Swine Club Movement Boosts Western Canada Marketing
The Boys and Girls Swine Clubs in Western Canada spark greater interest in bacon hog breeding and marketing. Manitoba and other provinces report higher hog sales and improved quality since 1922, with prize programs by the Canadian National Railways promoting club demonstrations and the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Western
Canadian National Railways Agricultural Department
Toronto
Manitoba
Canadian National Railways
Ontario
W. D. Rodd
Rare practice of small pay portions in ancient Rome
In ancient Rome soldiers received only a small portion of their pay as part of their wages, a rarity in the era. This practice reflected limited salaries for military service and underscores monetary norms of the period.
Annual Agricultural Statistics Census for 1923 to be conducted
The Dominion bureau of statistics at Ottawa announces the 1923 annual census of field crops and live stock. Schedules are distributed via rural schools and teachers, with direct mail to British Columbia farmers. Farmers should apply by mid June if not yet reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Jane
Dominion
British Columbia
Canada
Provincial Department of Agriculture
Dominion Statistician
Farm Land Sales Signal Confidence in Manitoba Comeback
Manitoba reports 240000 dollars from provincial land sales and prior sales interest for eight months ending April 30, the highest eight month total since 1914. Stronger western farm land interest suggests practical farmers pursue greater production and a lifted agriculture outlook, boosting local business confidence per the Sarnia Canadian Observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Department of Agriculture of
Manitoba
Sarnia
Canadian Observer
Sugar Beet Production in Canada 1923 Output and Acreage
Canadian beet production in 1923 reached 159 200 tons valued at 1 922 668 dollars from 17 941 acres. Granulated sugar from beets totaled 39 428 160 pounds. Acreage will likely rise with a new beet factory in Southern Alberta where over 6 000 acres are planted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Alberta
Government Motion Pictures Plan Aims to Film in Canada
The government motion picture bureau plans to promote Canada by attracting films and capital. Actor Millop Sills and a company will travel to Bouchesne Creek about 240 miles north of Ottawa to shoot lumbering scenes in Northern Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motion Picture Bureau
Canada
Millop Sills
Bouchesne Creek
Ottawa
Ontario
Canada Forest Industry Drives Nation's Economic Backbone
The Natural Resources Bulletin notes 32 000 Canadian workers in sawmills and pulp mills in 1923 earning 72 million dollars. Investments exceed 600 million, underscoring forests as the country’s industrial backbone and the intertwined chain from workers to farmers. It urges protection of forests from fire as part of national duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Otttawa
Canada
British Women Farmers See Canada Ties For Western Migration
Emily Pinder a Leeds University experimental farm graduate travels to Winnipeg for a year studying Canadian agricultural methods with the aim of forming a movement to send English farm girls to Western Canada on her return. She says English girls are eager to migrate if encouraged and many have funds to start farms, aiding western development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Pinder
Leeds University
Winnipeg
Canada
British Isles
England
Dominion
Miss Pinder
Canadian birth rate dips in 1924 across provinces excluding Quebec
The 1924 birth rate in the Canadian registration area, excluding Quebec, fell to 23.1 per thousand from 23.7 in 1923 and 25.1 in 1922. Ontario held at 23.2 while Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia showed mixed decreases and some increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Quebec
Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Raising Blue Foxes On Northern Island
Frank Buckley a prominent lumber man secures a lease on Mary Island 130 miles north of Vancouver for a blue fox farm. Initial stock will be fifty pair with plans for large scale breeding and pelt sales to world markets. The island was logged over 23 years ago and has prepared wagon road trails for settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Buckley
Mary Island
Vancouver
Prosperous Farmers of Alberta See Higher Returns Than City Residents
Mr H Gordon district superintendent of the government land branch told the board of trade of Central and Northern Alberta that 84 000 farmers in Alberta in 1924 earned $217 000 000 directly from land and farm products averaging over 2300 per farmer above their own consumption, making farm net returns higher than city residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade of Central and Northern
Alberta
H. Gordon
Government Land Branch
Province of
Baroness Clifton Emerges as Prominent Barrister
The 25 year old baroness, owner of brains and birth, joins the latest batch of barristers and topped an England wide law exam. She earns income through Paris savvy journalism illustrated with her own drawings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Clifton
Baroness
England
Paris
Country folk hold more brains than city dwellers says minister
British agriculture minister E F L Wood told a Gloucester audience that country residents possess the greater intellect and that rural life requires more enterprise and grip. He rejected the belief that rural people are less clever than those in congested districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. L. Wood
Irrigated Land Progress in C P R Lethbridge and Taber Districts
Dominion water power and reclamation service reports 72 000 of 77 000 irrigable acres in the C P R Lethbridge project irrigated with 937 water users and crops valued over 1 000 000 dollars. Taber irrigation district with 17 000 irrigable acres in year three reports good crops and a sound financial position with nearly 8 000 dollars more in surplus than the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Water Power and Reclamation Service
C.P.R. Lethbridge
Taber
Prince of Wales Comforts War Orphan at Cape Town Parade
During a Cape Town visit the Prince of Wales observes a girl with medals for her father who died in the war. He asks the child who the decorations belong to and where her father is, then lifts her and kisses her in a display of consolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
Wales
Cape Town
Daddy
Water and a Baby Reginald Answers Baptism Question
A Sunday school teacher asks Reginald for two things necessary to baptism. He replies water and a baby, prompting a light moment in class as the lesson on the baptismal covenant continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald
Artificial Ice Plants Planned in Vernon and Revelstoke
Charles F. Roland, former Winnipeg industrial commissioner, announces the forthcoming establishment of the first interior British Columbia artificial ice plants in Vernon and Revelstoke. The Vernon facility will run a pre cooling and cold storage plant for fruit handling as his company completes incorporation in Vancouver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Vernon
Revelstoke
Charles F. Roland
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Japan retires officers as it trims army forces
The Pittsburg Post notes Japan has retired 489 army officers including 36 generals and plans to recruit 5,000 enlisted men, a move described as lacking warlike intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Pittsburgh Post
Average Hfe length hits 56 years in the United States
New data shows the average length of Hfe in the United States rising to 56 years, marking a 15 year increase since 18794.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Seventeen Men in Norway Live by the Sea
Seventeen men from a population of 190 in Norway rely on the sea for livelihood or depend on it for income. The statistic highlights how coastal communities sustain themselves through maritime work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Cobbler Arrested for Bigamy Strikes Pun on Wife Descr Descr
A cobbler arrested on suspicion of same, described as bigamy after his wife’s testimony. The case uses a wordplay pun about sticking to his last, reflecting a local joke as authorities pursue the matter.
