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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 26, 1928
Page
3
The article notes Canada’s vast pulpwood resources could support widespread rayon production. It cites early 20th century progress, confirms Cornwall Ontario plant, Drummondville Quebec project, Westminster BC plant, and BC Pulp and Paper efforts using hemlock for cellulose, with multiple firms planning or investing in new facilities across the country.
Saskatchewan butter makers dominated the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto and the Central Canada Exhibition in Ottawa. They won 17 prizes at Toronto, including seven firsts, under the group system, with provincial dairy commissioner P. E. Reed praising the creameries' success and noting strong showings that followed Vancouver wins.
Over twelve years BC whaling crews landed 7 619 whales. The peak year yielded 1 198 catches, the low 187. Numerous plants on Vancouver Island now can whale meal and by products like bone. Producers face hard choices amid rising demand and heat of the market.
Captain Kurl Klenenberg of the Old Maid No. 2 reports heavy influenza deaths among natives near Herschel and Coronation Gulf in the western Arctic during July. Despite poor fur yields, he expects a cargo valued around 100600 dollars and plans to sell on the Seattle Fur Exchange.
Strawberry growing north of latitude 53 in Saskatchewan has become a commercial industry after the 1924 completion of the Tunnel Prince Albert extension of the CPR. For 12 years the crop existed, but transport limits delayed expansion. In 1925 several thousand 25 quart cases were shipped, reaching Winnipeg and Regina, with production this year expected to nearly double last season.
Unseasonable weather during tapping reduced maple sugar and syrup production in 1926. Maple sugar output reached 7 137 203 pounds worth 1 320 837, down from 10 496 262 pounds valued at 1 847 672 in 1925. Maple syrup production totaled 1 746 570 gallons valued at 3 575 538, up from 1 673 093 gallons valued at 3 440 226 last year. Quebec remains responsible for over half of Dominion maple syrup and sugar output.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canadian coal production for June at 1,587,449 tons, 47 percent above the five year June average. May production was 1,138,738 tons and the June average over prior years was 44,942 tons.
A woman struggles to instruct her Chinese servant on receiving calling cards. She returns her own card and the next day two callers present theirs. The Chinaman says tickets are no good and cannot enter. The piece ends with a remark that Yugoslavia is the only European country outside copyright.
W L Smith special correspondent estimates about 1 006 000 000 will be added to Canada's income this year from Western farm products. Last year's wheat crop was worth 400 000 000 to growers and boosted western prosperity. Smith sees farming expanding with livestock dairy poultry vegetables and general handling boosting returns nationwide.
The Alberta department of agriculture will pay honoraria for grand championships and first prizes won by Alberta exhibitors at the Chicago International Exhibition in December. Grand champion prize is 150 dollars, first prize 100 dollars. The department will collect Alberta exhibits at the government seed cleaning plant, pay freight to Chicago and back, and arrange exhibit placement. Special prizes cover threshed grains, grass seed, clover seeds, bale hay, alfalfa, and corn on the cob.
A good husky team in Alaska commands 500 to 700 dollars depending on strength and training. A top trait is training to halt at once to avoid air holes in ice. Teams are taught by allowing dogs to plunge into an ice hold trap to memory the cold bath.
Prof H M Johnson of the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh reports that only about 114 minutes of a night’s sleep are spent in absolute rest. He notes the rest of the time involves muscular or mental activity such as dreaming, and he states that seven and three quarter hours of sleep is ample for a normal person.
Sixteen foreign countries have already accepted invitations to send delegates to the world poultry congress to be held in Ottawa next summer. The United States will send 1000 automobiles for a border to Ottawa tour and the American Poultry Association will stage a major foreign exhibit. Russia will mount a large delegation with royal attendance expected as the Prince of Wales plans to exhibit. Lord Willingdon will be chief patron, and tours of Canada coast to coast are arranged for foreign delegates.
J. E. Gonzales, Cuba’s purchasing agent in Montreal, prefers Canadian hard spring wheat and expects Cuba’s annual Canadian imports near nine million dollars. He arranged a 3.725 million dollar potato purchase and plans for flour hay oats and other grain buys. A Havana flour mill project could quadruple future wheat demand.
Germany once famed for beer and coffee now drinks less beer as prices rise. Government figures show annual beer consumption falls from 102 to 73 liters per person combined. Coffee use also drops by about half with ounce prices near one dollar per pound.
The article argues farming is Canada s core wealth and prosperity, with timber and mineral mining secondary. It cites vast agricultural output valued at over 817 million dollars in the year ending 1926, noting this wealth comes without depleting natural resources. It urges supporting manufacturing and commerce while prioritizing agriculture as the foundation of national wealth.
Professor H. Sherman of Columbia University warned that reducing meat and increasing milk in daily meals could lengthen life by eight years in the portion of life most valued by individuals and society. He cited recent nutrition research and urged a public health shift to boost efficiency and vitality, potentially doubling the gain with broader adoption.
Alberta’s beekeeping industry centered near Lethbridge and Stirling reports over 1000 tons of honey from about 2000 colonies. Farmers sold honey for about 16 cents per pound this year, up from 15 cents as local output rises while Ontario’s white honey crop drops to 40 percent of last year.
Sir William Mackenzie chairman of the board of trade delegation has arrived at Quebec from Liverpool with F W Lovett I H Mitchell and A H C Emerson. The group will spend several weeks on this continent visiting numerous centres in Canada and the United States to study industrial conditions.
The mounted Rocky Mountain sheep head was presented to Lt Col C P James of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at Parkhurst Isle of Wight by Colonel Sir George McLaren Brown of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Calgary Highlanders sent the head from Banff to mark their affiliation and it was hung in the Officers Mess at Stirling Castle depot.
The natural resources intelligence service of the department of the Interior notes hay exports from Canada fluctuate from about 56,000 to 500,000 tons annually. The main destinations are the United States Britain France Newfoundland and the West Indies. In the West Indies Canadian hay competes with sugar cane leaves used as fodder and sold at low prices.
The piece notes in Japan a practiced habit of concealing parcels to carry home while a woman of status may reveal a silk length from her kimono sleeve. It contrasts with the ill bred view of carrying bare packages and mentions new special beds and chairs for tall guests at a London hotel.
Canada plans about one barrel per three people with a 3 000 000 barrel crop for a 9 000 000 population while the United States expects 40 000 000 barrels. Ontario and eastern provinces stay near last year with British Columbia up 30 percent to over 1 200 000 barrels. much of the crop exports through farmer co operatives to foreign markets.
The piece notes England has 1 096 females per 1 900 males while Australia reports 976 per 1 000 men and New Zealand 957. South Africa 943 and Canada 940. It says 96 of every 1 000 English women are spinsters and lists overseas bachelor totals: 90 000 in Australia, 27 000 in New Zealand, 44 000 in South Africa, and 270 000 in Canada, totaling 431 000 men who must marry overseas or remain single.
The London Daily Mail laments that most new books fade quickly though once printed a work gains a strange immortality. It argues nine tenths of current issues lack lasting value and would be better never published.
A Pennsylvania court holds that calling someone przefar maczyk is a libelous insult. The term, meaning thief or swindler, carries a scandalous connotation even without precise meaning, reinforcing the defaming impact of the epithet.
The first power looms in the world for carpet making were established in Lowell Massachusetts in 1829 marking an early industrial advance.
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