Development of Marquis Wheat Among Canada’s Leading Agrarian Achievements
The Marquis Wheat project led by Dr. Charles Saunders became Canada's most outstanding agricultural advance. Originating from a 1892 cross at Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm, Marquis matured earlier, with stronger straw, rust resistance, and higher yield. By 1915 it dominated Western Canada’s spring wheat and held a major share in the United States, shaping regional wheat quality and cultivation.
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United States
Ottawa
India
Calcutta
Charles Saunders
Marquis
Dominion
Western
Prairie Provinces crop acreage up in 1928 report
The 1928 crop acreage for the Prairie Provinces is estimated at 16,295,570 acres, up 5.9 percent from 1927. Manitoba gains 536,774 acres, Saskatchewan 1,005,465 acres, while Alberta falls 621,531. New breakings rise in all provinces except Manitoba. summer fallow increases across provinces, with Alberta seeing a fall plowing decline.
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Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadian Judge R M Holtby Named In 1928 Holstein List
The Holstein-Friesian Association of the United States lists R. M. Holtby of Ontario as the sole Canadian official judge in 1928. Holtby serves as Chief Fieldman for the Canadian Holstein-Friesian Association, marking a notable cross-border inclusion.
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Holstein-Friesian Association
United States
R. M. Holtby
Ontario
Canadian
Dominion
Winnipeg to Build Million Dollar Paper Mill and Box Factory
Construction of a combination paper mill and box factory costing $1,000,000 will begin in Winnipeg this year. The project is planned to boost local industry and employment, with the start date and contractor details pending.
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Winnipeg
Moustiq Quote Echoes Domestic Tension at Charleroi
A fragmentary remark attributed to Moustiq in Charleroi depicts a husband vowing not to return home drunk and a partner stating a separate intention to stay out. The terse exchange suggests a troubled domestic moment captured in local chatter.
Noble migration brings European youth to Alberta ranch life
The Prince of Wales purchased a ranch in 1919 sparking a trend of titled European youths moving to Alberta near Calgary. Lord Rodney opened a ranch school for European peers, with students such as Prince Charles and the Duke of Luxemburg living as hired hands. Nearby, Denmark's Crown Prince runs a large dairy, shipping butter to Europe, while Prince D Abro of Italy maintains a major Southern Alberta cattle ranch, with other nobility nearby.
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Alberta
Calgary
Lord Rodney
Lady Rodney
Europe
Prince Charles Phillippee d
Dominion Hort iculturist reports on top vegetable varieties
The latest Dominion Horticulturist report outlines high merit varieties tested across the Experimental Farms System. It covers asparagus beans beets Brussels sprouts cabbage cauliflower carrots celery corn cucumbers kohlrabi lettuce and muskmelon, including new varieties from experimental stations.
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Dominion Horticulturist
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
War as a disease and cures urged by Dr Henry van Dyke
The Rev Dr Henry van Dyke of Princeton NJ former US Minister to the Netherlands calls war a disease and proposes three cures. First, preventive hygiene of mind heart education and religion. Second, cut armaments. Third, use peaceful means including the League of Nations and World Court. He urges America to join both substitutes for war.
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Henry van Dyke
Princeon, NJ
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League of Nations
World Court
America
Cash On Delivery for Afghan Royal Visit Spat
London shopkeepers cheer and commiserate as King Amanullah and Queen visit Berlin Paris before London. Banks report Afghan purchases in Berlin and Paris unpaid. Berliners and Parisians cannot sue. Bond Street merchants demand cash and refuse credit after initial orders.
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Amanullah
Berlin
Paris
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Bond Street
Manitoba farms bid to take British boy immigrants
The demand in Manitoba for British boy immigrants exceeds supply as 160 to 170 farmers notify Minister of Agriculture Prefontaine they will take boys on their farms, though that number may not be available. Canada’s national parks in the Rocky Mountains are nearly as large as Belgium and two-thirds as great as Switzerland.
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Hon. Prefontaine
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Belgium
Switzerland
Interesting Facts About Siberia From Windle Lecture
Sir Bertram Windle discusses Siberia during a University of Toronto lecture on the ethnological background of Asiatic history. He notes extreme cold, naked-child play, tin houses freezing the ground, and curious burial customs with graves in wooden cupboards and bells to ward off evil.
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University of Toronto
Bertram Windle
Siberia
Ontario
Windbreaks Prove Valuable Asset for Farms
A windbreak on a farm improves livestock wintering conditions and reduces heating fuel needs. It keeps drifting snow from yards and buildings while providing an appealing, well-planted landscape that enhances the farmstead.
Good Cow and a Wee Bairn Saxpence Shake
A temperance lecturer keeps a milk glass on stage but a guest adds whisky. He tastes it and declares Good cow. A Scotsman calls a doctor in panic saying his child swallowed a sixpence, replying the age is 1894.
Western Provinces Lead Canada in Per Capita Wealth
A 1925 Canadian Government survey shows total tangible wealth at 25.67 billion dollars, 2 772 per person, with Ontario leading in total wealth and Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba leading per capita wealth. Agricultural wealth totals 7.83 billion, or 30.51 percent of the national wealth.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
Quebec
Western Provinces
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Winners named in seventh annual Toronto typewriting contest
Three winners in the seventh annual Toronto typewriting championship are pictured. Miss Marchese of Vancouver places among the senior winners, Irma Wright the Canadian champion defends her title at 111 words per minute, and Elsie Keniston of Brockville tops the intermediate class.
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Toronto
Miss Marchese
Vancouver
Irma Wright
Elsie Keniston
Brockville
The Debt Bondage of Generations
A definition states civilization as a condition where one generation pays the last generation s debts by issuing bonds for the next generation to assume. The quote discusses intergenerational financial responsibility and long term debt psychology.
Leased Range Lands Extend Across Saskatchewan and Alberta
A large tract of range lands, estimated at five to six million acres, is leased across Saskatchewan and Alberta. The arrangement involves multiple landholders and ranching operations, reflecting extensive government and private sector participation in grazing rights.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Wheat varieties by cross breeding and breeding progress
Canadian Government Experimental Farm at Ottawa tested cross breeding to improve Red Fife. Ladoga became a favored cross, yielding Preston and Stanley earlier maturing but with weaker baking, while Ladoga crosses with White Fife produced Huron and Percy. Early Riga arose from Gehun and Onega crosses, ripening early with decent baking but lower productivity than Red Fife.
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Ladoga
North
Russia
Preston
Stanley
White Fife
Canada
Riga
Himalayan
India
Archangel
Canadian Post Office details reach across vast Canada
The Canadian Post Office Department delivers hundreds of millions of letters newspapers circulars and parcels annually through over twelve thousand post offices and more than two hundred thousand rural mail boxes. Its network spans about 3.7 million square miles.
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Canadian Post Office Department
Canada
Garthpool, Last of British Four-Masted Ships, Built 1891
The Garthpool, a British four-masted sailing vessel, was completed in 1891 becoming the final entrant of its kind built for British owners.
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Garthpool
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