Cameras, Radio, Planes Aid Canadian Survey Work
Fred V. Seibert of the Natural Resources Intelligence Service said cameras, radios and aircraft have revolutionized surveying in Canada. Aerial mapping covers rugged northern regions and Arctic coastlines, while radio time signals improve longitude fixes beyond earlier wire-telegraph limits.
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Canada
Fred V. Seibert
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Camera Club of
Chicago
Dominion Land
Rocky Mountains
Civilization
Arctic
Indians Are Good Farmers In 1924 grain output on Indian lands
1924 production totals show 469,024 bushels of wheat, 353,699 oats, 72,377 barley, and overall grain amounting to 96,464 bushels. Potatoes reached about 50,000 bushels while 65,009 tons of hay were cut and stored for winter. A final stray sentence notes a married woman’s dinner autonomy in restaurants.
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Department of Indian Affairs
Neutralizing Cream For Buttermaking Highlights Ottawa Pamphlet
Dairy scientists show pasteurized cream churns lose butterfat and produce poorer butter unless neutralized during curing. Unpasteurized cream need not be neutralized. Ottawa's Mr. W Jones outlines Pamphlet No. 52 detailing testing acidity, neutralizer prep, application, quantity, and cream temperature. Four agents are quick lime hydrated lime baking soda and wyandotte.
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W. Jones
Division of Dairy Manufactures
Dairy and Cold Storage Branch
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Prairie Farmer’s Vegetable Garden Bulletin No 43
Brandon Man in cooperation with J F Cooper releases bulletin No 43 on The Prairie Farmer's Vegetable Garden detailing about thirty vegetables. Topics cover root tuber crops steam vegetables leafy produce pod vegetables and fleshy fruit with guidance on soil location and cultivation for each.
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W. C. McKillican
Brandon, Man
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
J. 41
Cooper
Brandon
Prairie Farmer’s Vegetable Garden
Federal Agrarian Unity Urged at Quebec Convention
At the United Farmers of Quebec closing session in Montreal J J Morrison secretary of the United Farmers of Ontario urged provincial groups to merge into a coast to coast body. He said farmers must shed back bench status, adopt cooperative selling, and cut middlemen. J W Ward Winnipeg secretary of the Canadian council of agriculture urged stronger cooperative effort and announced a March 2 Toronto council meeting to debate the plan with delegates from Ontario Quebec Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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United Farmers’ of Quebec
Montreal
J. J. Morrison
United Farmers of Ontario
Dominion
Canada
J. W. Ward
Winnipeg
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Toronto
Ontario
Quebec
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Corn growth urged as Saskatchewan doubles corn acreage
P P Hoffman president of Saskatchewan Corn Growers Association spoke at the Saskatchewan Dairy Association convention in Prince Albert urging dairy farmers to plant corn. He noted last year's 30 000 acre planted was the province's largest and warned of seed shortages limiting Maple Creek seed supply. He claimed ten acres of corn yielded more dry fodder than ten acres of oats.
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Saskatchewan
P. P. Hoffman
Saskatchewan Corn Growers’ Association
Saskatchewan Dairy Association
Prince Albert
Hoffman
Maple Creek
German emigrant line starts with Brazil and Argentina voyage
A new one class for emigrants line by a German company sails to Buenos Aires and Argentina, offering first class comforts at third class prices. The inaugural voyage carried 1,000 German and other Europeans to Brazil and 1,600 to Argentina aboard a motor propelled ship with 250 cabins for two four and six persons, plus saloon smoking room library dining spaces barber shop and baths at 15 knots.
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Buenos Aires
Brazil
Argentina
Saskatchewan Creameries Trial With Buttermilk Feeding
The Saskatchewan Co operative Creameries Limited reports plans to test feeding hogs with buttermilk at a small plant. Directors also consider buying cows for patrons as part of experiments. Equipment for retail and wholesale milk and cream operations at Saskatoon was approved.
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Saskatchewan Co-operative Creameries, Limited
Thee
Saskatouon
Lemon Juice in Milk Aids Digestion
A May issue JAMA article titled The Value of Milk Adidised with Lemon Juice states that lemon or orange juice can be added directly to cow’s milk without curdling, making the milk more digestible for children and others consuming large amounts of milk.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Buying Things You Don’t Need Can Force Needed Sales
A cautionary note warns that purchasing excessive items may leave individuals with no choice but to sell essential possessions later. It highlights financial risk, buyer inertia, and potential regret from impulse spending.
Canadian Wool Exports Top One Million Pounds to Britain
The Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers' Association reports over 1,060,000 pounds of Canadian wool sold to British dealers last year. It notes 1922 marked the first substantial push to the English market, with 600,000 pounds shipped to the Old Country in the following year.
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Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers’ Association
Old Country
Canadian immigration pioneer W. D. Scott dies in Ottawa
W. D. Scott once federal assistant deputy minister of immigration and colonization died in Ottawa on January 27 at age 63. Born in Dundas Ontario he joined the Canadian Pacific Railway as a land agent in 1881 and helped spur settlement. He served in the interior department and Manitoba government before leading immigration efforts from 1903 onward guiding 5,190,000 new settlers to Canada during 43 years in the field.
