Canada Leads In Seed Improvement And Handling
Canada produced its largest 1925 seed crops for wheat, barley, and sweet clover, reflecting rising farmer demand for high quality seed. Experts note cross breeding at Dominion farms and private growers supplying seed through the Canadian Seed Growers' Association, with Canada praised for systematic seed improvement and efficient commercial handling. Marquis wheat and other varieties have spread beyond Canada, with shipments to Argentina and United States farmers.
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Canada
Peter Stewart
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Stewart
Dominion
L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
L. HM. Newman
Bow
Argentina
Middle- West
United States
Mali and
Empire
Fertilizer That Draws Moisture From Air Could Aid Drought Crops
The Natural Resources Bulletin reports a substance named anhydrite or land plaster that absorbs moisture from the air to keep soil wet. Found with gypsum in Canada and elsewhere, it could act as a fertilizer by releasing water, aiding crops during drought and improving soil with silicate reactions.
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Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Austria
Hungary
Harz
Germany
United States
Walton
Nova Scotia
Norfolk
Virginia
J. P. Messervey
Nova Scotia Department of Shines
United States Bureau of Mines
Maritime
Centenary celebrated of Rideau Canal choice site
In 1826 Lieutenant-Colonel John By selected the Rideau Canal entry to the Ottawa River, later shaping Ottawa as the Canadian capital. A national centenary celebration is planned this August with historical pageantry and a western plains Stampede. The Dominion Government plans include extending beautification works and a monument to By.
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John By
The
Royal Engineers
Rideau Canal
Ottawa River
Dominion of Canada
Dominion
Ottawa
Hamonett P. Hill
Montreal
Kingston
St. Lawrence River
Edmonton
Colonel By
Dominion Government
Parliament Buildings
Rideau Canel
Parliament Hill
Clegg
Manitoba Dairy Industry Expands Through Early Growth
Manitoba dairy production grew from near zero to 14 million dollars by 1925 with the province capturing 44 percent of butter first prizes and 34 percent of total dairy prizes. Butter exports began in 1915 with 55 carloads, rising to 315 carloads last year to Eastern Canada and the British Isles.
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Manitoba
Canada
British Isles
Seed company offers free pea seeds to applicants
A seed firm received fifteen requests for free pea seeds and the sixteenth prompted the manager to write asking about the large number. The reply reveals the applicant's wife uses peas for soup, clarifying the motive behind the demand and ending with a wry domestic note.
Scientists Gather for World's Poultry Congress at Ottawa
Twenty five years after shunning poultry work scientists from around the world attend the World's Poultry Congress in Ottawa from July 27 to August 4, 1927. Prominent researchers will discuss diseases nutrition and genetics affecting poultry.
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Ottawa
Immigration to Canada Surges in April 1926
Canada reports a sharp rise in April 1926 immigration from Britain and the United States, totaling 17 493 with 7 897 from Britain and 2 007 from the U S Other countries accounted for 7 589. Most newcomers are farmers, with 11 928 in that class, plus 760 laborers and 1 413 female domestic servants.
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Britain
United States
Canada
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Alberta’s Striking Growth The Sunshine Province’s Twenty Year Progress
Alberta has shown remarkable growth over twenty years with agricultural output rising from 20 million to 254 million dollars and wheat from 3 to 103 million bushels. Crop area expanded from 616000 to 11000000 acres while dairy, coal, and manufactures also surged. Railways increased from 1000 to 4800 miles and population grew from 200000 to 640000.
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Sunshine Province
Alberta
West
Rilway
Woman In Rose Isle Profits From Butter Experiment
Mrs Aline Baley of Rose Isle Man received a $2.52 cheque after shipping four gallons of cream to a dairy. She turned the same cream into sixteen pounds of butter sold at 40 cents a pound for $6.40, earning $3.87 more with the same amount of cream.
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Aline Baley
Rose Isle
Man
Lativation Of Corn Cultivation Should Begin Soon
W H Gibson of the Indian Head experimental farm notes last year’s Saskatchewan corn area reached about seventy thousand acres and corn is becoming a key forage crop. He advises early cultivation starting with planting through six inches high, weekly harrowing to kill weeds, then shallow cultivation until three to three and a half feet tall, with corn as a weed controlling intertilled crop boosting livestock feed and cutting grain costs.
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Saskatchewan
W. H. Gibson
Indian Head Experimental Farm
Indian Head
Smoking ban in Kootenai National Forest prompts caution
The Buffalo Courier and Express notes that Montana's Kootenai National Forest bans all smoking to prevent fires as officials reiterate long effort to teach care with fire in the woods. Teakwood’s durability cited as beams 2000 years old remain strong.
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Montana
Kootenai National Forest
Forest Service
Buffalo Courier and Express
New Vessel to Patrol Arctic Archipelago for Northward Post Expansion
Canada plans an annual Arctic patrol using the new SS Beothic replacing the Arctic. The 2,700 ton vessel sails from North Sydney in July and will establish a post at Bache Peninsula Ellesmere Island while gathering geological data through October 1927.
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Canada
Arctic Archipelago
North West Territories
Yukon
Department of the Interior
Beothic
Jobs’ Seat Fisheries Company. Limited
St. John's
Newfoundland
Arctic
Newcastle on-Tyne
England
Lloyd's
North Sydney
Nova Scotia
Lancaster Sound
Jones Sound
George P. Mackenzie
Falk
Hudson and Baffin Bays
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ts. Weeks
Maurice Haycock
Pangoitung
Cumberland Sound
Bain Island
New Paving Experiments Use Chips and Sawdust Mix
Science Siftings notes experiments using wood chips and sawdust with Portland cement. A nine to one mix provides a floor suitable for medium traffic after creosote treatment and pressure. German tests show strong cement adhesion after washing wood with curd soap and water then silicate of soda. Also contains a humorous line about deficit and a domestic remark on worrying about the husband’s future.
Saskatchewan Dairy Industry Establishes New Creameries Record
Saskatchewan has seen the establishment of 11 new creamery plants this year along with replacements of old creameries, a record not matched since dairy began in the province. Plants opened include Regina, Moose Jaw, Swift Current, McNutt, Young, Parkside, Speers and Kelvington. Dairy commissioner P. E. Reed notes debate over justification but says higher production could offset overhead and benefit the industry.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Moose Jaw
Swift Current
McNutt, Young
Parkside
Speers
Kelvington
P. E. Reed
Trade and manners Notes on France and marriage
A London Chronicle commentary argues that subsidies to France burden British taxpayers and that France raises tariffs on British goods while noting after marriage some women neglect their appearance. It also advises not to envy neighbors but to envy their courage.
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France
London Chronicle
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Natural Resources Bulletin
Col. By
Quebec
Citadel
Cedars Canal
St. Lawrence
Ontario
Bytown
Old Province of
Ply
Immigration
International Institute of Agriculture
Dominions
British India
Australia
Johnnie
John Bull
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