Western Canada Dairying Gains Ground as Key Industry
Western Canada moves toward a premier dairying region with the formation of the Western Canada Dairymen Association bringing together 106,000 dairymen across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. The plan aims to raise dairy production and quality, secure export markets and improve conditions for farmers while noting rising butter exports from Saskatchewan and Alberta and growing alfalfa and fodder crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Canada
Adelaide
Regina
Western Canada Dairymen’s Association
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Central Association
Thei Association
I Province
Japan
Vancouver
British Isles
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Canadian
British Empire
Stay On the Farm Education Debate
Farmers argue against urban bias in schooling citing one room schools and low teacher pay as flaws. They claim farm children perform adequately in production and business, challenging reformers who favor city education. Gilenn Birkett in Atlantic Monthly is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilenn Birkett
The
Atlantic Monthly
Creamery Butter Output in Canada Rises in 1924
Canada produced 182 570 853 pounds of creamery butter in 1924, up 12.3 percent from 1923’s 162 834 608 pounds, per the Agriculture Department annual report. Provincial totals show Prince Edward Island 1 636 497, Nova Scotia 4 094 282, New Brunswick 1 156 161, Quebec 65 596 627, Ontario 69 000 000, Manitoba 12 632 714, Saskatchewan 13 583 902, Alberta 21 500 000, British Columbia 3 670 670.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Campaign urges government to fund Hudson's Bay Railway
Advocates of the Hudson's Bay Railway push for a further vote in supplementary estimates to finance the project this year. They point to the government endorsing Knox's resolution giving the railway priority among public works under way. Informal discussions have occurred but no official conference has been scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson's Bay Railway
Hudson’s Bay Railway
Andrew Knox
M.P
Ledger-keeper as predictable as clockwork
A frm employee quips about the new ledger-keeper being reliable and always doing nothing next, highlighting a dry understatement about his approach. The remark explains why the partner asks for clarification and ends with the punchline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frm
Boy Scout Offers to Help Woman Across Street
A brief dialogue shows a Boy Scout asking an elderly woman to accompany him across the street. The woman replies kindly asking how long he has waited for assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Lady
Sonny
British wool history and early English weaving
The text traces British wool as the world’s best from ancient times. It notes a Roman era woollen cloth manufacture at Winchester for imperial use and highlights English weaving beginning about 1325 with John Kempe and Flemish artisans bringing the craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Island
Winchester
Youllen
England
John Kempe
Flanders
Canadian tobacco prospects in Argentina cited by trade official
Trade Commissioner E. L. McColl says Canada has good possibilities in Argentina for tobacco. He notes some manufacturers want to experiment with Canadian tobacco for blending. Argentina imports tobacco heavily from Cuba Kentucky Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. McColl
Argentina
Cuba
Kenaucky
Virginia
Caterpillar Feast Sparks Quick Debate in 19th Century Quote
A naturalist claims caterpillars are the most voracious of all living creatures eating about 600 times their weight in a month. An old, deaf man interrupts asking whose boy the speaker referred to, prompting a humorous exchange from the Christiana Advocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christisa
Miss Miriam Familton Elected Director at Federal Insurance
Miss Miriam Familton daughter of Franc M Hamilton founder of the Federal Insurance Company of Chicago has just been elected director of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam Familton
Franc M. Hamilton
The
Federal Insurance Company of Chicago
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Provincial Departments of Agriculture
Ently
Nn. U. Lise
Annual Agricultural Statistics
West
Natural Resources Bulletin
Jas. MacDonald
Courier, Unity, Sask
Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
MacDonald
Lumberman
Robson Black
Canadian Forestry Association
London
H. B. Road
Canadian Tobacco
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