Irish Free State Gains Progress as Commonwealth Member
Timothy A Smiddy, Irish Free State minister to the United States, told a Chicago audience that Ireland cooperates within the British Commonwealth with no coercion. He cited economic ties, noting 8 percent of Irish exports go to Britain and 5 percent of imports come from Britain, and argued self-government has delivered stability and growth over five years.
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Irish Free State
Ireland
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Northern Ireland
Smiddy
Tree reaches sixty feet in thirteen years for pulp supply
A hybrid poplar invented at Highland Park Rochester and Geneva experiments promises trees 60 feet tall and 18 inches thick in 13 years. Dr. Ralph McKee and Dr. A B Stout lead this effort backed by Oxford Paper Co. The tree could triple pulp output, with first harvest in ten years, and propagate from seedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Feening Post
Ralph McKee
Columbia University
A. B. Stout
New York
Oxford Paper Company
Rumford
Maine
Highland Park
Rochester
N.Y
Ceneva
McKee
Horses Return to Birthplace After Yearlong Journey
Ed monton farmer P. H. Ashby bought two mares. The pair strayed fifty miles to a local farm where they behaved as at home. They had been colts at that farm and had been sold twice before Ashby acquired them. Their odyssey through unfamiliar woods and open country ended with a return to their birthplace, a testament to animals' instinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Ashby
Edmonton Alberta
Ashby
Stubble Burning Costs and Trials at Swift Current
Tests at the Swift Current Experimental Station show oil burner stubble fires can lower acre costs but require heavy we,edy stubble to sustain. A 14 foot machine burns 2 to 3 acres per hour with a crew of three men and four horses, labor costs around 10 to 60 cents per acre, with further trials planned before recommendations.
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Swift Current
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No
The note directs readers in Winnipeg to order sewing patterns via the Winnipeg Newspaper Union located on Ne Dermot Avenue. It references a pattern number but provides no complete details or contact method.
Nitrate boosts pasture growth during mid summer drought
British and European practice of top dressing pastures with nitrate fertilizer could extend to Canada. Field tests at Fredericton NB in 1926 show 200 lb per acre nitrate raised yield to 4953 lb per acre versus 3207 lb with no fertilizer, with darker green grass and fewer weeds.
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Britain
Europe
Canada
Fredericton
N.B
Saskatchewan Livestock Sales Show Strong Demand at Prince Albert Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Cattle Breeders Association held sales at Prince Albert on June 7 and in Saskatoon, selling sixty five head of pure bred stock. Prince Albert averaged $112.50 with top Shorthorn and Angus bulls selling to notable buyers. Saskatoon averaged $128.65 led by university bred stock and a high of $285 for a senior yearling Shorthorn. The Department of Agriculture and Indian Affairs figures figure among the largest buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cattle Breeders’ Association
Prince Albert
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Cattle Breeders Association
Saskatchewan Institutional Farms
J. G Robertson
Depariment of Agriculture
Regina
T. A. Clark
Lake Valley
J. W. Durne
Calgary
John Brandt
Bae
R. Wade
Asquith
Department of Indian Affairs
Strathmore
Donald Fairchild
John N. Clark
Netherhill
F. Walters
Moose Jaw
Department of Agriculture
Christinson
Billy the giant pig headlines Johannesburg agricultural show
Billy the world's largest pig is on view in Johannesburg insured for 25000 dollars. He measures 11.3 inches long and 6 ft 9 inches in girth weighs about half a ton and has traveled 25000 miles. The pig eats four cases of apples eight or nine buckets of milk two bushels of bran and many cabbages daily and has a dedicated valet. He is 28 months old and may be sent to the British Museum after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Johannesburg
Australia
Egg shell withstands 31 pounds under testing
A thin egg shell survived 31 pounds of pressure under a Bureau of Standards test in Washington before breaking. In contrast, a 200 ton force demolished a one square foot timber. A detective quips about a cook amid a lighthearted exchange. another note warns all snake venom varies in effect from blood poisoning to diaphragm paralysis.
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Bureau of Standards
Washington
New Cook Receives Surprise On Birthday From Mr Hensley
A humorous kitchen mix up shows the new cook unable to deliver roast beef with gravy as promised. Mr Hensley reveals a birthday surprise, noting his wife Mrs Hensley has long lived in surprise after ten years of not remembering. Dust from a blast furnace at an automobile plant is found to contain fifty percent iron ore and is being reclaimed.
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Mr. Hensley
Canada to Use Science in Industry Expansion This Year
National Research Laboratories will assist Canadian industry by extending scientific and industrial research. An Ottawa plan aims to match other nations in applying science, boosting wheat exports and industrial growth while providing laboratories for firms unable to fund in-house research. Moose Jaw Times notes the move aligns Canada with progressive practices and may outpace slower rivals.
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National Research Laboratories
Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Uins
England
Lron
James Malcolm
Moose Jaw
Imes
Combined Reaper Thresher Costs and Harvest Rates
Agricultural pamphlet shows a sixteen foot combine drawn by twelve horses cuts about 35 acres in ten hours, or 44 acres if tractor drawn. Cost per acre equals 1.80 dollars or nine cents per bushel on a 20 bushel acre crop. tractor drawn machine costs 1.64 per acre. Binder and separator cost cited at 17 cents per bushel. Moose Jaw and Lethbridge launch community hotel stock-raise plans. London gas meters show coin shortages due to high coin turnover.
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Swift Current
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Moose Jaw
Lethbridge
Citizens
Michigan Leads as Largest Source of Settlers for Western Canada
Dominion immigration agent Fred W. Kerr reports Michigan as the top source of settlers moving to Canada this year. He notes many farmers migrated from Michigan, which sent 2,861 of 21,025 U.S. farmers to Canada last year.
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Michigan
Western
Canada
State
Union
Fred W. Kerr
Dominion Immigration
Detroit
Gold Claims Thirty Placer Works Planned in Saskatchewan
Development of 40 placer gold claims in Waterhiew Lake district Saskatchewan is proposed by Edward Tisdale and H G Tucker both of Chicago en route to the north. Saskatchewan Minister J Davies arranged for Walter lastings, Provincial Geologist, and Professor Worcester from University of Saskatchewan to join the expedition with Dr Cameron Edmonton Geologist also aboard.
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Saskatchewan
Waterhiew Lake
Edward Tisdale
H. G Tucker
Chicago
J. ©. Davies
Labor and Industries
Walter Lastings
Worcester
University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Cameron
Edmonton
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