Parasite Laboratory Opens At Belleville For Insect Control
An $85,000 parasite laboratory at Belleville Ontario stands at the eastern city entrance as the Dominion Department of Agriculture consolidates parasite research for biological control. Led by A B Baird and with Dr. Arthur Gibson guiding parasite work since 1920, the Belleville facility houses 11 permanent entomologists and several trainee staff, marking a major step in Canada’s eco nomic entomology program.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion
No. 2 Highway
Belleville
Ont
A. B. Baird
Arthur Gibson
St. Thomas
Ontario
Chatham
Kent
Essex
Baird
Belleville Laboratory
Farm Manure Boosts Yields in Four Year Rotation
An Ontario experiment started in 1925 at Kapuskasing shows manure improves oats by 45.4 percent, barley by 43.9 percent, clover hay by 78.5 percent, and timothy hay by 115.1 percent over ten years. Valued at current prices, manure adds $1.65 per ton in cash return.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Kapuskasing
Ontario
Soviet Plans for Large Egyptian Cotton Project in Tajikistan
In 1936 Soviet plans envision turning an uninhabited desert in the Vakhsh valley of Tajikistan into 120,000 acres of Egyptian cotton. Canals will irrigate about 40,000 acres and support a population of around 30,000 residents.
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Vakhsh
Tadjik Republic
Tilbury Garden News Sees Unusual Blooms At Mrs Craham
Residents of Tilbury Ontario report extraordinary blooms in a neighbor's garden. A gladiolus bulb produced five perfect spikes last year and this year a peony plant bears 121 flowers and buds amid local speculation of fairies or pixies.
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Tilbury
Ontario
Tire maintenance tip warns periodic air checks
A guidance note in a city paper urges readers to check tire air at set intervals to prevent wear and extend tire life. It emphasizes regular checks as a simple, practical maintenance habit.
Might Solve One Problem Russian Markets For Canadian Cattle
Jack Byers of the Western Stock Growers Association proposes sending a large cattle shipment to Russia this year. He argues western ranchers hold a surplus of plain steers and high quality grass cows and heifers that could be delivered from the Pacific coast to compete with other suppliers.
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W. D. Euler
Jack Byers
Western Stock Growers’ Association
Pacific Coast
Just State Of Mind Youth Is A Mindset Not Time
A quotation from United Drug Paper asserting youth as a state of mind not age or life years. It emphasizes will imagination vigor and the freshness of life, arguing aging stems from abandoning ideals and harboring doubt fear and despair.
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United Drug Paper
British Officer Chooses Ocean Life for Pension
Major William Long, retired British Army officer, plans to live at sea for life. He has booked permanent passage on the P and O liner Bar Rabool in the London Australia service after completing his second round voyage.
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William Long
Barrabool
Italy Sees Wheat Needs Met Despite Weather Risks
Agriculture Minister Edmondo Rossoni told the permanent wheat committee that Italy will meet its wheat needs this year using reserves even as weather conditions jeopardize crops. Premier Mussolini presided over the meeting.
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Italy
Edmondo Rossoni
Mussolini
Salt Turns Road Surfaces Into Hard Macadam Like Structure
Cornell researchers at Sigma XI celebration describe rock salt mixing with road surface materials to form a dense, hard layer. Two pounds per square yard dissolves, the surface dries and sets, resisting rain erosion and smoothing the top three inches of clay sand and gravel.
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Cornell University
Sigma XI
H. Ries
Prizes Announced for Saskatchewan Feeder Show
Two thousand dollars in prize money is offered for the first annual feeder show in Saskatoon September 30 to October 1. Four classifications for two year olds, yearlings, steer calves and heifer calves. Each class awards five prizes ranging from 150 to 25 dollars. Three groups of five receive 40 to 15 dollars. Additional breeder prizes noted. Buyers expected from Eastern and Western Canada and the United States.
