Seed Treatment Promises Higher Wheat Yields From Disease Control
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service cites seed disinfection as a remedy for losses from seed borne diseases. Professor Clayton Roberts Orton notes spread via infected seed, with parasites like cereal smut distributed globally. Formaldehyde copper and corrosive sublimate are standard but limited, while organic mercuries show broader toxicity and safety. Seed sample interest grows and future sales may require disinfected seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty. Clayton Roberts Orton
Pennsylvania Sate College
Kansas Farmers Flock to Saskatchewan Settlement Boom
More than eighty Kansas families and neighbors are settling near Eston and Tyner Saskatchewan since May as one of western Canada’s largest American agricultural communities forms. Led by L B Boyd of Canadian National, the project has drawn land purchases from the railway and signals a major cash commitment of at least five thousand dollars per family for land and equipment as they relocate from Kansas to lower rents and affordable farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Mid-Western States
Eston
Tyner
Sask
Canada
L. B. Boyd
Land and Colonization Department
Canadian National Railways
St. Paul
Minn
United States
Mr. Boyd
Boyd
Saskatchewan
Tankage Improves Sows and Litters in Ottawa Trial
Brandon Experimental Farm reports a 1925 Ottawa Agriculture test where three sows with litters of twenty seven and three with twenty eight were fed meals with and without two percent tankage. Seven pounds per sow daily for twenty five days cost 63 cents more. tankage sows lost 2.9 pounds less, while their litters gained 1.5 pounds more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dveandon Piperimontal
Brandon
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Okanagan Fruit Crop Forecast Heavier This Year
The Horicultural Department of the Provincial Government estimates the Okanagan apple crop at 3,170 boxes up from 2,553,449 last year. Crab apples expected at 137,350 versus 115,623, pears 100,990, and peaches and prunes 215,050 compared with 77,765 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okanagan
Irish origins claimed for Yankee Doodle and God Save the King
Dr Gratton Flood an Irish music expert argues Yankee Doodle was originally an Irish air titled All the Way to Galway. He also states God Save the King is an old Irish tune dating from about 1595 citing London sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratton Flood
Galway
Wheat crop in Jugo Slavia tops expected yield
The wheat crop of Jugo Slavia is officially estimated at 77,870,000 bushels, up from 73,646,000 last year, per a cable to the Department of Agriculture in Ottawa. European totals reach 960,694,000 bushels, down from 1,023,823,000 last year, a drop of 62,000,000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jugo Slavia
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Edison on Machines as the Hope of Mankind
In a Forum interview Thomas A. Edison cites machines as the future of humanity and urges rapid production of new, more complex devices. He sees machines as the emancipator of mankind, expanding power beyond manual labor and reducing drudgery through increased productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
America
Who Was Mrs Grundy Real Character of Propriety
The article explains Mrs Grundy as a real figure, Hampton Court's housekeeper in the late 1840s and 1850s, famed for her strict sense of propriety. She reportedly locked away artworks deemed unfit, and the palace room was known as Mrs Grundy’s Gallery.
Lumber industry faces record demand for bush workers
Port Arthur Ont reports urgent need for about five hundred men to meet immediate bush labor demand. Thunder Bay district expects the largest logging season in history as operators statewide announce labor needs at least one third higher than last year, a peak in Northern Ontario winter industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Ont
Thunder Bay
Ontario
Daddy Blair the Worldly Scout Dies in Edmonton at 94
Edmonton mourns Telesphore Alexander Blaig known as Daddy Blair a veteran of the Hudsons Bay Company and circus promoter who carried mail for the HBC and wandered the West for decades. Born near Montreal he left at fourteen for adventure and died after a long life of travel scouting and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
Hudson's Bay Company
Edmonton
Dad
Montreal
Barnumi
General Strange
Lord Strathcona
Donald Smith
C.P.R
Crow's Nest Trail
Gossiping wives jailed in Belgian town censoring neighbors
In a small Belgian town of Custrin husbands complain that wives who gossip at the back fenes are jailed under an old medieval law. The charges reflect social control as authorities enforce domestic behavior, while a young man seeks advancement only after settling down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custrin
Unemployment in Britain: Over One Million on Poor Relief
British advisory data show 1,680,345 people in July received poor relief in 31 areas, down 1.7 percent from June but up 53.9 percent from July 1823. England and Wales accounted for 1,080,848,909 dollars of aid. 114,784 indoor and 734,261 outdoor relief. Scotland reported 171,993 total aid receivers with 9,484 indoor and 162,419 outdoor relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Bankers Trust Company of
New York
British Informaen Service
England
Wales
Scotland
Electrification of Railways Expands in London and Provinces
