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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 08, 1933
Page
3
The National Research Council surveys grain surplus uses including fuel alcohol starch and sugars by fermentation and related processes. Research on screenings from lake elevators could yield soap fertilizer and feed products. A second study tackles abundant straw and its potential industrial applications in Canada.
The Dominion horticulturist reports that crossing the Japanese Negasaki with Black Beauty yielded a large, earlier egg plant. The goal now is to fix the type for Canadian conditions, after which the variety would be established as a new factor in horticulture across Canada.
A Berlin scientist has created an incandescent lamp that converts eighty percent of electrical input into light. Existing lamps typically convert around six percent into light, with the rest released as heat and other radiations.
A report notes Suk in Japanese warehouses reached a value of 60 000 dollars at one time recently, indicating a notable market level for the asset.
Europe resumes import of Canadian wheat per the Dominion Grain Board report by E A Ursell. April exports reach 16,660,843 bushels with 15,095,843 cleared from seaboard ports and the rest sold in the United States for milling in bond. Vancouver Prince Rupert lead ports with 5,872,855 bushels. Atlantic ports export 3,633,988. Imports for milling in bond total 1,565,000 bushels.
The Department of Trade and Commerce reports UK wheat imports total 41 million bushels in Q1 1931. Soviet Russia leads with 10.8 million, Canada 10.4 million, Australia 8.0 million, Argentine Republic 7.587 million. Canada also supplies 752,343 cwt of flour, vs 492,214 cwt from the United States.
In Northern India a plumb line held by a boy tilts southward due to the Deccan Plain’s dense soil drawing the line away from vertical. The Himalayas’ light rocks contrast with the heavy southern plain, explaining the lean.
A Prince Edward Island group has bought a three quarter section farm near Long Lake Strasbourg Sask to raise hogs and cure and ship bacon to England. Buildings for 5000 hogs are being erected and machinery secured. Pure bred Yorkshire stock has been shipped to Long Lake as foundation stock.
Police examined twelve of seventeen Chicago captains for excessive bank accounts. One captain earning $4,000 yearly bought $48,000 in securities over four years. He reportedly did not squander his substance in riotous living.
Horace, Pliny, and other writers of ancient Rome complained of the noise of the city long before automobiles, street cars, and radios, according to a writer of the Classical Week.
Sir James Jeans arrived in New York aboard the Mauretania and stated that barring unforeseen accidents the end of the world would arrive in a million million years. New Yorkers continued with weekend plans.
Substitutes for flax in Western Canada include safflower, a non prickly thistlelike oilseed grown in India and Egypt. Seeds yield drying oil for paints and varnishes, with oil cake usable as stock feed. Experts see safflower as a potential supplementary crop to flax in the Prairie Provinces.
Our Fashion Magazine presents patterns for sizes from infants to adults with yardage for 39 and 35 inch fabrics. No 298 299 143 list bust ranges and material needs including lace and contrasting fabric. No 765 and 701 cover children’s patterns with sizes 2 to 14 years, plus a spring and summer guide and sewing lessons. Price 15 cents for the book and 25 cents per pattern in stamps or coin.
The piece argues the farm to city migration is waning as some advocate a return to rural life. It contrasts farm life with urban living, noting health, outdoor activity, and lower costs as appealing factors. It cites opinions on living well on modest rural incomes and hints at a broader shift toward valuing land and simplicity.
British Consumers' Co-Operative officials after touring Alberta ranches seek 400 to 500 head of prime beef weekly if quality standards are met. The talks involve Alberta Government, stockmen groups, and Raymond beet fed baby beef operations near Raymond. Delegation includes George Riddle W Eastwood George W Brooks and A C Wieland of Montreal.
Egypt ologist Sir Wallis Budge debunks claims that wheat from Tutankhamen or any mummy’s tomb can sprout. He notes modern Egyptians plant wheat in tombs, while genuine ancient samples tested at Kew Gardens failed to germinate. Excavators found no wheat in Tutankhamen’s tomb, confirming wheat’s limited vitality.
Iceland announces shipments of frozen meat to foreign markets while noting different forms of capital punishment exist, including the role of income tax as a fiscal penalty.
The Canadian Information Bureau notes that inland waters hold over half the globe’s fresh water and that fisheries contribute sizable sums. In 1929 Ontario led with 3.92 million dollars, followed by Manitoba 2.745 million, Alberta 733 thousand, Saskatchewan 573 thousand, and Quebec 564 thousand. Whitefish exports total around 2 million nationally, with Ontario and western provinces leading.
A garage and landing field for aircraft atop tall office buildings is described. Incoming pilots guide planes into a wind tunnel twice the machine's width and height, with side fans operated by a signalman to match the plane’s speed. Propellers and fans stop simultaneously on landing.
Pocket radio sets weighing under two pounds and with a 100 mile range will be carried by London policemen on patrols to maintain contact with headquarters.
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