Prairie Provinces May Obtain Deep Sea Fish from Hudson Bay
Minister of Fisheries Edgar N. Rhodes predicts a steady supply of deep sea fish for Western Canada from Hudson Bay and Strait. He notes rivers and estuaries hold edible varieties and expects coastal fisheries to aid Canada’s middle west. The lakes remain under provincial control, with federal aid for technical and selling challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Hudson Bay
Strait
Bay
Fisheries Department
Ottawa
Edgar N. Rhodes
West
Rhodes
Nova
Praire
Dominion Department
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Mr. Rhodes
Middle West
Planting Grass Seed Depth For Fine Seeds
The article notes that fine seeds of grasses and legumes need firm moist soil and must not be buried deeply. Seeds seeded too deep emerge weak or smothered, so the soil should be firm with surface moisture to aid germination before the nurse crop overpowers young seedlings.
Finish Cattle Demand Warns Shippers in Live Stock Market
Dominion Department of Agriculture urges cattle feeders to finish beef cattle rather than ship half-fat stock. Market pressures linked to half-finished cattle prompt a warning to avoid depressions and maximize market returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Average Age of Marriage Not 30 or 35 Says Ontario Data
A University report challenges the belief that men marry after 30 or 35. Ontario data from 1928 show 7 575 grooms aged 30 or more, about 30 percent, with only 3 823 or 15 percent in the 30–35 bracket. More than half wed before 27, and the typical first marriage occurs before 25. The so called average man waiting until 30 or 35 is an exception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen's University Journal
Ontario
Singapore
Everest
Malaya
Elegant spring crepe silk peplum pattern debut
Winnipeg pattern notes describe a printed crepe silk peplum model with a shoulder capelet and detachable sleeves for formal or resort wear. Style No. 208 offers sizes 14 through 40 bust with options in crepe silk wool challis linen and chiffon. The accompanying fashion magazine advertises lessons and pricing.
How To Order Patterns Pattern No Size Name
A terse listing shows how to order sewing patterns with pattern number size and name. It outlines that customers should specify the pattern number the desired size and the corresponding name for accurate fulfillment.
Help Make Canada Beautiful Campaign Promotes Home Grounds
The Canadian Horticultural Council and the Department of Agriculture publish Beautifying the Home Grounds of Canada a practical textbook by a renowned landscape architect. It includes plans illustrations a glossary of Canadian origin plants and is distributed for twenty five cents through Ottawa publication branch.
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Canada
Dominion
Canadian Horticultural Council
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Experimental Farms
Ottawa
Marketing Council Formed To Aid Cattle Trade
Directors of the Western Stock-Growers Association and delegates from British Columbia, Saskatchewan Stock-Growers Association, and Calgary meeting agree to form a central council with two representatives from each prairie province. The body will compile statistics on potential marketings and explore new and existing marketing outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie
Western Stock- Growers’ Association
British Columbia Beef- Growers
Saskatchewan Stock-Growers’ Association
Calgary
Bermuda council blocks care by car calling on patients
The upper legislative council rejected a lower house measure allowing doctors to use automobiles to visit patients on Bermuda. The island will remain free of modern cars and motor horns, a contrast that some readers welcome.
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Upper Legislative Council of
Bermuda
Sunlight on Roofs Could Power Average Homes
Scientists envision solar powered plants using sun rays for energy. Estimates say a house roof receives enough solar radiation to meet an average family's power needs, equating to about 7 000 horsepower per acre.
Approval Policy Elevates Quebec Poultry Chicks
The provincial government authorizes the purchase of day old chicks only from approved hatcheries. The Poultry Division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture oversees certification and registration, flock and hatchery approval, and the record of performance to ensure trusted approved chicks. Government supervision anchors these policies as a major industry achievement.
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Hs Poultry Club
Quebec
Poultry Division
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Holding Doesn't Pay for Eggs as Market Rises
Federal inspectors at Winnipeg report most egg receipts are good quality but some held eggs grade seconds. The spread of extras over seconds was five cents per dozen, showing holding perishable goods is unprofitable. The Egg Marketing Service urges farmers to market eggs as soon after laying as possible to obtain official grading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Proving Cow Testing Worth For Efficient Farm Production
Dairy weighings of milk spark farmer interest and guide feeding to boost production. Regular visits by Dairy Promoters and fat tests supplement daily weighings, helping identify nonperforming cows and improve herd output, per the Department of Agriculture Ottawa. The excerpt ends with a light joke about a new maid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Coal Consumption In Canada Drops As Electricity Use Rises
The article notes a three and a half million ton decline in Canada coal use in 1930, due to rising electricity and water power use in manufacturing. It cites 1928 72 percent electricity share and estimates coal displaced by 14,500,000 tons in 1930, while central electric generation output grew to 18,256 million kWh.
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Canada
United States
K.w.h
Dominion Bureau of Statistics of Canada
Oxford hotel door opens by invisible ray system
A light beams on a photo electric cell near a service door, and when a waitress crosses the line the circuit triggers a relay. The relay actuates a mechanism that pulls the door open, using a spring coil at the top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
4&4
Driver appeals to police for leniency in rush to town
A motorist pleads to a constable that he was hurrying on important business as he speeds toward town. The officer replies he cannot help and notes the driver must inform his solicitor of the new developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Arsene Henry
France
Ottawa
Mme. Henry
New York
M. Henry
Associated Press
Proving Train Delays With Official Slips in Paris
Paris commuters must show documentary proof when their trains run late. For every fourth suburban train delay officials issue slips listing departure time and place and the exact arrival time at the terminus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Heavy construction planned for Prince Albert National Park
Prince Albert National Park will see unusually heavy activity this summer with a Saskatoon resident planning a $10,000 summer home at Proppet Point and nine others planning cottages averaging $3,000 each. J A Wood the park superintendent said the extent depends on interior department funds, with extra tents and several business buildings planned if money permits.
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Prince Albert Park
Saskatoon
Proppet Point
Park
J. A. Wood
Department of Interior Appropriations
Not So Comfortable Visit to the District
A visitor asks Mrs. Murphy if her husband died in comfort. She replies he was half under a train. The scene shifts to a crime exchange with a cracksman describing his method and a judge offering a two year sentence and a furnace remark.
Theatre Tickets and Shirt Remarks from Rome Exchange
A salesman jokes that the shirts "laugh at the laundry" as a customer notes some have returned damaged. They arrange seven wave tickets for the theatre and plan to dress for the following night.
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Prairie Provinces
Russia
Moscow
Moustique
Charleroi
Ww. N. U
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Annette
McDermot Ave
Whit
Vervene
Pat
Prince Albert National Park
Keasort
Travaso
Rome
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