Rust-Resistant Wheat Developments Reported by Ottawa
Ottawa announces western farmers may receive small quantities of rust resistant wheats in spring 1937 after years of breeding and testing. The effort, led by the Dominion Rust Laboratory and scientists like Dr. H. T. Gussow and Dr. J. H. Craigie, aims to combine rust resistance with high milling and baking quality.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada
Dominion Experimental Farms
Brandon
Man
Indian Head
Sask
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Winnipeg
Federal Department of Agriculture
Department
H. T. Gussow
Dominion
D. L. Bailey
University of Toronto
J. H. Craigie
C. H. Goulden
Cereal Division
S. J. Sigfuson
University of Saskatchewan
J. B. Harrington
Dahlia sugar touted as potential future sweetener
Researchers from the University of Southern California report a method to produce sugar twice as sweet as common varieties using dahlias. The process could fit beet or cane plants during idle seasons and offers reduced calories for those on diets. UC Wisconsin expert notes infants may need added copper besides iron.
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Wray Rieger
Leroy W. Weatherby
The
University of Southern California
Weatherby
Knife design history in Italy and Richelieu’s reform
The text notes that table knives in Italy long predated Eziana 1601 and originally had sharp points like carving knives. It credits Cardinal Richelieu with ordering the rounding of knife ends after observing Chancellor Seguir using his knife as a toothpick, directing his steward to implement the change.
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Italy
Eziana
Cardinal Richelieu
Seguir
Texas Tops Nation in Turkey Production
Texas leads all states in turkey production with North Dakota ranked second, according to the latest agricultural report. The data highlights Texas as the primary producer, followed by North Dakota in second place.
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Texas
North Dakota
The Common Cold Vaccine Shows Large Cold Reduction
A new teterophile drinkable vaccine reduced colds by 70 percent in 399 people last winter, with a 26.3 percent subtraction for a mild season and 46 others with chronic colds showing substantial improvement. The findings appear in Science by Rockwell Van Kirk Powell of Cincinnati Lilly Lab.
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New York
Science
American Association For the Advancement of Science
George E. Rockwell
Hermann C. van Kirk
University of Cincinnati Department of Bacteriology
H. M. Powell
Lilly Research Laboratories
Indianapolis
Salt Uses Across Farm Life Highlighted by CLL Chart
The Salt Division of CLL presents a chart on salt in farming. It covers barn needs for stock rations and hay fermentation control, dairy uses for cows and butter, home uses from table to mouth health, and curing meat with smoked salt.
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Salt Division
CLL
Salmon Leap At Kettle Falls And Salmon Migration
The article notes salmon leap 16 to 20 feet at Kettle Falls on the Columbia River and says salmon travel 2,500 miles to spawn. It states they stop eating upon entering fresh water and die two or three days after spawning. It also mentions a telephone pole on Cape Cod in service for over four decades.
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Kettle Falls
Columbia River
Missing Radium Recovered From Pig Stomach
A $3,000 vial of radium lost at Moe hospital in Sioux Falls was recovered after two University of Minnesota scientists traced it to the stomach of a pig among 500 on a dump. Using a gold leaf detector, they narrowed the suspect pig to a single animal, which yielded the tube upon opening the stomach.
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Moe
Sioux Falls
S.D
University of Minnesota
A. J. Moe
J. W. Buchta
H. H. Barver
University
Takes On Big Job Counting 10 Million Birds
Eric Hardy, organizer of the bird section of the Naturalists' Field Club of Liverpool, England, begins a monumental task to count and classify 10 million birds. The project, described as one of the greatest tasks ever attempted by an ornithologist, may take several years to complete.
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Eric Hardy
Naturalists’ Field Club
Liverpool
England
Candy factory workforce numbers in England near seventy five thousand
Report states nearly 75,000 workers are employed in candy factories across England. The figure highlights the scale of confectionery production and labor demand in the sector.
