Vast Agricultural Prospects for Settlers in Canada
The article surveys diverse Canadian farming opportunities for settlers worldwide. It highlights fruit growing in Ontario and Nova Scotia, diversified crops in the Okanagan and western provinces, and population growth from 1901 to 1921 alongside eightfold territorial expansion and millions of acres under cultivation. It notes a shift toward mixed farming as the trend for farmers and settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Niagara
Ontario
Annapolis Basin
Nova Scotia
Okanagan
Kootenay
New
Western Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Rights of Animals reprint highlights early American humane work
The 1791 treatise The Rights of Animals by Herman Daggett, produced as a Providence College master's thesis, was printed in Sag Harbor in 1792 and is touted as the first American humane work. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has reprinted it for free distribution to spur broader humane efforts, including abolition of the steel trap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Daggett
Providence College
Brown University
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Sag Harbor
Long Island
Edward P. Buffet
Canada’s western farms shift from wheat to dairy and mixed farming
The article traces a transition from wheat dominated prairie lands to diversified agriculture across Western Canada. It notes rising dairy and mixed farms in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, and British Columbia, with strong fruit, meat, and poultry sectors expanding alongside growing butter and cheese markets influenced by nearby processing and exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Prairie
Regina
Calgary
Edmonton
Saskatchewan Seed Growers Elect New Leadership At Annual Meeting
Saskatchewan Seed Growers held their annual meeting with George Spence retiring from the Saskatchewan Registered Seed Grain Growers Association. W. J. F. Warren Belbeck was elected president, Tullis was re-elected secretary and general manager, and W. J. Mantle was chosen treasurer. Members reported strong cooperation and confidence in the pool’s success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Spence
Maple Creek
Saskatchewan Registered Seed Grain Growers’ Association
W. J. F. Warren
Belbeck, Sask
Tullis
Saskatchewan
W. J. Mantle
Beekeeping Notes and Weight Loss Advice
Bees swarm over sweet clover at Weldwood Farm with millions of honeybees guarding nectar until stored in the silo. The second item warns against rapid weight loss and advocates gradual reduction to maintain health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldwood Farm
Saskatchewan Harvesters to Work 35000 for 1926 Crop
Saskatchewan's harvest crew for the 1926 crop will total 35,000 workers, announced by G J Tomsell, general superintendent of the clearinghouse of the provincial government employment service. Laughter is heard when a man's hat blows away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
G. J. Tomsell
Clearing House
Provincial Government Employment Service
Butter Awards At Regina Crown Interprovincial Creamery Honors
The Motherwell trophy for inter-provincial creamery butter awards at Regina went to Crescent Creamery Company of Brandon Manitoba after its Manitoba sweepstakes win. Belmont Creamery placed second in Manitoba. In Alberta Central Creamery Calgary won first with Edmonton Pure Butter Company second. In Saskatchewan Lloydminster branch of Saskatchewan Cooperative Creameries led, Regina branch second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motherwell
Regina
Crescent Creamery Company
Brandon
Man
Manitoba
Belmont Creamery
Central Creamery
Calgary
Edmonton Pure Butter Company
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Lloydminster
Saskatchewan Co-operative Creameries
Who's Who In Wheat From Canada Aims For Chicago Crown
A New York Sun editorial notes J C Mitchell of Cahinda Saskatchewan will compete at the International Show in Chicago seeking to regain the wheat crown. It highlights Mitchell as a pillar of Canadian wheat progress and contrasts with Montana champion L P Yates, while recounting Mitchell non involvement in 1925 and his rise from a landless immigrant to a 400 acre farmer with a new potato project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Mitchell
Dahinda
Saskatchewan
Chicago
New York Sun
Montana
L. P. Yates
Fishtail
Canada
The
Dominion
Cahinda
Mitchell
Lake Michigan
Seager Wheeler
Rosthern
