Enormous Increase in Value of Field Crops of the Dominion
The Dominion saw a wartime surge in field crop value with 1917 totals at 1.1446 billion dollars, up from 1914 figures and driven largely by price gains rather than quantity. Wheat and oats led gains, but experts urge intensified cultivation and higher yields to secure food supplies in the war era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Theos. T. A. Crerar
Canada
Dominion
United States
C. C. James
Enous
British Isles
Toronto Globe
British fairs delayed by frost push openings to May
Britons Glasgow built new structures for a British industries fair aimed March 11 to 22 but severe frost halted progress and the opening is now set for May 6. Old London will host a sailer fair on March 11 despite air raids and wartime worries.
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Glasgow
Old London
Canada’s Trade Growth From 1913 to 1917
Trade totals show Canada’s overall trade rising from 1.0 billion in 1913 to 2.024 billion in 1917. Export trade more than triples in that period, while bank clearings climb from 9.26 billion to 12.0 billion, an increase exceeding three billions.
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Canada
Clear
Plan to Boost Western Canada Grain and Livestock Output
Hon Arthur Meighen announces a comprehensive plan to use large Indian reserves and Indigenous labor for grazing and cultivation to raise grain and livestock in Western Canada. W M Graham is appointed to organize the scheme across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. He will lease lands arrange compensation and oversee production marketing and self management under Indian affairs guidance. Last season reserves produced 654 644 bushels of grain and 22 362 head of live stock.
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Arthur Meighen
Interior
Western
Canada
W. M. Graham
South Saskatchewan
Department of Indian Affairs
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Graham
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs
Manitoba's Rising Prosperity Highlighted by Treasurer
Manitoba’s budget introduction cites rapid growth with bank clearings up to 2.653 billion in 1914 and a 125 percent rise since 1913. Production valued at 260 million in 1915 rose through 1917, butter and cheese output climbed, and farm building activity plus deposits expanded significantly.
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Manitoba
Canada
Western
Germany Strengthened by Rationing and War Effort
Milo Hastings argues in Physical Culture that Germany grew tougher after three years of rations, cutting excess food to maintain lean, muscular fighting power. He asserts starvation must be real and not merely reduced surplus to be effective.
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Germany
Milo Hastings
Phrase on recommendations worries Mrs Moreby's maid
The maid contemplates wording a recommendation for four weeks, debating topics from industry to cleanliness and culinary skill as Mrs Moreby guides with terse instructions. The dialogue suggests a cautious approach to what can be stated in the recommendation.
Dunning Rise From Beaverdale Farmer to Provincial Treasurer
The profile recalls Hon. Chas. A. Dunning once a Yorkton farmer's boy earning $10 a month now trusted with Canada’s food supply regulation. A Beaverdale co operator and Grain Growers leader, he built a vast co op elevator network rising from 45 to 230 elevators and 9,000 to 20,000 shareholders, and at 31 he became provincial treasurer under the Martin government.
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Sto
Chas. A. Dunning
Yorkton
Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company
Dominion of Canada
Leicester
England
Canada
Beaverdale
Saskatchewan
W. R. Motherwell
Indian Head
Dunning
Grain Growers’ Association
Walter Scott
M.P
Grain Growers’ Convention
Prince Albert
Provincial Association of Grain Growers
Scott
Co-operative Elevator Co
Martin
Travelling libraries aid Saskatchewan rural readers nationwide
Saskatchewan government operates traveling libraries to uplift rural communities. There are about 160 sets, each with fifty books, sent from Regina to districts. A four member local library board manages distribution, selecting titles by language and community needs. exchanges occur every three to six months.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Origin of Kitchener Wheat Found by Sask. Farmer in 1911
In 1911 Mr. Seager Wheeler of Rosthern Saskatchewan secured Marquis wheat from Ottawa Experimental Farm. He identified a distinct wheat type in his plots, later selecting two rows and a single plant to grow into what became Kitchener wheat.
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Kitchener
Seager Wheeler
Rosthern
Sask
Ottawa
Wheeler
Last words of young British general cited by Daily Mail
The London Daily Mail recalls one of Britain's youngest generals who urged his troops to pray on the eve of an attack in which he gave his life. His exhortation echoed Cromwell and framed a nation’s resolve in its noble, true battle.