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Canada
Dominion
W. D. Scott
Ottawa
Mr. Scott
Dundas
Ontario
Canadian Pacific Railway
Winnipeg
C.P.R
Portage la Prairie
Department of Interior
Manitoba
Paris
Glasgow
London
Wolverhampton
Cork
Corn Silage Trial in Heifer Feed Shows Similar Value
A test at the Indian Head Saskatchewan experimental farm compared sunflower silage to corn silage for heifers. Corn silage looked thriftier and sleeker, but both silages were readily eaten and of excellent quality. Corn was in late dough stage at harvest while sunflowers were about half in bloom and wilted two days to reduce moisture.
Butter Exports From Canada Rise in 1924
Canada shipped 22,343,939 pounds of butter in 1924 valued at 5,000,512 dollars, up from 13,173,711 pounds and 4,905,608 dollars in 1923. The United Kingdom bought the most butter at 649,844 pounds for 234,332 dollars, followed by the United States at 482,613 pounds and Germany at 459,648 pounds.
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Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Germany
Regulation to permit pilchard reduction plants on coast
Regulation allows taking pilchards for reduction to fish meat and fertilizer. The policy enables erection and operation of several fish reduction plants along the coast. Pilchards can be used year round, ensuring continuous operation and supply.
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British Columbia
Beekeeping Expands in Alberta Market
Alberta farmers ship a new commodity as beekeeping grows. Last year 160 keepers produced about 69 000 pounds of honey valued around 15000 dollars.
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Alberta
Saddest Of All Sadness Exchange At School
A schoolroom quip frames sorrow over belonging as a schoolmistress laments a man without a country and a witty student replies a country without a fan. The exchange highlights humor in exile and longing for belonging.
Australia larger than United States in size
Australia is slightly larger than the United States in size and has a population of five and one half million. A remark contrasts knowledge between men and women, noting women know more about dress.
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Australia
United States
Appalling Waste In Lumber Manufacture Highlighted
Alberta development since 1965 is reviewed with irrigation of agricultural, mining and manufacturing growth. A Canadian Forest Engineers meeting focuses on waste in lumber, noting 25 percent of tree value lost to waste and 30 to 35 percent further wasted in mills, urging reductions in waste and better forest management.
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Canadian Society of Forest Engineers
W. Kynoch
Forest Products Laboratories
Department of the Interior
R. D. Craig
British Columbia
More Profit For the Farmer in Wheat Grading
Canadian farmers should share in profits from high protein wheat after grading. John Millar proposes a milling test to determine protein content and recommends adding a protein certificate to Grain Act revisions to redirect premiums from millers to producers.
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John Millar
Progressive
Qu'Appelle
Millar
Too Much Sectionalism The Montreal Press Debate
The Montreal press denounces Canadian sectionalism and argues the west should yield its demands to unite the dominion. It cites the Manitoba Free Press claiming Montreal could rule Canada if eastern opinion dominates, dismissing regional views as sectionalism.
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Montreal
Canada
Manitoba Free Press
Gazette and Star
City
Toronto Star
Poultry Exports Grow in Alberta Amid Industry Rise
Alberta shows strong poultry growth with rising egg exports after 1922. Net export surplus reached 44 906 ruses in 1923 and 60 133 cases in 1924, while poultry numbers climbed from under 6 006 000 in 1921 to over 7 200 000 in 1924. The marketing service reported 17 860 cases of eggs and 759 298 pounds of poultry sold in 1924.
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Alberta
Canada
Albertia
Ecg and Poultry Marketing Service
Saskatchewan 606 Industrial Establishments Report
The province lists 606 industrial establishments with capital of 30,268,144 and annual production of 38,672,828. Over four thousand people are employed with salaries totaling 5,562,145. Materials used across industries amount to 22,450,051.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta fur marketing service to aid small operators
The Alberta Department of Agriculture plans a fur marketing service for next season. It targets trapper groups wishing to use the service and aims to assist small operators with marketing their furs without forming a large-scale enterprise.
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Alberta Department of Agriculture
Lakewood Woman Leaves Fortune to Servants
Five Lakewood servants will share 107500 from the will of Helen Parish who also left thousands in personal property to their employers. The will designates the servants as beneficiaries of the fortune and property.
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Lakewood
N.Y
Helen Parish
Wheat Board Surplus Shares For Western Farmers
Western Canadian farmers will receive about half a million dollars in spring distributions from the surplus profits of the Canada Wheat Board operations that marketed the 1919 crop across the western provinces.
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Canada Wheat Board
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Mackensie River
Blanchet
D.L.S
Great Slave Lake
Annapolis
Maryland
Balboa
Panama
San Diego
San Francisco
Honolulu
Corite
Philippine Islands
Bordeaux
France
Lord D'Asernon
Lather
Carter
Carters
N. OU. Geet
Extend Farmers’ Organization
German Line
Saskatchewan Co-operative Cream
Eries
Stephen G. Porter
Progress of Alberta
Alberta Press Association
Fur Marketing Service
Minard
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