Livestock's Growth Heavily Shapes Western Economy
Western Canada has expanded its livestock as grain farming rises, with cattle, sheep, and swine on farms forming a growing share of the Dominion's total. The region reports high shares of national cattle and sheep output, though hog production lags behind grain levels, suggesting opportunities for expansion through better marketing and planning.
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Prairie Provinces
West
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistcs
Western Canada
Dominion of Canada
Prairies
Dominion
Fountain Head
North America
Africa
United States
Mexico
The Irish Lake Peace by Stones and Sods Protest
Residents near a Cork lake used stones bricks and sods to drive off gun hunters after dawn and dusk firing. Officials claimed no power to intervene while aldermen urged justice department action. When hunters returned locals met them with a missile fusillade, forcing a retreat.
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Cork
Ireland
Daly
Minister of Justice
Toledo man finds 1847 gold coin worth 2500 dollars
Clark Bounty of Toledo carried a $20 gold piece minted in 1847 for months. He checked a coin catalogue and learned the unusual thick design boosted its value to $2,500.
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Clark Bounty
Toledo
Barley Breaks Barriers in Sheep Country Outlook
Reports from leading sheep producing nations show a drop in flocks but rising Canadian demand for lamb and mutton. U S officials urge staying in sheep while barley beards are shaved by new varieties like Velvet yielding 39.37 bushels per acre versus 35.17 for OC A C No 21 Ontario barley.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Bureau
Iowa
Oc.a.c
Growth of Dairying Praised by Manitoba Official
L A Gibson dairy commissioner for Manitoba says the province showed the best butter at the Toronto Exhibition. He notes rising dairy interest in the West and that Manitoba dairy sales reach 15 million dollars annually. He predicts further growth in the coming years.
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Manitoba Dairy Commissioner
L. A. Gibson
Manitoba
Toronto
West
Reclamation Talk Spurs Northern Manitoba Group
H F Bickle urged forming a northern Manitoba organization to press a Carrot River triangle reclamation scheme near The Pas. He cited federal and other reports on turning the 1 086 square mile triangle into farming land, noting Premier Anderson’s conditional review after resource control, and called for an active association to keep the project alive.
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Carrot River Triangle
H. F. Bickle
Rotary Club
Pas
Mr. Bickle
Saskatchewan
Bickle
Anderson
Manitoba
World Grain Show Belgium Joins Regina Exhibition
Belgium accepts invitation to participate in the World's Grain Exhibition and Conference at Regina from July 25 to August 6, 1932. Invitations had gone to many nations including Peru, Yugoslavia, Guatemala, New Zealand, Poland, Czecho Slovakia, The Netherlands. A charity event in Coalpit Heath sold the first ox sandwich for 22.75 dollars.
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Belgium
Regina
Dominion
Peru
Jugo-Slavia
Guatemala
New Zealand
Poland
Czecho- Slovakia
Netherlands
Coalpit Heath
England
Typist Falls Down Stairs Delays Work
A manager scolds Miss Brown as the typist explains a tumble downstairs caused lateness. The exchange captures a tense office moment with quick quips and reminders of deadlines.
Waterweed Attacks Mosquito Wigglers in Freshwater
Certain water plants act against mosquitoes and a bladder-wort species swallows and digests wigglers. The note highlights how aquatic weeds can reduce larval mosquitoes in ponds and wetlands.
Veteran Canadian Explorer Returns To Atlantic With Relics
Major L. T. Burwash brings Franklin expedition relics from King William Island and confirms a stay point along the overland retreat toward Buck's Fish River. He notes a canvas tent fragment, naval cloth, rope, a rusted knife, two graves, and no trace of Franklin's own grave.
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Sir John Franklin
Arctic
Canada
L. T. Burwash
Ottawa
King William Island
Victory Point
Lady Jane Franklin Point
Buck's Fish River
Burwash
Erebus
Terror
North West Passage
McClintock
Beechey Island
Gilbert
Western Canada Airways
Richard Finnie
Department of the Interior
Bernard Harbor
Coppermine River
Boothia Peninsula
Magnetic Pole
Coppermine
Great Slave Lake
Fort Smith
McMurray
Alberta
Geese Raising Seen as Profitable Yet Underappreciated
Poultry experts of the Dominion Department of Agriculture say geese thrive on free range and abundant greens. A small farmer can reap good returns with little labor, as geese fetch strong prices on the Christmas market with demand exceeding supply.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Geose
High Priest Pleads Guilty in Mysore Jewel Theft
In Mysore India the temple high priest pleads guilty before the city magistrate to stealing jewels from the Prasanna Krishaswami Temple. He testifies his salary is 7.85 dollars a month and laments supporting his five daughters and their families. A separate quip notes pins and needles vanish after brisk rubbing of the affected area.
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Mysore
India
International Boundary Work Records Its 1925 Treaty Duties
The International Boundary Commission across Canada and the United States plans several projects this year. It will reopen vistas and repair monuments along fifty miles of the Quebec Maine highlands boundary and survey revisions for the British Columbia Washington line. Monuments will be erected for the Kelowna Portland highway crossing and the Detroit Windsor tunnel will be located and marked before traffic begins.
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Canada
United States
International Boundary Commission
Surveys Bureau
Department of the Interior
Quebec
Maine
British Columbia
Out Of Luck Maid Registry Jokes Gag
A husband asks about a new maid at the door and learns all the registry office applicants are repeats from prior hires. The wife replies that none are new, highlighting a humorous domestic misunderstanding.
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Canadian
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountain
Maritimes
Ontario
Ww. N. U
North Americas
Ignce
U Ses
Carrot River District
Miss Brown
Atlantic
John Fae
Hudson's Bay Company
Starvation Cove
Major Burwash
Naefd Jemme
Franklin Party
T. W. Jackson
Vancouver
B.C
Jemme
Finnie
Matty Island
Franklin
Hesson
Kiel Bight
Buen Humor
Madrid
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