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Cromwell
London Daily Mail
England and America face shipbuilding race against U boats
In the World’s Work summary British officials claim the submarine threat is overblown as shipyards shift to mercantile production. Sir Eric Geddes notes losses since 1914 and argues England and America have rebuilt capacity. Hurley and Ferguson debate 1918 output while labor issues loom.
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Saatoe
Elogland
Baimridge Colby
United States Shipping Board
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
England
Eric Saya
Sir Eric
Germany
Hurley
United States
Jimany
H. L. Ferguson
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Junior Citizens urged to boost Ontario food output
Mr. W. J. Black, Ontario commissioner of agricultural education, says junior citizens should rear animals and grow crops to increase food production. He notes 71,000 school children boosted Ontario’s output to 125000 dollars last year and calls for expanding clubs and competitions as a practical aid to national effort.
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W. J. Black
Canada
Ontario
Dummy ships fool Germans in Dardanelles tale
Reuter reports an authenticated case where British dummy vessels tricked German observers. A convoy to the Dardanelles was followed by a cruiser, allowing the real ships to slip by. German submarine nearby focused on the cruiser and did not detect the decoy, while the wrecked ship faded from view.
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London
Reuter
Dardanelles
Germany's ambitions and the drive for world dominion
A historical analysis by Prof. F. J. C. Hearthman in the Fortnightly Review outlines Germany's alleged plans for world subjugation, Austria Hungary alliance aims, and the failed balance of power that led to World War I. It traces reactions by France Russia and Britain, the 1898 to 1907 naval and entente dynamics, and the eventual Allied victory as a restoration of balance and liberty for nations.
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Julius Caesar
Austria-Hungary
Near East
Berlin
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Great Britain
New World
Europe
France
Russia
Iit
Germany
Britain
F. J. C. Hearthmhan
Eleven Years of Alberta Farming Prosperity by Flynn
In 1907 Mr. G. Flynn began farming near Czar Alberta and over eleven years expanded from a log hut to a modern bungalow. He farms 604 acres including 400 cultivated, with 160 in summer fallow, nearing ten thousand dollars in grain receipts last season. Flynn also raises hogs and Shorthorn cattle, with twenty work horses and eighty cattle, illustrating the era’s improved conditions and rail access driving farming success.
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7. G. Flynn
Alberta
Town of Czar
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Flynn
Ontario
Mr. Flynn
The Canadians at Hargicourt in World War I
The Canadian cavalry brigade attached to Sir Julian Byng's third army operated dismounted with the front lines east of Peronne for much of a year. They raided, harried rear guards, and during Cambrai operations penetrated toward Cambrai, taking many prisoners.
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Hargicourt
Cambrai
St. Uentin
Currie
Sir Julian Byng
Peronne
Ancre Brook
Toronto Globe
Women Learn to Run Tractors in War Era Class
At Manitoba Agricultural College Home Economics students enroll in the standard gas engines and tractors course showing women taking male wartime roles.
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Manitoba Agricultural College
There Was Peace and Quiet in Heaven Joke
Mrs Alljaw muses on her monument phrase then the husband suggests a past tense twist. The quip appears in The Argonaut noting a humorous exchange about eternity and memory.
Alberta Fur Production Poised for Record Year
A Calgary fur dealer estimates Alberta will earn 10 to 15 million dollars from fur production this year. Export activity is rising with shipments to England for aviation coats and a large volume of pelts to be sent before summer. About 50,000 coyote pelts and 1,500,000 rat skins are expected to leave the province.
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Calgary
Alberta
England
Aviation
Insect Pests Cost State 40 Million in 1917
The 1917 crop damage in Pennsylvania due to insect pests totaled at least 40 million dollars, per J G Sanders state economist. The loss could fund over 1100 miles of concrete road and would build much of the state’s main road system in nine years. Sanders adds nearby states face similar proportions.
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Pennsylvania
J. G. Sanders
Mr. Sanders
Cruelty Claims At Local Asylum Reported In Exchange
A nurse overheard a newcomer complaining about patient care in an asylum. The guest said patients are treated cruelly and that they are given baths every week, sparking concerns about treatment practices.
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Jourga
The
Cooperative Movement
Alberta Fur Production
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