World face serious food shortage warns MIT scientist
Dr. Samuel Prescott of MIT warns population growth will strain global food supplies. He argues meat will shift to tundra and tropics with land reallocated to intensive farming, corn and overlooked grains will rise in human use, and bananas may yield a palatable flour aiding carbohydrates.
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Samuel (. Prescott
Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prescott
United States
Arctic
Tropics
Advantages Of Egg Grading Boosts Per Capita Consumption
Dominion live stock branch officers say egg grading raises consumption by over ten dozen eggs per person in five years. Prices have been more uniform and more profitable for producers. Grading provides a dependable product and increases demand.
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Dominion Livestock Branch
Canadian Cattle Trade Moved by New Plans in Commons
H A Mallins reported in the House of Commons that a letter from Lord Bledisloe, under secretary for agriculture, said 100 Canadian steers were received and he was pleased. He asked about transport facilitation. Mr Motherwell said all possible steps were being taken and further developments were anticipated.
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H. A. Mallins
Marquette
House of Commons
Lord Bledigloe
Lord Bledisloe
Mullins
Motherwell
Fox farming expanding near Brandon Manitoba
Fox farming shows progress in the Brandon district with two large near Brandon ranches. A syndicate owns about 57 pairs of silver black foxes while a pool operates about 17 pairs on a newly established ranch.
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Brandon
Canada’s Largest Oil Well Boosts Resource Value
A single high quality oil well in Southern Alberta yields 140,000 barrels per year, marking the largest Canadian producer and signaling a likely firming of oil resource values. A new invention now measures a micro micro second.
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Adbberta
Canada
May Benefit Agriculture Discovery By Alberta Staff Member
Leonard Huskins of the University of Alberta, working with Professor Gates at King's College Cambridge, reports that fatuoid oats are a mutational type caused by chromosome loss or interchange. The finding could open a path toward eradicating fatuoids in oats. Huskins holds one of Canada's three Royal Commission scholarships.
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Leonard Huskins
University of Alberta
London Dafity Telegraph
Professor Gates
King’s College
Cambridge
Huskins
Mr. Huskins
Canada
Permanent Royal Commission
Britain Dominates Pedigree Stock Breeding World
Britain is praised as the supreme source of pedigree stock across pigs ponies cattle and sheep. The 1925 export record shows 250 pedigree pigs sold to the Russian Government while historical notes praise British oxen Leicestershire sheep and famed Australian wool of British descent.
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Britain
England
Evelyn
Leicestershire
New South Wales
England Shapes Highways Into Shady Tree Avenues
Under the Roads Improvement Act of August 1925 England moves to beautify arterial roads by planting blossoming trees along bare stretches. Middlesex leads with a program to convert 36 miles of main routes into tree lined avenues by year end.
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England
Middlesex
Duchess of Athol Lauds Canada Wealth and Immigration Need
The Duchess of Athol, secretary of state for education, returning from Canada, praised the dominion’s latent wealth and future resources. She urged greater immigration of the "right sort" to support development and reminded that Canada is already wealthy but needs more qualified male and female settlers.
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Duchess of
Writer Feels Plot Thickening Deeper Into Novel
A young writer confides to a friend that he has delved deep into his new novel and that the plot is thickening. The friend agrees and notes the writer feels stuck at the current point.
Sleepy-spouse quip in Peggy and Polly humor
A light exchange features Peggy asking if a husband talks in his sleep and Polly replying that he only smiles, a playful moment highlighting domestic wit.
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Peggy
Polly
Manitoba Farm Boys Camp at Provincial Exhibition
Ninety rural Manitoba boys ages fourteen to nineteen form teams for the third annual Farm Boys Camp at the Brandon exhibition. The camp opens June 29 and runs to Friday, with livestock judging in horses beef dairy cattle sheep and swine. The McKirdy Cup goes to the top team. gold medals, silver medals, and liberal cash prizes honor top scorers. The event includes tours of all exhibition departments a Dominion experimental farm visit and Brandon area sights. Entries come from about twenty five points including Grosse Isle Swan River Griswold Oakville Chater Ethelbert Virden Morris and Neepawa.
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Brandon
Manitoba
Farm Boys
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Liberal
James A. Richardson
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Dominion Experimental Farm
Grosse Isle
Swan River
Griswold
Oakville
Chater
Ethelbert
Virden
Morris
Neepawa
Egg-Laying Contests Show Six-Year Canadian Progress
The Dominion poultry husbandman reports six years of operation for national egg-laying contests. Last year average per hen reached 172.2 eggs, up from 122.5 in 1919-20, due to better bird selection, age development, breeding methods, and contest management. Net income per bird averages $2.80, reflecting solid profits.
