canada’s historic wildlife abundance and later protections. It highlights federal and provincial laws, six Northwest Territories reserves, 546 857 square miles protected, 43 bird sanctuaries, 51 public shooting grounds, and eighteen national parks covering over 12 000 square miles. It states species have been preserved and introduced wildlife enhanced, inviting sportsmen to hunt across varied districts with ready guides and facilities.
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Canada
Northwest Territories
Alberta
Dominion
Braille Library Circulation Rises in October
The Canadian National Institute for the Blind reported its library circulated 2,003 Braille volumes in October across Canada and parts of the United States and Mexico. This was 500 volumes more than October 1929.
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Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Canada
United States
Mexico
Natural Gas Use in Canada in 1929 Reported
The 1929 domestic gas consumption in Canada was enough to displace 640000 tons of coal. Gas is abundant in Alberta and parts of Western Ontario.
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Canada
Alberta
Ontario
Hungary raises inland postal rates nationwide
Inland postal rates rise across Hungary with officials citing higher costs. The change affects mail services and charges across the country. Amid commentary a health proverb from Esquel la in Barcelona mentions cutting intake for weight loss and a quip on meal timing.
The Weak Link in Farm Feed Production
G B Rothwell Dominion Animal Husbandman Ottawa argues the feed supply grown at cost is the weak link in farm operation. He says low acre production drives high milk costs and that the farmer's only salvation is lowering production costs on the farm.
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G. B. Rothwell
Dominion Animal Husbandman
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Alberta Creameries Receipts Rise in November Butter Fat
Alberta creameries received over 811 thousand pounds of butter fat in November, up more than 40 percent from a year earlier, dairy commissioner C P Marker reported. Eleven month totals reached 14.45 million pounds, about ten percent higher than the previous eleven months.
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Alberta
C. P. Marker
Pique trim tweed frock pattern from Paris designs
All Tingey models are sketched in Paris and patterns cut in New York. The new pique trim on the tweed frock is washable after laundering, with bows reconditioned easily. The short broad bow passes through a slot. sleeves use narrower strips. Other woollens may be used. Sizes 14 to 20 and 34 to 40. Ready for immediate delivery. Hand cut. Send 25 cents to Fashion Bureau with name, address, pattern number and size.
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Paris
New York
Fashion Bureau
How To Order Patterns Adress Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern orders advertised by Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave describe pattern numbers and sizes for mail orders. The notice lists patterns available and how to specify size before mailing.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Dollar Wheat Used as Medium for Marketing Grain
The piece notes livestock as a marketing medium for grain with claimed values up to five dollars per bushel when fed to hens and sold as eggs. It highlights findings from the Dominion Experimental Station at Lacombe Alberta, detailing per bushel wheat values.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Lacombe
Alta
Radio On the Farm Promotes Education and Entertainment
Dr. J. H. Grisdale, Federal Deputy Minister of Agriculture, told Ottawa listeners that information can be as pleas ant as entertainment. He praised radio for agriculture as vital to farmers, especially youths, for market news weather updates and world happenings reaching the home.
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J. H. Grisdale
Ottawa
Back To the Farm Gains in Broad Sow Policy Reach
The Royal Winter Fair highlights the Broad Sow Policy led by Hon. R Weir. Over five hundred sows are saved bred and sent back to farms in the first month of operation. Saskatchewan and Alberta lead orders, with Canada-wide interest. Sows are provided at cost with freight savings. Lord Byng denied resignation as chief commissioner of London Metropolitan Police after illness. A car joke ends with the quip about losing bearings and gas.
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R. Weir
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Lord Byng
Scotland Yard
London Metropolitan Police
Toronto Judge’s Home Guarded After Fire Threat
Judge Emerson Coatsworth senior police magistrate and acting board chair in Toronto reports his home is under police guard after a mysterious telephone threat to burn it down.