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Saskatoon
Canada
United States
Forecast of New Human Type From Skull Ear Bones
At a Rochester meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Thomas Horace Evans of Long Island College of Medicine described ear bone studies predicting a new human type. He warned there are already structural differences among men that justify subdividing the race and that future evolution hinges on which ancestors and forms will prevail.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Rochester
N.Y
Thomas Horace Evans
Long Island College of Medicine
Evans
Fire Marshals Call For Graded Sentences In Arson Cases
Canadian fire marshals at Ottawa urged reducing the life sentence for arson, saying juries may refrain from convicting if life imprisonment is the penalty. They adopted a resolution proposing sentences be graded by crime seriousness.
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Ottawa
Suez Zone Remains Center Of World Interest In Old Times
A wide survey links population imbalances in Canada to marriage markets, noting Elmer and Maude counts and rural city contrasts. The Red Sea and Suez canal are highlighted as historic stages in world events with Egypt's geography, Nile irrigation, and ports from Port Soudan to Souakin described amid broader regional context.
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Suez Canal Zone
Red Sea
Tutankhamen
Lawrence of Arabia
Ethiopia
Egypt
Arabia
Rub al Khali
Suez Canal
Aden
British Somaliland
India
Orient
Nile River
Arabian Desert
Nile
Libya
Pyramids
Soudan
Kipling
Port Soudan
Souakin
Eritrea
Khartoum
Victory For A Tree In Maine New York
Community writes a victory for a 200 year old maple tree owned by C. V. McGregor in Maine New York. An updated highway blueprint saved the tree by altering plans rather than cutting it down, reflecting caution toward indiscriminate urban progress.
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Maine
New York State
C. V. McGregor
Kingston Whig-Standard
Indian Ocean shellfish emits a flute like tone
A shellfish species native to the Indian Ocean has been observed producing a distinct flute like sound. Researchers note the creature’s audible signals may play a role in communication or bycatch avoidance, though the exact mechanism remains under study.
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Indian Ocean
Dickensian Driving To Nowhere On Futile Trips
Motorists increasingly drive as if chasing a pointless destination, arriving with nothing to do when they reach it. The remark frames a trend of aimless travel and existential ennui on the roads.
Sparrows Flourish on Budapest Street Home to 50,000
A Budapest street is cited as the habitat for about 50,000 sparrows. The figure highlights urban wildlife density in the city center where a single thoroughfare hosts the notable flock. Environmental researchers note implications for city avian populations and pollution exposure.
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Budapest
Hungary
A Peacock Cross Stitch Pattern for Household Arts
A pattern 5587 offers a two motifs 10% by 13% inches and two reverse motifs 24 by 54 inches for a peacock design. Includes floss colors material needs and stitch illustrations. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg to obtain the transfer pattern.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Peculiar Lindsay Accident Involves Horse and Car
A horse and an automobile collided abnormally in Lindsay Ontario when the horse swung its head as a car passed. The car door handle speared the horse through the nose and the animal was freed only with much difficulty.
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Lindsay
Ont
Great Britain Tops Orange Consumption Survey
The P L A Monthly reports a Lisbon study showing Great Britain leads in orange intake at about 20 pounds per person annually. France and Germany average under half that, while Poland consumes roughly half a pound per person each year.
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Great Britain
P. L. A. Monthly
Portugal
Lisbon
Great Britin
France
Germany
Centenarian Madame Roselie Dequidt Obsessed With Pipes
A Belgium resident of Poperinghe, Madame Roselie Dequidt, now 100, follows a strict “four pipes a day” routine. She stays alert and spirited, noting her pipe is a business like affair with a thick stem and large bowl.
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Madame Roselie Dequidt
Poperinghe
Belgium
Two Mush Rooms Lift 83-Pound Paving Block in England
In Basingstroke, England, two individuals lifted an 83-pound paving block that had been cemented down. The incident notes the unusual strength used to move the heavy block.
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Basingstroke
Eng
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