Use Of Silage In Supplying Feed For Livestock On The Farm
Canada faces a long feeding season and relies heavily on silage. The Dominion bulletin from the Field Husbandry Division details best practices for growing and ensiling crops such as corn sunflowers and clovers, estimates costs, silo types, maturity stages, wilting effects, and palatability from trials across experimental farms and farmer feedback. The document offers guidance and requests for distribution from Ottawa.
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Canada
Dominion Field Husbandman
E S$ Hopkins
P. O. Ripley
Field Husbandry
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Ottawa
Vaccine For Influenza Tried On Humans With 1 Percent Success
The Rockefeller Institute announced the first human tests of an influenza vaccine with 30 volunteers showing 100 percent initial success. Dr. Thomas Francis explained mouse tests produced immunity, while human durability and duration remain uncertain. Francis noted a 1936 influenza outbreak may be a different disease entity and that flu viruses and cold viruses do not share growth conditions.
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Rockefeller Institute
New York
American Public Health Association
Thomas Francis
Canada
United States
Francis
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Laboratories
Youth Has The Advantage In Photographing The Elderly
Judge F M Morson of Toronto reflects on age and speed while a photographer pursues him for a picture. The piece notes the photographer can move quickly, climb, run, and navigate crowds to get a shot, proving the young speedster often holds the upper hand in a photo session.
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F. M. Morson
Toronto
Fewer Canadian Commercial Failures in First Half 1936
Commercial failures in Canada for the six months ended June 30 totaled 629 with assets of 5.7 million and liabilities of 8.5 million, down from 678 failures with assets 5.9 million and liabilities 8.5 million in the same period in 1935, marking the lowest level for this period since 1921.
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Canada
Cheerfulness and Self Care in Health and Life
The text argues that cheerfulness promotes health and well being, comparing heart murmurs to wear on the body. It states cheerfulness benefits the mind and body, and humorously notes that a large mirror helps prevent loneliness for women.
Elaborate funeral for slain Hong Kong police dog
The police dog of Mr Mel Hung-Yuen from Hong Kong was stabbed during a restaurant raid and died. A lavish Chinese funeral followed, funded by the restaurant owner after the killer was detained and an agreement allowed him to go home.
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Mel Hung-Yuen
Hong Kong
London Daily Sketch
Straw Silo Success From Baled Straw In Iowa Field
Frank Canfield of Des Moines east area built a gigantic round straw bale silo after a hot July scorch ruined his corn. The straw silo offers wall contraction as silage recedes and avoids pitchfork work, providing cattle with feed and bedding as described in Country Home Magazine.
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Frank Canfield
Country Home Magazine
Fraser the horticulturist who shaped Vancouver Island gardens
George Fraser of Ucluelet on Vancouver Island, aged eighty two, is celebrated for exotic hybrids including Nootka rose and rhododendron Frasers as well as brighter columbine and campanula. His garden, begun over forty years ago, won international praise from the Gardeners' Chronicle and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, though British Columbia recognition remains limited.
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George Fraser
Ucluelet
Vancouver Island
Peter Stursberg
Vancouver
Luther Burbank
Mr. Fraser
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Arnold Arboretum
Boston
Kew Gardens
London
Gardeners’ Chronicle
England
Canada
British Columbia
Strict Regulations Lock Dressed-Down Teachers in Turkish Schools
Turkish teachers returning to school this fall face bans on makeup rouge nail polish and long skirts. Public education minister says makeup and extravagant dress set a bad example. First offense brings reprimand and heavy fine. a second offense triggers automatic dismissal.
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Public Education
Bullying Captain Reginald Peel Tells of Sailor Roar
In a Montreal interview Captain Peel recalls rising from ship bully to commander of the Queen Mary after Sir Edgar Britten's death. He describes meeting Peter Jackson in San Francisco, learning boxing, and settling a past fight at sea by delivering a decisive blow that ended the bullying.
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Reginald Peel
Edgar Britten
Peel
Montreal
San Francisco
Peter Jackson
A Tip On Tipping Reform Sparks Global Debate
A discussion on tipping ethics contrasts France banning tips with Britain relying on generosity. The piece suggests tipping may resist regulation, while pondering vote outcomes on abolishing or regularizing tipping. It also notes cotton and artificial silk fabrics resisting wrinkles and England averaging one earthquake per year this century.
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France
London Daily Mail
Snowball Set Crochet Pattern for Woolly Gift
Little Miss Five to Twelve can wear a tam scarf and muff purse and crochet the three-piece Snowball Set with a simple stitch and decorative ribbing. The pattern 5488 includes instructions, illustrations, and material lists in two shade options. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Color film of coronation procession shown in London theatres
A color film of the coronation procession will be shown within 48 hours in London and provincial theatres. Normally color film requires a week or more to develop, but a special process and around‑the‑clock work reduce the time. Efforts aim for 24 hours, though cost may be prohibitive.
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London
Public Health Ignorance Hinders Progress Say Economist
American economist Stuart Chase told Minnesota educators that floods and drought were man made, destroying livelihoods and land. He warned 100,000,000 acres ruined, 125,000,000 depleted, and called for a new equilibrium with tech benefits. He cited health ignorance as major obstacle to progress.
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America
Stuart Chase
Tist
Minnesota Education Association
St. Paul
Chase
Mr. Chase
Appeal for Moderation At Queen's University
Lord Tweedsmuir urged moderation in a Queen's University address after receiving an honorary doctor of laws. He warned the world is confusing and people seek shortcuts, stressing patience reasonableness and moral courage as marks of true moderation while contrasting the fanatic and false moderate.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Queen’s University
Queen's University
King as Model of Physical Fitness for British Youth
The King is promoted as a living model of health for British youth. He is described as disciplined and fit at 42, with daily routines including rising early, exercises, baths, and rub-downs. His leisure includes squash, golf, swimming, gardening, and walking on grass, with a light diet focused on fish and vegetables and a preference for salads.
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National Health Movement
Unhappy Humorist Suppressed in Third Reich Magazines
Editors of two German periodicals faced suppression until further notice for mocking figures and ideas. One issue ridiculed Frederick the Great. the other in Querschnitt defined words like Absurd and Optimist with political overtones.
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Third Reich
Frederick the Great
Querschnitt
Value Of Fish Foods In Diets Across Ages
Fish foods are easily digested due to tender tissues and supply calcium phosphorus and other essential nutrients. They are high in iodine helping prevent goitre and rich in vitamins A and D, especially vitamin D, aiding growing children and adults.
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Brandon Sun
Average talkers and fast talkers speech rates
The note compares speaking speeds noting the average talker averages around 90 words per minute while a fast talker can reach about 150 words per minute, typically over a four minute span. It highlights a spectrum of verbal tempo and timing.
Stone money from Caro line Islands of the South Pacific
Stone money is used on the Caro line Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Some coins reach twelve feet in diameter.
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Caroline Islands
South Pacific Ocean
Japan to Spend 27 Million on Decade-Long Irrigation Plan
Japan outlines a ten year irrigation program with a total budget of 27 million dollars. The plan targets modernization of water delivery systems and expansion of agricultural capacity across regional districts.
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Japan
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