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Emerson Coatsworth
Board of Police Commissioners
Toronto
Cod Liver Oil Aids Hen Laying In Winter
Dominion Experimental Farm Note says Vitamin D in cod liver oil helps chickens lay and keep eggs and shells healthy through winter. Only reliably tested brands should be used. Crude cod liver oil is suitable and inexpensive. A pint per 100 pounds of dry mash or 1 to 2 teaspoons per twelve birds for wet mash is adequate.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
New Signs Urge Bold Crossing Warnings In Houston
A Houston man argues danger signs at railroad crossings mislead drivers. He claims a simple Stop Look and Listen cue fails because motorists ignore it. He proposes new messages urging drivers to proceed, warning that risk is worth taking and a collision can happen in a single moment.
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Houston
Texas
British Industry Firms Seek Canadian Branches
A Birmingham steel maker plans a branch in Canada likely Quebec. A Leicester textile firm and another Birmingham engineering group are also weighing similar moves amid numerous inquiries. Also notes: miniature gasoline pumps filled with lead pencils used as desk decorations in Europe and the King of Spain to sell his race horses.
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Birmingham
Canada
Quebec
Leicester
Europe
Spain
Government Radio Stations Broadcast Programs To Inhabitants Of Far North
The Arctic news network extends to Churchill Chesterfield Inlet and Copper Mine River stations relaying world results and social north news to Hudsons Bay factors miners and trappers. Personal messages and trader updates speed via short wave links, making sets nearly as essential as dogs guns or clothing.
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Arctic
Canada
Alfred Duranteau
Marine
Hudson Bay
United States
Duranteau
Churchill
Hudson's Bay
Chesterfield Inlet
Bay
Copper Mine River
Arctic Ocean
North
Douglas Fir Ties Pass British Tests Spark More Orders
A consignment of Douglas fir railway ties sent to Great Britain for tests by the Forest Products Laboratories in London was declared highly satisfactory. The British government representative in London has been approached about a second shipment of about 300 000 ties, with railway systems keen on future large orders if prices are right.
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Great Britain
Forest Products Laboratories
London
England
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Overfeeding Risk in Hog Market Weights Rise
Farmers tend to overfeed market hogs as cheap grains flood the market. The ideal hog weight cited is 200 pounds, says A. A. MacMillan of the federal Agriculture Department. With lard price high relative to bacon, bacon-type hogs yield the most money, so feeders should avoid light or overly fat hogs to secure top market grades.
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A. A. MacMillan
Federal Department of Agriculture
Seed Production Aims for Maritime Farm Supply in 1931
The seed production policy of the Federal Department of Agriculture seeks a steady supply for Canadian farmers through localized production. Digby and Yarmouth in Nova Scotia yielded 1700 pounds of registered and 2500 pounds of commercial turnip seed in 1930, with large amounts of registered oats, and quality seed wheat and barley in the Maritime provinces and districts in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick prepared for the 1931 crop year.
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Federal
Department of Agriculture
Digby
Yarmouth Counties
Nova Scotia
Maritime Provinces
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Mechanical Egg Sorter Advances In Germany
An improved machine in Germany sorts and candles eggs, testing and weighing each one before distribution into five grades. Five workers can handle a 60 000 egg daily capacity with the new device.
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Germany
Canada’s Blueberry Industry Faces Uncertain Output
The Department of Agriculture in Ottawa notes blueberries are Canada’s largest unorganized industry with no modern cultivation methods. Production volume is unknown, trade spans fresh and frozen fruit, and about 600000 lbs are stored for baking, with only about one tenth likely to be used in Canada.
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Canada
Dominion
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Frog farming as mortgage lifter in Vita Manitoba
Farmers at Vita Manitoba spotlight frogs as a commercial asset turning a local pest into cash. Frog output is now counted in tons and sold to hotels and restaurants in Eastern Canada and the United States where frogs legs are a delicacy. Spain produced more than seven million tons of coal in the last year.
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Vita
Man
Canada
United States
Spain
Oxygen Proves Lethal to Mosquito Larvae in Tests
Experiments show high oxygen exposure kills mosquito larvae, suggesting a potential control method. Researchers noted rapid mortality in larval stages when oxygen levels exceeded normal conditions, offering insight for future vector management strategies.
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Hungary
Esquella
Barcelona
Alberta Creameries
Teo
Eva A. Tingey
Byng
British Industries For
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Sinaia
Roumania
Carol
Prince Michael
Far North
B.C
Manitoba
Madrid
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