Factors Directing Greater Attention To Wheat Growing In Canada
The article notes Canada’s wheat industry expansion, with 1926 wheat area at 22,765,449 acres yielding 17.8 bushels per acre and about 195,938,000 bushels, worth roughly $4,412,673,000 to producers. Garnet wheat promises earlier ripening and strong yields, pushing the northern agricultural boundary. Sir Herbert Matthews and British agricultural prospects emphasize Canada as Britain’s future wheat supplier amid uncertain India and declining Russian exports.
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Canada
Industrs i
Aneda
United States
British India
Dominion
Anada
Peace River
Alberta
Cananda
Marquis
Prairie Provinces
Port Nelson
Fort Churchil
Rocky Mountains
Sir Herbert Matthews
Central Chamber of British Agriculture
Old Country
United Kingdom
India
China
Japan
Britain
Promising Exmonion Gas Co to Drill More Wells in Viking Field
The Exmonion Gas Co plans to drill additional wells in the Viking field this year. The field lies about seven and a half miles long and two miles wide, with gas encountered at an average depth of 2,150 feet. London road tolls and foreign population data are discussed in accompanying commentary.
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Ex’monion Gas Co
Viking
China
Monach
March
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Britain
F. A. Mackenzie
Two Piece Frock Adapts For Morning To Evening Wear
The fashion pattern describes a practical two piece sports costume with a bloused blouse and a box plaited skirt. It highlights a collar that can be worn high or turned back, gathered shoulders, patch pockets, a string belt, and tailored cuffs. Sizes, materials, and prices for pattern 47 and skirt 1341 are listed along with the Fashion Book offering.
How To Order Patterns In Winnipeg Ad
Winnipeg readers learn ordering patterns from the Union at 178 McDermott Ave. Pattern number and size details appear in the advertisement.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave
Winnipeg
Cattle Market Shows Gains in Canada 1926 Trade
The 1926 Live Stock Market and Meaty Trade Review reports higher prices and larger volumes for Canadian cattle versus 1925. Domestic demand remained strong, but export weights struggled due to Britain’s depressed conditions, miners' strike, and price wars. Prospects for 1927 look brighter with improved British and US markets.
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Great Britain
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Britain
Argentina
United States
Snowshoe Rabbit Pelts Offer New Revenue in Western Canada
New tanning process for snowshoe rabbit hides boosts settler income across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with 1926 27 winter catch around two million pelts valued near two hundred thousand dollars. Unprocessed skins are exported to New York and London for diverse uses, enhancing regional farm profits.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
New York
London
Outlook For The Swine Industry In Canada 1926
The Live Stock Market and Meat Trade Review outlines 1926 swine results in Canada. Hog marketing lagged demand but Toronto averages reached highs not seen since 1920, with price per head up and cost of production a key future factor as Canada holds cheap feed grain and expects a larger pig crop.
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Canada
Dominion Live Stock Branch
Toronto
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
United States
Great Britain
Dominion
Crop choices for clay soils in Eastern Canada
A Dominion Department of Agriculture bulletin notes root crops struggle on clay land while sunflowers outperform corn as silage crops. Grasses cereals and alfalfa do well with proper drainage and fertility. The bulletin, free from Ottawa, offers broader soil management guidance.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Edmonton Board of Trade publicity drive reaches midwest farmers
The board reports over 4200 letters and 1200 completed questionnaires from farmers in the midwestern United States as part of a two year publicity campaign. About 200 people visited the board office during district inspections, with most settling on land in central Alberta. A separate line notes that more than three million people are held in slavery and a saying about a mink in the closet.
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Edmonton Board of Trade
United States
Hen eats 9572 kernels of wheat at Palouse poultry show
A Palouse Washington poultry show fed a hen measured rations over five days counting out a kernel at a time. The average laying hen ate 9572 kernels of wheat by show’s end illustrating that small steps lead to larger success.
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Palouse
Wash
Jack Miner To Hand Over Migration Records To Government
Ontario sanctuary owner Jack Miner will transfer two decades of bird tagging data and letters about killed ducks and geese to the Dominion Government. Records from Kingsville cover posts from Louisiana to Saskatch ewan Long Island and Baffin Island, with many reports filed at Miner's home.
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Jack Miner
Dominion Government
Kingsville
Ontario
Louisiana
Saskatchewan
Long Island
Baffin’s Island
Parks Branch
Department of the Interior
Brains and Beauty Meet Captain on Eopress of France
Canadian Pacific steamship Eopress of France tours the Mediterranean with Captain FE Griffiths aboard. In the pictured group, Mr William McMaster and Hon Narcisse Perodeau appear with two distinguished ladies Miss Yvette McKenna and Mrs Frank McKenna as the ship nears Algiers.
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FE. Griffiths
Canadian Pacific
Eopress
France
Mediterranean
William McMaster
Canadian Pacific Railway
Narcisse Perodeau
Quebec
Yvette McKenna
Frank McKenna
Perodeau
Algiers
Father Of Aviation Discovered In Sir George Cayley
The article traces Sir George Cayley as the true father of aviation, noting his 1773 birth and 1857 death and his early experiments with gliders and a toy helicopter. It cites Charles Dollfus praising Cayley and mentions his prescient ideas on airships and aeroplanes serving as complementary forms of transport.
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George Cayley
S FL Cody
General Atention
Great Britain
George Carsley
Brempton Hall
Noorthasterton
Charles Dollfus
Tle
Air Ministry
Cayley
Wool Price Outlook Brightens On Global Demand
Albert H. Elliott of the Boston Wool Trade Association predicts higher prices this year as stocks ease and demand improves in Britain and Continental Europe. He notes U S production rising and Boston as a major world center, with the wool market near term turning healthier despite ongoing increases in supply.
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Europe
Australia
United States
Albert H. Elliott
Boston Wool Trade Association
Boston
Britain
Edmonton site sought for first Alberta canning factory
The Broder Canning Co of New Westminster aims to establish a canning factory in Edmonton as Alberta shifts from importing vegetables to growing over sixty percent of its needs. The move follows expansion of the province's vegetable industry.
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Edmonton
Broder Canning Co
New Westminster
Alberta
Okanagan Growers Form Mutal Protection Network
The Okanagan Tobacco Growers Association organizes mutual protection for Kelowna tobacco farmers and plans inviting other Okanagan districts to form locals and affiliate. Viscount Willingdon received an honorary degree at the University of Montreal with a French reply, while Lord Dufferin spoke in Greek at Metsiil.
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Okanagan
Viscount Willingdon
University of Montreal
Lord Dufferin
Metsiil
Claims Kingship Over Canadian Indians
A Chicago writer signs a pale blue letterhead "Vive le Roi" and asks the British Government to recognize a Prince G. . C. and Grand Regent as king of a well known tribe. Canada refuses to recognize him. five princes and a duke claiming bishop titles are listed. The letter, sent to the Canadian legation in Washington, seeks translation into the tribe language. It will likely go to the Indian Department at Ottawa.
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Chicago
Washington
Indian Department
Ollawa
Seized Elephant Sells at Auction Over Debt in Vienna
A Vienna bank auctioned off an elephant named Bimpfi after failing to recover a debt from a Austrian big game hunter and explorer who secured a 1919 loan. Court orders failed due to the debtor's absence in Africa and land constraints limited distraint to forests. The convoluted case ends with the animal's sale to satisfy the loan.
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Vienna
Bimpfi
Africa
Austria
Binson
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Western
Mand
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Okanagan Tobacco Growers
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Mistrese
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