Electricity and steam electrification of railways is beyond experiments in London and major provincial cities like Liverpool. It promises higher speed and more frequent service with less smoke and dirt. Technical authorities expect cities to be ringed by expanding circles, but steam will remain dominant for long distance hauls for years. Progress is satisfactory and patience is urged to await further advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Liverpool
Theosophical Society Banquet Serves 300 Egg Omelet
At its convention banquet in Chicago the American Theosophical Society had a main dish, a colossal omelet made from 300 eggs and 800 pounds of mushrooms, prepared by the hotel kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Theosophical Society
Chicago
Alberta Wheat Pool Adds 400000 Acres in Alberta
Officials announce four hundred thousand additional acres signed up in Alberta this year. The Alberta Wheat Pool expects to handle about sixty percent of this year’s crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Wheat Pool
Alberta Pool
Succulent Annual Pastures for Livestock Explored
Three succulent annual pastures rape kale and cabbage are discussed as forage crops. A Ottawa pamphlet notes Savoy and Drumhead cabbage types yield palatable green feed, with tests across Canada showing adaptability to soil and climate and quick recovery from frost for cattle sheep hogs and poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Brandon
Manitoba
West
Fraser Valley
Vancouver Island
Marconi’s Yacht Runs Constant Wireless Trials Off Britain
Signor Marconi sails the British coast aboard a largely Italian crewed yacht. He conducts wireless experiments while cruising between ports, rarely staying ashore two nights in a row. The routine appears meticulously organized as his vessels pace along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signor Marconi
Marconi
Britain
Religious shifts challenge the ethics of business leaders
A reflective editorial notes that many executives alter beliefs to suit market needs, urging integrity in commerce. It argues convictions should not be sacrificed for profit and highlights the tension between faith and venture success.
Homestead Entries In West Exceed 1925 Year To Date
Canadian Pacific bulletin reports homestead filings in Western Canada for the first seven months of 1926 rising to 3 829, ahead of all of 1925, with Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia showing major gains. The filings cover 612 800 acres and could boost western wheat output if half were seeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canadian Pacific Bulletin
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Bulletin
Northern Alberta Crops Show Strong Yields Across Districts
Estimates from agents along the Edmonton Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway indicate a bumper Northland crop with about thirty bushes of wheat per acre in most districts. Oats are expected at 60 to 70 bushels per acre and barley near 40, signaling robust harvest potential despite one district lag. The piece ends with a rural farmer quip about labeling items for his wife and cow Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Dunvegan
British Columbia
New Feeder Purchase Policy Aids Western Shows
The policy authorized by the Minister of Agriculture runs September 1 to December 1 to support Western Canada feeder shows and help Eastern farmers obtain feeder cattle and feeder lambs. The Live Stock Branch will cover reasonable travel costs for a farmer buying carloads at Western sales and transporting stock east for feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minister of Agriculture
Western
Canada
Praise for Lord Willingdon in The London Observer
The London Observer lauds Viscount Willingdon Canada's new Governor General and Lady Willingdon. It praises his India work in the Great War and foresees strong English character appeal to Canadians, noting Bombay and Madras attraction to his frankness and sincerity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Observer
Viscount Willingdon
Canada
Lady Willingdon
Lord Wilingdon
India
Lord Reading
Generel
Bombay
Madras
Valuable relic recalls Priestley oxygen lens at Dickinson College
The sesquicentennial celebration marks Joseph Priestley's 1774 discovery of oxygen using a burning lens. Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., holds the lens and apparatus, once used by Priestley to concentrate sun rays on mercuric oxide. The relic came to the college via Thomas Cooper, who traveled with Priestley to America in 1754.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Priestley
Priestley
Dickinson College
Carlyle
Priestly
Thomas Cooper
America
Railways Report Higher Earnings in First Half
Canadian railroads posted a 13.6 percent rise in gross revenue for the first six months, totaling $26,005,108 more than the previous period. Net gains outpaced gross due to a lower expense to revenue ratio, with traffic density cited as a key underlying factor.
Oil From Grape Seeds Promises Aircraft Engine Use
Chemists seek substitutes for imported castor oil and report a method to extract high quality oil from grape seeds. They claim seven to eight gallons of oil can be obtained from a ton of grapes, suitable for airplane engines.
Tower height by barometer rope method exchanges
Student proposes lowering a barometer from the tower top and measuring the rope to estimate height. Teacher asks for test method using four barometers to determine height.
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Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ww. N. UL Obeas
Edison
Mrs. Grundy
Bush
Blair of
the Wild and
Barrum
Queen Victoria
Blair
Northwest
Fort Garry
Canadian Pacific Railway
Winnipeg
Tom Scott
Scott
Miss Chatham
Beulah Mission
Hudson Bay
B.C
Coast
Pacific Coast
Dominion
Jersey
Lord Willingdon
Pennsylvania College
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