Millions of Acres of Farm Land Open for Settlement in Western Canada
The Department of the Interior reports vast tracts in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta ready for homestead settlement totaling over 200 million surveyed acres with about 23 million undisposed of. Additional lands held by Hudson's Bay Company railways school endowment grazing leases and speculative private holdings push overall western farm land availability to roughly 119 million acres. Much of this land lies far from railways or in dry belts not suited for immediate farming.
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Department of the Interior
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Hudson's Bay Company
Soil Survey
British Columbia
Western Provinces
Old Provinces
Railway Belt
Peace River District
Ontario
Students to Tour Dominions Venture Across Empire
Five university and former public school students sail from England for South Africa on an Empire tour. They will later visit Canada. The trip is organized by Hon. Col. L. C. M. Amery, secretary for the Dominions, to expose youths to the principal Dominions before starting their careers. A group of young women students will visit Canada in July.
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Africa
Canada
Empire
England
South Africa
Col. L. C. M. Amery
Dominions
Just a Suggestion on Taxing Gasoline for Footpaths
A reader proposes raising the gasoline tax by another cent to fund footpaths along highways for schoolchildren and pedestrians, arguing farmers already contribute to highway costs. The letter emphasizes fairness and safer routes.
Wisdom and wit in a Scots anecdote on knowledge
A reflective saying explains that knowing and applying knowledge is valuable and recognizing gaps is wisdom. A Scottish man was asked what he would do if given a thousand pounds, and he replied: Count ay for every penny.
Higher Education for Canadian Farm Youth in 1927
The 1927 study shows about 20 000 young people took extension and vacation courses for farmers and farm youths in Canada. At the University of Saskatchewan 11 254 males joined the farmers course, 5 500 women took homemaker work, and 2 751 enrolled in boys stock judging.
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Canada
Government
Bureau of Statistics
University of Saskatchewan
Thyroid Gland Goitre Linked to Water Iodine
Prof George Barger outlined a chemical compound to compensate thyroid iodine deficiency at a Canadian Chemical Association meeting in Toronto. He noted thyroxin includes iodine and showed a map correlating lower district water iodine with higher goitre growth.
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George Barger
F.R.S
Canadian Chemical Association
Toronto
United States
Novelty silk crepe dress with slenderizing lines
The season s smartest frock features a long collar and front panel in contrasting material. It has shirted side insets, shoulder tucks, and wrist banded sleeves in sizes 36 to 50 inch bust. Pattern 25 cents. fashion book 10 cents with material chart. Home sewing enables easy, economical stylish dressmaking.
Democratization of Credit Across Markets and Farms
The piece traces the expansion of credit from governments to commercial and then personal lending. Installment buying and bank financing for individuals rise, with sellers sharing risk through financial institutions. Farm credit improves as banking facilities expand, signaling broader access to borrowing.
Western cedar range limited to British Columbia
The Western cedar range in Canada is confined to British Columbia. More shingles are produced from this species than any other. In 1926 Canada cut over 2.5 billion feet from Western cedar, plus over 130 million board feet of lumber, 10 million laths, and vast numbers of poles and posts.
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Canada
British Columbia
German chemist foresees wood meals nourishing future
Fried rich Bergius told German chemists in Dresden that wood could be liquefied to coal under high pressure and steam, then converted into edible substances. He suggested the products might feed cattle and livestock, potentially boosting German production and reducing imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedrich Bergius
Association of German Chemists
Dresden
Herr Bergius
Germany
To Call Ourselves Canadians Endowment of council fund proposed
The closing session of the National Council of Women in Toronto approved a 200000 endowment fund for the council's maintenance and elected officers for the year. A resolution urged provincial governments to use the term Canadian in vital statistics and birth and death records to foster a loyal homogeneous Canadian citizenship within the British Empire.
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National Council of Women
Toronto
British Empire
Canada
Prominent Chicago List Echoes Small Town Roots
An 80 percent share of names on a Chicago prominent citizens list traceable to small towns suggests the same pattern occurs in many large cities. The text argues that early life in small towns fosters individuality while big city youths become more alike as urban environments homogenize character.
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Chicago
Captain McPhee Receives Beavers Hat From Harbor Officials
On the Keewatin arrival at Sault Ste. Marie harbor the captain was gifted two high hats by Miss Fort William on behalf of harbor officials. The first steamship to reach the lake head this season, the Keewatin opened the port and the skipper received his topper. He plans to keep his uniform on the bridge and may wear the hats for visiting dignitaries this summer.
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Captain McPhee
Fort William
Sault Ste. Marie
McPhee
The Sun Spot Cycle and Life on Earth Deepens Scientific Study
Researchers at the Dominion Observatory Ottawa explore how sun spots correlate with weather and living conditions. They cite eleven and a half year cycles seen in auroral activity rainfall bird migrations animal births and even tree rings as evidence for solar influences.
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Earth
Mars
Encke
Dominion Observatory
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
France
Chandon
Montdidier
Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Russia
United States
Redwoods
California
Sitka
Dominion range experiment station opens near Manyberries Alberta
A 15000 acre Range Experiment Station near Manyberries Alberta 45 miles south of Medicine Hat starts under Dominion Department of Agriculture Experimental Farms Branch. Forty two projects aim to improve range pastures increasing carrying capacity and meat hides and wool output. Similar work occurs in the United States Rowett Institute Aberdeen Empire Marketing Board Kenya New Zealand and Australia with the Imperial Economic Committee estimating 200 million cattle and 200 million sheep supported by empire grasslands.
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Dominion
Dominion Department of Agriculture Experimental Farms
Manyberries
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Acre
United States
Imperial Economic Committee of the
Empire Marketing Board
Rowett Institute
Aberdeen
Kenya
New Zealand
Australia
Imperial Economic Committee
The
Empire
Destruction of Stolzenburg Gas Supply by Sea
The remaining phosgene gas from the Stolzenburg factory in Hamburg was destroyed by transferring liquid gas into air chambers of old torpedoes and sinking them. The Reichswehr oversaw the operation, which took two to three days and followed earlier gas leaks that caused eleven deaths.
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Stolzenburg Chemical
Hamburg
Reichswehr
Demand Exceeds Supply at Oliver Poultry Plant Alberta
Officials report the provincial poultry plant at Oliver Alberta has distributed over ten thousand chicks this spring with demand greatly exceeding supply. Breeds include White Leghorns Barred Rocks and White Wyandottes. More than three thousand chicks are raised on the farm this summer and turkeys are being introduced this year as the industry grows.
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Oliver
Alta
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B.C
Dominion Department of Agriculture
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Government Poultry
Oliver, Alta
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Munich
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