Market driven farming under consumer needs urged
Dr. Horace Barton deputy minister of agriculture told the eastern Ontario branch of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists that production should be guided by market demands and consumer research. He warned farmers had relied too much on export and outlined marketing costs and centralization concerns while noting Britain aims to restore prosperity under its Marketing Act.
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Horace Barton
Ontario
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Bartom
Great Britain
E. D. Barrow
British Columbia
British Isles
Bizarre Baby Names Spark Laughs Across U.S. and Abroad
The piece notes a surge of odd names from Ford’s son V in Texas to Lindbergh Airplane in Niagara Falls seven years ago. It lists unusual monikers in Harrison and Bronx districts, England, and Cleveland, including Low Mood Tantorelli and Norma Low Mood Jacobson.
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Cleburne Tex
Ford
Philip Washer
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Lindbergh
Harrison
Pasquale Tantorelli
Depression Tantorelli
Bronx
Joseph Jacobson
Norma Depression Jacobson
England
Philadelphia
Friskie Foote
Lucky Starr
Pussy Catt
White
Gentle Lamb
Cleveland
Marietta Pickie
Etta Bird
Erie Canal Johnson and
Pictorial Review
Losses End London Star's Fortune Fueled By Matches
Miss Katherine Lucile Foote once a London stage star with American roots and three fortunes. After a career from an American circuit to the Gaiety she married three times, each husband dying and leaving wealth. Facing age and hardship she now sells matches at a London pitch to survive.
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London
Katherine Lucile Foote
America
Miss Foote
Washington
Marie Tempest
Felaline Terris
Seymour Hicks
George Edwardes
The
Gaiety
Australia
Isidor Maas
Monte Carlo
Unusual Banquet Dishes at Paris National Acclimatization Feast
Exotic menu included a porcupine salad and a whole porpoise on a silver dish with bamboo shoots and black mushrooms. The National Acclimatization Society banquet in Paris featured buffalo and antelope steaks, green oranges from the Guinea coast, and Tahiti candied fruits. Conversations with the chef followed by guests added local flavor as anecdotes about meals and travel circulated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Acclimatization Society
Paris
China
Quinea
Tahiti
Dress pattern for draped throat line coat with trims
Draped to give a soft line at the throat in dark green mossy crepe with decorative gold clip and belt buckle. Other schemes include flecked tweedy wine red and sapphire blue velvet with rhinestones, lined with silver lame. pattern No. 50 fits busts 36 to 40 inches. 3 yards of 39 inch material needed for size 16. price 20 cents.
Egg production among fish and British landings
The ling lays over 26,010,000 eggs during spawning while herring average 36,000. Turbot 9,000,000 eggs and cod 5,000,000. Many eggs never mature due to predation or buoyancy. Britain’s total fish landings last year reached 16,116,132 cwt valued at £13,981,546.
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Britain
Ancient incense found in Scythian burial site near Taganrog
Archaeologists uncover incense over two millennia old in the Baltisk sand bank near Taganrog on the Sea of Azov. The pitch and vegetable oil blend, still fragrant when burned, was sealed in black lacquer vessels within a Scythian burial ground dating to the second or third century B.C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltisk
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Inverted Flight Limitations for Airplanes
A brief note states airplanes cannot sustain flight for long distances while inverted, outlining practical safety and control constraints for inverted flight.
How To Order Patterns
Winnipeg readers can order sewing patterns by mail from the Union office at 175 M Dermot Ave Winnipeg. Include pattern number size and name and town for delivery.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
M-Dermot Ave
Winnipeg
Nothing New About It in Age Gaps Says Miss Dickinson
Windsor Ontario license issuer Miss Martha Dickinson notes a trend of men marrying older women. She cites Shakespeare who wed Anne Hathaway at 18 to 26 and cites D Israel i as an example. The Brantford Expositor observes such age gaps occur among both famous and ordinary couples and will likely continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Dickinson
Windsor
Ontario
Shakespeare
Ann Hathaway
D'Israeli
Brantford
Ottawa Journal
Journal
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Potato Yield Rises Across Canada in 1934 Report
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes a 5 447 000 hundredweight increase in Canada potato yields from 1933 helped by 41 000 more acres and four cents higher per acre. All provinces gain Saskatchewan and Alberta excepted with strong Maritime harvests. The text oddly adds a note about Mexico hedgehog cactus living five years without water and swelling when rains come.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Maritime
Mexico
Baby Pictures and How to Take Them
Practical guidance on capturing baby photographs focusing on subjects infants in action, lighting indoors near windows with photofloods, and using supersensitive film for bright results. Practical tips urge waiting for an engaging pose, keeping exposure wide, and letting the baby lead for natural expressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Guilder
Central Seed Cleaning Plants Grow Steadily in Ten Years
The Ottawa Valley central cleaning plant system has expanded over the past decade, with 24 plants in 1933 producing 75000 pounds of grass and clover seed plus 8000 bushels of cereal seed graded No 1. Cleaned seed yields higher prices and better quality, benefiting farmers who sell seed as a cash crop. Malting barley from the region sees strong demand from Canadian malting companies, with carload shipments exceeding 200 in 1932 and rising in the latest crop year.
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Ottawa Valley
Browers
Province of
Ontario
Canada
Secret Of His Success Paderewski Still A Top Pianist
New York critic visited Paderewski in Paris to discuss his pending United States tour. He says he works hard to polish his technique and practices six to seven hours daily. The artist remains highly regarded and driven to improve despite advancing age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ignace Paderewski
New York
Paris
United States
Paderewski
Pole
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Dairy researchers link cream acidity to fat charge in butter
University of Wisconsin investigators report that fat globules in cream carry electric charges that vary with cream acidity and affect butter making time. They note no danger from milk or butter charges and see observations helping control fat losses and speed up butter production.
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Dairy Industry Department
University of Wisconsin
Scotland Likes Canadian Eggs
A Canadian Trade Commissioner report from Scotland notes that Canadian eggs shipped this fall turned out very well and were praised by consignees. They commend Canadian shippers for maintaining high quality and aim to sustain the standard to boost exports.
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Scotland
Consignees
Ous
Western provinces urge two Bank of Canada directors
The Saskatoon Board of Trade urged the Canadian Chamber of Commerce to appoint two Western directors for the Bank of Canada to represent Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. They cited cross provincial share concentration in Ontario and Quebec and argued two Western seats would balance the seven member board. The note mentions Britain’s £7,000,000 contribution to the League of Nations.
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Bank of Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatoon Board of Trade
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Ontario
Quebec
Canada
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Florida
Tso
Ellen Worth
Walter Elliott
Baby Pictures
U.S. Dairy Industry Department
Prairie Provinces
League of Nations
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