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England
Rainworth woman issues national building challenge
Mrs. M. Hinchley of Rainworth England is building a bungalow while overseeing her first six room red brick house valued at 3000 dollars. She acts as architect quantities surveyor mason plasterer and painter while wearing plus fours a coat and rubber boots and may be seen laying bricks daily.
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M. Hinchley
Rainworth
England
Germans Could Live On Wood Say Nobel Laureate
In Munich Dr. Bergius, Nobel Prize winner, claimed during a lecture that Germans could exist on wood in wartime. He stated they could feed on sawdust, drink sap, wear birch bark, and travel in wood burning cars and airplanes.
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Germany
Bergius
Munich
Average income of last czar of Russia cited as daily $25,000
A historical reference claims the final Russian czar earned about 25000 dollars each day. The figure appears in a sanitized OCR fragment and lacks corroborating context or dates.
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Russia
Beech Tree Estimated to Consume 80 Quarts of Water
A beech tree is estimated to drink about 80 quarts of water in a given period. Experts note this large intake supports growth and leaf production in the species.
Labor Day Photography Tips from John Van Guilder
A brief guide to holiday photography advice for Labor Day. It contrasts sunny and shaded scenes and suggests exposure settings, shutter speeds, and diaphragm choices for folding and box cameras. The piece urges simplicity, avoiding glare, and capturing moving subjects with fast shutter speeds.
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Labor Day
John van Guilder
Mass Education Drive Aims to End Illiteracy in Shanghai
In Shanghai authorities launch a vast adult mass-education campaign to teach 480000 illiterates basic literacy. 220 schools open citywide with free instruction in 600 standard characters. Truant officers enforce attendance, fines up to five dollars, and schedules run all day to fit workers.
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China
Shanghai
Experimental National Dairy of Denmark
The National Experimental Dairy at Hilleroed operates under the Danish Agriculture Ministry with a 20 member staff handling about 30,800 pounds of milk daily. It receives milk from state farms Faurholm and Trollesminde and 200 local producers, ranging from small two to twenty cow farms to some with 80 to 200 cows. The facility focuses on milk butter and cheese and can store over 2,000 cheeses.
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Hillerod
Minister of Agriculture
Dairies
Denmark
Faurholm
Trollesminde
Auction of a Wife at Portman Market 1833
The London Times reported a crowd gathered at Portman Market to witness the sale of a wife. The husband led her to the auctioneer with a halter, the initial bid was four shillings, and a dustman finally bought her for five shillings.
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The
London Times
Portman Market
Golf teed from Icelandic root and nighttime air travel
The word tee in golf comes from an old Icelandic term meaning a starting point. Historical ties between Northern Scotland and Scandinavia helped adoption. Sixty percent of U S air transport flies at night.
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Scotland
Scandinavia
The
United States
Vanadium Ore Deposit Mined 3 Miles Up in Andes
Miners operate the world’s largest vanadium ore deposit at high altitude in the Andes three miles above sea level. The piece also notes the western meadowlark can sing 27 distinct melodies.
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Andes
Spinach Not the Best Iron Source Says Wisconsin Study
University of Wisconsin research in agricultural chemistry labs finds only 25 percent of spinach iron is usable by the body. Meat offers higher iron availability, with heart muscle and liver at over 60 percent, beef at about 50 percent, while soy beans and alfalfa show 60 percent and 25 percent availabilities respectively. The study suggests nutrition standards may need revision.
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Junior
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Detroit
Smokeless Fuel From Coal Demonstrated at San Francisco
George W. Carter and S. Clark Jacobson of the University of Utah described a method to convert coal used for home heating into a smokeless fuel at about $1 per ton. Using the Karrick low temperature carbonization process, they reported successful production of a solid smokeless fuel before the American Chemical Society in San Francisco.
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American Chemical Society
San Francisco
Karrick
George W. Carter
S. Clark Jacobson
University of Utah
Train the Mind to Mind the Train cartoon caption
A cartoon in the magazine Railroad Data promotes road safety with the line Train the Mind to Mind the Train. It warns motorists trains have the right of way and saving minutes in a race with a train risks a hospital bed or coffin.
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Railroad Data
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