University of Saskatchewan Extends Scientific Knowledge
President Walter Murray announced Saskatchewan will use surplus Wheat Pool funds to create an agricultural research foundation with about 13 000 dollars yearly for plant and animal disease research marketing and scholarships. The university already receives 15 000 dollars annually for research including soil surveys and ceramic geology work funded by Canada Cement Company and Dominion Research Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Murray
University of Saskatchewan
Governmnt
Manitoba Free Press
Saskatchewan
Canada Cement Company
Dominion Research Council
Canadian Dairy Farmers Earn More From Cheese Exports
Marketing costs show Canadian producers receive about 83.32 cents per dollar of cheese sold in London, versus 65.73 cents for New Zealand farmers. J F Singleton notes Canadians secure steadier prices in Montreal and country boards, sometimes exceeding old country market values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
New Zealand
London
Great Britain
J. F. Singleton
Montreal
Trees On the Prairies Shed Shelter With Free Seedlings
The Dominion forestry staff at Sutherland Saskatchewan shipped millions of baby trees to 3000 prairie sites in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as a free service. Through 1923 the station had shipped over 17 million trees and 1924 1925 totals exceeded two million. 1926 shipments reached 3.355 million this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Forestry Farm
Sutherland, Sask
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Sutherland Station
English Humor Sparks United States Liveliness
The Chicago Tribune notes a vivid through line of amusement in English scenes with ladies cooking sausages for volunteers, nobility operating locomotives, strikers cheering soldiers, and police in football play, illustrating a shared cheerful resolve across nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dukes
United States
Chicago Tribune
British Columbia Pulp and Paper Plans Plant Expansion
Lawrence Killam, president of the British Columbia Pulp and Paper Company, says successful chemical research on hemiock cellulose could double or triple the plant size, speaking to the Vancouver Board of Trade foreign trade bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Killam
British Columbia Pulp and Paper Company
Foreign Trade Bureau
The
Board of Trade of
Vancouver
Toads bats and snakes live longest without food
In a study of animal survival without nourishment, toads, bats, and snakes outlast most species, showing remarkable resistance to starvation. The findings highlight varied metabolic strategies across amphibians, mammals, and reptiles.
Canada’s Lead in World Wheat Exports Revealed
International Institute of Agriculture Rome bulletins show world exportable wheat from Aug 1 to July 31 at 735,000,000 bushels with 625,000,000 needed by importing countries and a 110,000,000 bushel carry. Canada tops exporters with 311,200,000 bushels, Argentina 184,500,000, Australia 77,300,000, India 6,100,000, and the US about 61,500,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
United States
Institute of Agriculture
The
Republic
Canada
Argentina
Australia
India
Mineral Supplements for Cows Going to Pasture
The Breeders Gazette advises mineral supplements for heavy producing cows emerging from winter deficits in calcium and phosphorus. A self-fed mix of steamed bone meal, finely ground limestone, and salt should meet needs, with potassium iodide added at two grains per head daily in goitre-prone regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breeders’ Gazette
Seed Testing Laboratories Expand Seed and Feed Analysis
The seed branch of the Dominion department of agriculture maintains seed testing labs in Quebec Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg and Calgary and analyzes unground feeding stuffs. In the year ending March 31 1925 the laboratories handled over forty thousand samples of seed feeding stuffs and fertilizers testing purity and germination and exposing misrepresentation and adulterants to protect honest trade and improve quality nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Quebec
Ottawa
Toronto
Winnipeg
Calgary
Canada
Interesting Canadian Population and Resource Facts
Canadian statistics compiled by R H Coats show population at 364200 with 1901 figure 5371000, a 75 percent gain in 25 years. Homes number 2001512, 62 percent owned, 38 percent rented, average family 4.62, male to female ratio 103 to 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Coats
Canada
Saskatchewan Egg and Poultry Pool offers culling service
The Saskatchewan Egg and Poultry Pool plans a culling service for members to weed out flocks. It will market culled hens via live car shipments from country points, needing about 2 000 hens per carload. A substantial initial cash payment is expected at delivery, with culling experts available this summer if demand exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Egg and Poultry Pool
Prize for Bacon Type at Brandon Summer Fair
New class appears on the Brandon summer fair prize list. Swift Canadian Co Ltd offers a farmers competition banning government institutions for the best bacon type grade or purebred sow over one year with at least four spring pigs. Pigs must be sired by a pure-bred bacon type boar and the young pigs may join class 83 from any recognized Boys' and Girls' Club if regulations allow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Swift Canadian Co. Ltd
Almost Too Perfect Donald Brown Makes Cakes at Ten
Donald Brown, ten, son of Mr and Mrs Clifton Brown, is an expert baker who makes all the family cakes and cookies. He handles baking frosting and keeps his room tidy while also doing outdoor chores and other work around the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Brown
Clifton Brown
Young Leghorn Wins Argentine Egg-Laying Contest
Records from Buenos Aires show a young White Leghorn pullet won the Argentine egg laying contest by laying 162 eggs in eight months. The best Wyandotte hen laid 131 eggs and a team of White Leghorn pullets totaled 810 eggs, while six White Wyandottes reached 614.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Buenos Aires