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Dominion Poultry Husbandman
Saskatchewan Egg Pool Ships Eggs From Saskatoon
The Saskatoon branch shipped seven carloads of eggs to Montreal and eastern points within a week. Daily receipts reach as high as three hundred cases, with Saskatoon’s total surpassing all other provincial branches combined.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Montreal
Profitable Lamb Feeding Methods by F B Lloyd
Sycamore farmer F B Lloyd fattens about 600 lambs annually on 240 acres. He describes a three-stage feeding plan starting with ten pounds of grain per head over sixty days, then barley and hay, and finally a light corn finish. He notes lambs reach roughly 80 pounds by four to five months, with market timing allowing price protection if prices dip early.
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F. B. Lloyd
Sycamore, HI
Alberta land tax proposal targets telephone line rights
The Alberta government proposes a land value tax on parcels with telephone wires, provoking farmer opposition who question paying for infrastructure they do not use while phone users argue the main line adds value to idle farms held for speculation. The United Farmers of Alberta have endorsed the plan, and it may become law.
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Alberta
United Farmers of Alberta
Excellent Ranching District Canada’s farthest north ranching area
A large spring shipment of cattle traveled to Fort Fitzgerald country 600 miles north of Edmonton. They moved by train to McMurray and by boat to their destination. The Fitzgerald district, near Alberta’s northern boundary, offers excellent farming and ranching conditions, proving suitable for livestock.
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Fort Fitzgerald
Edmonton
McMurray
Fitzgerald
Alberta
Canada
Alberta Sands For Paving Purposes
Arrangements for testing the McMurray sands for paving have been made between the Edmonton civic authorities and Thomas Draper, owner of extensive holdings in the north. Similar experiments to those done last summer will be repeated. Ped news and soft boiled eggs should be broken gently.
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McMurray Sands
Edmonton
Thomas Draper
Points Way to a Stronger National Canadianism
The article reviews Sir James Atkins's Montreal Junior Bar address urging national unity across Canadian provinces. It emphasizes immigrants, immigration policy, and keeping young Canadians at home, plus a shift toward a stronger Canadian identity within the British empire.
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James Atkins
Canada
Montreal
Quebec
Ontario
Dominion
James
Sir James
Sir James Atkins
Montreal Gazette
Canadian exports urged to reach Central and South America
Major J A Burdon British Honduras governor says Canada ships little beyond wheat to equatorial markets. He notes US and Germany sell goods there while Canadians fail to market properly. Despite 98 percent of flour in British Honduras coming from the Canadian west, other goods are scarce.
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J. A. Burdon
C.M.G
British Honduras
Fort Garry
Winnipeg
Canada
United States
Germany
US land payments for territories reveal varied per acre rates
The Dearborn Independent notes the United States paid different per acre amounts for territories: $295 an acre for the Virgin Islands, $35.80 for the Canal Zone, 28 cents for the Philippines, and 2 cents for Alaska.
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United States
Virgin Islands
Canal Zone
Philippines
Alaska
Dearborn
Brazil Uses Convict Labor in Road Construction
Brazil relies heavily on convict labor for building and maintaining roads across multiple states. Authorities cite efficiency and cost savings while critics raise concerns about worker rights and oversight.
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Brazil
Brazil Occupies Area Equal to Europe
A description notes that Brazil covers an expanse comparable in size to the continent of Europe, highlighting its vast geographic extent and prominence.
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Brazil
Europe
Pleasure Tours Replace Train Trips During English Strike
The Canadian Pacific Railway used char-a-bancs to transport inland passengers to seaports during a general strike affecting four million workers. Photographs show Montroyal passengers leaving Trafalgar Square for Liverpool on May 6 as motor cars followed train schedules, providing a 200 mile pleasure tour through England's rolling downs. Dominion Express Company also chartered motor vans to handle shipments, ensuring full patron obligations.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Transportation
England
Dian Pacific Mner
Montroyal
Trafalgar Square
London
Liverpool
Old England
Dominion Express Company
Fmd
Better Beef Education Urged At Eastern Canada Meeting
At the annual Eastern Canada Livestock Union meeting in Toronto speakers urged a Dominion wide campaign for better beef. W. H. Porter of London advocated a federal livestock branch expert for consumer education and practical demonstrations to show good cuts versus poor ones. Porter said Canadian housewives generally did not know good beef.
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Eastern Canada Livestock Union
Toronto
Dominion
W. H. Porter
London
Ont
Federal Livestock Branch
Porter
Milwaukee aims to save nitrogen with new sewage disposal plant
Milwaukee Wisconsin builds an 8.9 million dollar sewage disposal plant to reclaim nitrogen from waste. The project seeks to purify the water supply and produce a new organic fertilizer for farmers, reducing nitrogen loss in the United States.
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United States
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Men resemble whales in rare coastal metaphor
A fragmentary line argues that men resemble whales, noting behavior as they reach the top and begin to brood. The odd comparison hints at social commentary or satire in a truncated quote.
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