Mr. Wheeler
Doukhobors Seek Alberta Answer on Settlement Prospects
The Alberta government weighs whether to accept more Doukhobor settlers after the Doukhobor Colonization Society asked about possibilities for Peace River settlement. An estimated 5,000 Doukhobors remain in Russia seeking migration to Western Canada, with the premier calling for careful investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Doukhobor Colonization Society
Peace River
Russia
Western
Canada
Dominion Land Survey Core to Agriculture and Settlement
The bulletin by C. D. Matthews of the Dominion experimental farm explains Intensive cultivation for corn including weed control moisture conservation and soil improvement. It covers cultivation depth timing plant thinning and stand density and discusses the rectangular meridian based land survey system adopted in Western Canada and its historical roots in Italy and America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Land System of Survey
C. D. Matthews
Dominion Experimental Farm
Indian Head
Saskatchewan Corn Growers’ Association
Italy
Canada
America
Congress of the
United States
Ohio
Colonel Bouquet
General Gage
Fort Pitt
Thomas Hutchins
General Bouquet
Switzerland
Sardinia
Western
Department of the Interio
Moore Jaw Times
Canada Increases Gold and Platinum Output In 1925
Government statistics show Canada produced 1,735,735 fine ounces of gold worth 35.88 million dollars in 1925, up 210,253 ounces from the prior year. Platinum output reached 8,698 ounces worth 1,028,192 dollars, with palladium rhodium and other platinum group metals adding 8,288 ounces valued at 648,969 dollars. Most production came from Ontario. British Columbia Yukon Manitoba Nova Scotia and Quebec contributed smaller amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Ontario
British Columbia
Yukons
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Quebec
United States
Sudbury
Derby Winners Strain Ships to Mulans Winnipeg Breeding Ranch
Twenty five thoroughbreds from Great Britain and Ireland arrived in Montreal aboard the Metagama for dispatch to Mulans breeding and training ranch near Winnipeg. The group includes steeplechasers and flat runners, many three-year-olds, with notable lineages such as Grand Parade and Troytown. Owner A Mullans said they traveled from Dublin to Southampton then to Canada in good condition and will train before racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Ireland
Canadian Pacific
Metagama
Montreal
Mulans
Winnipeg
A. Mullans
Egland
Dublin
Southampton
Dustry
Aurania
Ybro
Grand Parade
Padua
Pride
Nellie’s Pet
Cygnus
England
Magzhery
Master Michael
Troytown
Denton
Coronach
Saskatchewan Livestock Train Returns to Regina
After a three week Saskatchewan tour the livestock train by the department of agriculture returns to Regina. Attendance across visited sites exceeded eight thousand. Shorthorns led sales with 25 sold along with four Polled Angus, four Red Polls, three Ayrshires, two Holsteins and one Hereford. Twelve scrub bulls were traded for purebreds. Southern Alberta sugar beets see seven thousand acres planted this year up from a thousand last season with promising prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
Regina
Alberta
Cat Walks 65 Miles to Old Home
A cat owned by Air and Mrs. Robert F. Birkel traveled 65 miles from Lewiston Pennsylvania back to Danville to reach the family’s former home. Neighbors watched the feline care of the cat after its long journey as they awaited the owners’ return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cat
Tommy
Air
Robert F. Birkel
Danville
Lewiston
Birkel
Toorop Sees Three Figures In Mussolini Study
Jan Toorop, famed Dutch painter, works on a study centering St. Paul as the central figure. He says the composition will include three dominant figures of the era, St. Paul, St. Theresa, and Mussolini, shaping the modern harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Toorop
St. Paul
Toorop
St.Paul
St. Theresa
Mussolini
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Sunset
British
Columbia
Columbia Valley
Royal
the Prince Wales
Canaan Welern
Prairie Provinces
London
Shoal Lake
Saskatchewan Seed Growers
J. F. Warren
Belbeck
Saskatchewan Harvesters
Wheat
Manchester
Canadian Department of Agriculture
Mitchell Farm
Doukhobors
C.N.R
W. A. Kingsland
Western Lines
Canadian National Railways
Saskatoon
Fibiton
Whitecap
Charles Eagle Cree
Watkins
Jackson
Watson
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