Unique discovery as sickle found in elm heart
Working men at Wolverton England found a complete sickle embedded in the heartwood of an elm aged about 90 years. The tree grew in Bedfordshire and appears to have ring counts suggesting the tool was left by a woodman around 70 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolverton
England
Bedfordshire
New Exhibition Buildings Rise in Ottawa for 1927 Poultry Congress
Ottawa structures for the World Poultry Congress 1927 are under construction with floor plans in progress for exhibitors. Applications should go to Ernest Rhoades, Congress Secretary, Experimental Farm, Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ernest Rhoades
Congress
Experimental Farm
Scouts Plant 85000 Trees in New York State
Boy Scout troops in New York planted no less than 85 000 trees last year and about half as many in Pennsylvania. Where the minimum age limit of sixteen did not apply, the boys patrolled forests and helped fight fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
New York State
Pennsylvania
Swan population soars along mid-Atlantic coast
After a decade long ban on hunting swans, Maryland Virginia and North Carolina waters now harbor over 15 000 swans. The large increase reflects protections in place and expanded coastal habitats benefiting migratory waterfowl populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Early Hudson Bay exploration noted in Ulster records
The Belfast Telegraph highlights Hudson Bay shore documents found in the Ulster Record Office. The papers include Henry Kelsey’s 1683 to 1722 Hudson Bay Company journal and Arthur Dobbs’s era notes. They show exploration reach, French resistance, and Churchill River voyages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast Telegraph
Hadsen Bay
Hudson Bay
Ulster Record Office
Dobbs
Carrickfergus
Arthur Dobbs
North Carolina
Hudson Bay Company
Pacific Ocean
Belfast Lough
Henry Kelsey
Hayes River
Prairie
Manitoba
Kelsey
British Admiralty
Kings Furnace
Churchill River
Regina
Weed Menace Probed at Alberta Convention
More than eighty municipalities attended the weed supervisors and inspectors convention in Olds Alberta. The meeting discussed the upcoming weed campaign and signaled vigorous prosecution with strong cooperation between municipalities and the provincial department of agriculture to clear the province of the weed menace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olds
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Vanderbilt loses million and a half on papers venture
The Brantford Expositor notes Cornelius Vanderbilt has lost about 1.5 million dollars trying to found three newspapers. It argues that running papers requires brains, not money alone, citing Kingston Standard. It adds caution that spraying fruit trees in full bloom can kill honeybees essential for pollination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brantford. Expositor
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Kingston Standard
Victoria Tower Stands as World’s Largest Square Tower
The Victoria Tower in Westminster London is the biggest and highest square tower, measuring 75 feet square and rising 336 feet high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Tower
Westminster
London
C P R Leader Beats for England on Continental Trip
E W Beatty president of Canadian Pacific Railway leaves Windsor Station Montreal aboard the Empress of Scotland for England and the continent to finalize plans for two new Atlantic liners. A large CPR team sees him off including W R McInnes and directors such as Sir Herbert Holt and F E Meredith at the platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Windsor Station
Montreal
Quebec
England
Continent
Beatty
Atlantic
Canadian Pacific
Windsor
Mr. Beatty
W. R. McInnes
Traffic
Sir Herbert Holt
F. W. Molson
Ross McMaster
F. E. Meredith
K.C
A. D. McTier
J. J. Scully
W. A. Wainwright
Canadian Pacific Steam
Old Timer gives hometown joke about Bill at rail yard
A punchline from the Iowa Green Gander describes Bill, who studied mechanical engineering, now working for the railroad and assisting the wheel-tapper by listening to wheels for faults. The exchange highlights Bill's current job with the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Man Finds It Hard To Meet Collector Of Bills
A man notes the difficulty of meeting someone who has a habit of collecting bills. The observation highlights social friction around collectors and money.
Preservation Of Eggs Stored In a Cellar
The Guaranize process dips eggs in a boiling wax and oil solution to improve storage. An experiment by the Dominion poultry husbandman shows Guaranized eggs remained in better condition after fifteen weeks in a cellar and tasted markedly better than non processed eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Poultry Husbandman
Enormous Flower Grows In Sumatra
A Sumatra flower grows to a yard across with five large creamy petals and a central purple stamens cluster. The fully developed blossom weighs about fifteen pounds, and even its bud resembles a brown cabbage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumatra
Lobster Question Stuns Dining Crowd
A waiter asks a guest about lobster options as a pretty girl and her florid middle aged companion sit nearby. The reply shocks staff with the line that the man can order whatever he likes.
Marquis Wheat Grown On Massive Acreage From 1903 Hybrid
Marquis wheat, grown on 29 600,000 acres, traces to a single head produced in 1903 by hybridization.
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Marquis
Ants differ in perceived importance in the social scale
The fragment suggests that within ant colonies, individuals vary in perceived significance. It notes a possibility that one ant may feel more important than another in the overall colony structure. The idea reflects social hierarchy concepts among eusocial insects.
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Delury
University of Manitoba
Uni
Africa
Murray
Sutherland
G.C
W. N. UL
Dominion
U.S
Saskatchewan Poultry
Vermont
Leghorn
Hudson Bay Area
F. T. Shutt
C.P.R
Ernest Alexander
W. M. Neal
J. K. Savage
C. E. E. Ussher
E. de B. Panet
Maugan
W. G. Annable
Canadian Pacific Steamships
Iowa
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