Remarkable Development Of Canada's Greatest Industry
The article extols Canada's wheat industry, noting exports exceed 175 million annually, generating demand across industrial centers. It explains the prairie concentration, 2200 country elevators, east and west shipments via rail to Fort William, Port Arthur, and Pacific ports. It describes government grading, inspections, and the global market centered in Liverpool with buyers relying on quality assurances.
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Canada
Simos
Confederation
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Seaboard
wes'Ward
Rockies
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Europe
Panama Canal
Far East
Pacific
Fort William
Port Arthur
Liverpool
England
Georgian Bay
Port McNicoll
Port Colborne
Buffalo
Montreal
Danish official sees Denmark as recruit source for Canadians
Traveling Danish inspector Lorentz W. Saas says Denmark is fertile for recruiting Canadian emigrants due to unemployment. He notes the Danish government studies plans used by Norway to fund prospective emigrants with easy repayment terms to ease the move to Canada from Denmark.
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Montreal
White Star
Dork
Canada
Lorentz W. Saas
Denmark
Sasa
Banish
Canadian Cattle Import Association Formed in South Wales
The Canadian trade commissioner at Bristol reports the formation of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Cattle Importers' Association Limited. It aims to directly import Canadian store and fat cattle and has established a central Canadian purchasing organization. The group includes nineteen meat traders' associations from South Wales and Monmouthshire, with capital about 3000 dollars.
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Bristol
England
South Wales
Monmouthshire
Aesolation, Limited
Jersey Herds for Western Canada Trade Boost
Recent Jersey shipments by BAC breeders to the prairies include six heifers from S. Matson herd in Victoria to N. Narbury, McAuley Man Manitoba. They will found a new Jersey herd, with a daughter of Junio's Marigold Fern and descendants of Zenia Sultan. A second prairie Jersey herd forms at Viking, Alberta by Child Eros.
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Jersey
BAC
Prairies
S. Matson
Victoria
N. Norbury
McAuley
New Jersey
Zenia Sultan
Junio
New Prairie Jersey
Viking
Alta
Eros
British Empire Population and proposed scientific service
A colonial conference report states the empire including colonies and protectorates covers about two million square miles with a population near sixty million. A committee recommends a common pool funded science service focusing on medicine agriculture veterinary science and forestry for the short empire. The conference approved the plan and urged a detailed scheme for submission, with initial income around 875 dollars yearly to replace existing agricultural research salaries.
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Conference of Sovernors
Colonial Office
Canada Eyes Immigration Policy Favoring British Settlers
Ren Robert Forke, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, argues for selective admissions to boost labor demand without increasing unemployment. In London he outlines a policy favoring farm and domestic workers from the British Isles while widening to the United States and other nearer regions due to limited suitable numbers.
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Canada
Robert Forke
London
British Isles
Courageong
Bris Isles
United States
Farobear
Slendering day dress with plaited side panels and braid trim
An attractive pattern No. 1522 features a plain front and back with plaited side sections for added width. It uses braid on the bodice to form a deep pointed yoke and trims the convertible collar and long dart fitted sleeves. Sizes 36 to 44 bust. fabric needs vary by size. Pattern 20 cents, book 19 cents.
Kipling’s Vermont Bank Inquiry Reveals Frugal Habit
The article notes Rudyard Kipling, living in Brattleboro Vermont at his bungalow Nuaulahka, paid by check. He discovered merchants kept his checks as souvenirs instead of cashing them, a curious financial quirk cited by Forbes Magazine.
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Kipling
Bratticeboro
Vermont
Nuaulahka
Forbes Magazine
Volapuk Language Then and Now
The article recounts Volapuk created in 1879 by Johann Schieyer a Swiss teacher as a universal language. It flourished briefly before fading, with Esperanto later proposed by Dr Zam enhok of Warsaw in 158987.
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Johanna Schieyer
Switzerland
Zamenhok
Warsaw
Wild Horses Worthless Bounties Bid In British Columbia
In British Columbia hunts will kill wild horses for $1.50 per ear set, with about 1000 sets expected from 18 head rounded up at Springhouse where a 60 pound four year old stallion was noted. Canada's egg consumption rises with grading, and two million dollars funds Manitoba mineral development.
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B.C
British Columbia
Provincial Department of Lands and Forests
Springhouse
Nebraska Farmers Seek Alberta Tracts for Emigration
Frank Stewart of North Platte leads a delegation of fifty Nebraskan families to scout Alberta farms with A. Van Scov of Canadian Pacific and a colonization aide. They will visit Calgary to inspect suitable tracts, aiming to settle Canadian lands, with ample capital noted.
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Alberta
Frank Stewart
North Platte
Nebr
A. van Scov
Canadian Pacific Railway
Calgary
Colonization Department
Training Indian Children in Canada Schools Rise
The Department of Indian Affairs oversees 344 Indian schools with about 15,000 Indian boys and girls enrolled. The program is a major activity of the department.
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Canada
Department of Indian Affairs
Canada Plans Ambitious Aerial Navigation Programme
The article notes Canada’s postwar push into civil and military aviation with Royal Canadian Air Force leadership, aerial surveying that mapped 36000 square miles in 1926, and Parliament's 1927 funding surpassing 1.5 million annually. Cities are urged to prepare air harbours, advisers visit Britain, and plans include Atlantic to Pacific air routes and a future imperial mooring mast for dirigibles.
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Canada
Civlians
Royal Canadian Air Force
Bevernament
Government of Canada
Dominion
Canadian
Great Buntain
Airways
Post Office Department
England
Manitoba Plans Big Bacon Hog Exhibit At Chicago Show
A carload of bacon hogs will be included in Manitoba’s display at the International Stock Show in Chicago this fall. J Ritchie, manager of the Provincial Fair, reports the Manitoba Livestock Board discussed provincial plans. The bacon hog exhibit aims to gain recognition for that breed from Manitoba, with three carloads of horses and two of cattle also traveling to Toronto and other sites. Sheep breeders plan notable exhibits for Toronto, Guelph, Ottawa and more.
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Manitoba
Chicago
J. &. Ritchie
Manitoba Livestock Board
Toronto
Guelph
Ottawa
Beets Grow as Alberta Farmers Back Sugar Factory
Albert a sugar beet drive gains momentum with 7 000 acres contracted and an expected rise to 7 500 acres for the 1927 season. Farmers praise thorough soil preparation before planting and the widespread support across Southern Alberta for the sugar factory.
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Alberta
Reindeer Arrive From Norway For Alpine Hauling Use
About a dozen reindeer are to be moved from Norway to the French Alps to acclimate and be used for hauling sleighs in winter. The plan aims to make scenic mountain spots accessible where horses or motor vehicles cannot reach.
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Norway
French Alps
Strawberry Crop Yield Expected To Increase In Canada
The Department of Agriculture reports across strawberry districts that all provinces wintered well and favorable weather could push production higher than last year. Estimated yield about 13,301,800 quarts, a 29.5 percent rise from 11,112,500 quarts last year from 4,660 acres.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Beacon and feet tale mix on Etna beacon plan
A proposed million candle power beacon atop Mount Etna to aid Mediterranean aviators is described alongside a fanciful note about British foot shapes by region. The piece closes with a caution that not every compliment from a woman is reliable and ends with a humorous digression about upper lip beauty.
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Mount Etna
Sicily
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