Reward Wheat Tops Protein Content Among Western Prairie Varieties
Dominion tests across 18 farms in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta show Reward wheat averaging 17.52 percent protein, highest among 26 samples, with strong flour making qualities. Marquis Garnet and others also tested. results to be supplemented by further studies before final conclusions.
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Canadian Prairies
Ottawa
Kota
Ruby
Marquis
Garnet
Kitchener
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion Cerealist
Prince Edward
British Columbia
Dominion
Regina
West
Brandon
Scott
Indian Head
Beaverlodge
Morden
Rosthern
Swift Current
Lethbridge
Storms Linked to Deforestation Says French Wireless Expert
Edouard Crawley, famed French wireless authority, blames deforestation for severe weather. He argues forests act as lightning rods to discharge atmospheric electricity, preventing storm buildup. In wooded areas there is calm. woodcut districts see frequent storms, a claim linked to observations in British Columbia's Liard River district and grain samples reaching Victoria.
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Edouard Crawley
France
Liard River
British Columbia
Department of Agriculture
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Victoria
Conservative MP Brooke Fails To Beat Carrier Pigeons
London Conservative MP and sportsman C. R. Brooke wagered he could outrun pigeons in a cross country race. He released 400 birds after traveling 175 miles and returned by car and fast train, but the flock arrived an hour before him.
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C. R. Brooke
London
London Plans Eleven New Moving Picture Theatres
London will add eleven new moving picture theatres this year with seating for 2,500 or more each. The total cost is estimated at about 215.6 million pounds.
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London
Moving Picture
Age Of Steers To Feed In Ontario Experiments
Experimental Parma bulletin reports six years of feeding tests on steers of two, yearling, and three years. Two-year-olds show greatest weight gains and lowest cost per pound, while yearlings close behind and three-year-olds lag. Younger animals grow and fatten, while older gain mainly fat. they require coarser ration but cost more per pound.
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Parma
Ontario
Danish Scientist Proposes Restoring Venus De Cridus Head
Danish scientist M. Tlinkenberg notes a Venus de Cridus torso may be completed by adding a head from a corresponding Venus. After examining specimens in Copenhagen and Brussels, he had a plaster cast made, enabling a perfect head fit for exchange between museums.
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M. Tlinkenberg
Blinkenberg
Aphrodite
Museum Cinkuantenaire
Drussels
Copenhagen
Brussels
Venus of Cridus
Venus
Grinding Roughage Not Economical For Dairy Cows
An investigation at the Central Experimental Farm shows grinding rough feed adds little feeding value and increases costs. Cut corn fodder is lower in milk yield than corn silage, and ground feed requires extra labor without proportional gains.
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Central Experimental Farm
Dominion Annal Husbandman
Wild Flowers Of the Rockies
A Canadian Rockies feature notes the abundance and beauty of wild flowers in national parks. Botanists identify over five hundred varieties, with vivid colors fragrance and delicate loveliness enhancing the upper region’s charm.
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Canadian Rockies
Japanese dolls gifted to U.S. children for Christmas
Five million Japanese girls present 57 intricate dolls crafted by expert artisans as a reciprocal gesture for the 13,000 friendship dolls sent by American children to the Japanese doll festival last March. Each doll comes with silken kimonos wardrobes obis trunks and appropriate furniture.
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United States
Japan
AKC Dec meeting to vote on dog ears cropping ban
A proposed rule to ban ear cropping for several breeds to take effect on dogs born after July 1 1928 will be submitted at the American Kennel Club’s December meeting in New York. The article also notes a maxim on greed and law.
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American Kennel Club
New York
Kennel Club
Hypocrite Defined as Man Pretending to Be What He Can't
A sharp saying notes that a hypocrite is a man who pretends to be what he cannot be and speaks with the accent of the unable. The remark links moral posture to cant and self deception in public life.
Weeds in seed grain prompt cleaner selection and control
A Dominion Seed Branch bulletin summarizes how weed seeds enter seed grain and spread in Canada. About 75 percent of farmers grow their own seed, with many purchases from neighbors or merchants. Proper cleaning with a good fanning mill reduces seed contamination. poorly equipped mills fail to help.
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Dominion Seed Branch
Dresher
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Feeding swine in sheds favors cheaper winter feeding
A Central Experimental Farm trial with Yorkshire and Berkshire pigs tested feeding in single boarded sheds with warm sleeping berths versus costly warm piggeries in winter. Results show expensive housing not needed, colder conditions increased feed slightly but kept pigs healthier, Berkshire gains were more economical under shed feeding, and semi solid buttermilk was not a cost saver compared to skim milk.
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Yorkshire and
Berkshire
Berkshires
Yorkshires
Forest Fire Warning Plan Tied To Air Patrols
Naval Canadian Air Force planes patrolling for the Forest Service carry wireless phones. A practical system allows reliable voice links up to 200 miles between aircraft and base, connecting to ground lines for instant fire warnings to ranger stations. The text also notes a proverb about marriage morale and compliments as bright spots.
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Naval Canadian Air Force
Forest Service
Department of the Interior
Winners of Swine Club Competitions Attend Royal Exhibition
Winners of the Manitoba and Saskatchewan Leys and Girls Swine Club contests visited Toronto’s Royal Exhibition as guests of Canadian National Railways. J D Guild and J S McGowan led CN Railways officials, with riders including Mervyn Anderson Albert Ites Roland Fred Lorenz Ray Lorenz, who accompanied the group. In Toronto the boys faced three eastern teams for the annual W D Robb trophy.
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Canadian National Railways
Toronto
J. D. Guild
Winnipeg
Mervyn Anderson
Albert ‘Ites
Roland
Manitoba
Fred Lorenz
Ray Lorenz
Shellbrook
Saskatchewan
J. S. McGowan
Department of Colonization and Agriculture
W. D. Robb
Plea To Aid Eskimos For Canada Northland Development
Capt. H. T. Munn argues Canada must preserve and aid its dwindling Eskimo population to unlock vast Northwest territories. He cites reindeer introduction in Alaska and Denmark's Greenland policy as models to boost prosperity and curb exploitation.
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Dominion
Canada
H. T. Munn
F.r.gs
Northwest
Canadian Club
Windsor Hotel
Montreal
Capt
Munn
United States
Alaska
Denmark
Greenland
Canadian Northwest
Mackenzie River
Hudson's Bay
Davis Straits
Ile
Northwest Territories
Reasons for Rural to Urban Migration and Mixed Effects
Agriculture department findings show farm to city movement driven by better living, higher income, schooling, and independence. Older farmers retire, wealth and knowledge drift from rural to urban areas, while rural efficiency rises. A mix of light anecdotes closes the piece.
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Department of Agriculture
Arctic Message From MacMillan Expedition Reaches Magnolia
An Arctic wireless report from the MacMillan expedition, picked up by amateur radio operator Georg Warren in Magnolia, states the team is near the Pole, frozen in and will not emerge until spring. The note notes six months of night and a mantle of darkness over the region.
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MacMillan
Arctic
Magnolia
Georg Warren
Pole
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
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