Organic Matter In Soil Shapes Physical and Chemical Traits
A Simcoe Reformer report notes soils combine mineral and organic matter with humus driving most changes. Humus affects colour texture structure water holding and aeration while influencing mineral solubility nutrient availability and microbial energy. Cultivation and highway hitchhiking laws are discussed regarding soil and safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Doughty
Dominion Soil Research Laboratory
Swift Current
Sask
Canada
Prairie
Saskatchewan
North Dakota
Fires During Threshing
A description warns threshing sites are highly flammable and prone to sparks. A string from a sheaf ignited machinery, smouldering until a quick shout stopped the blaze. The piece notes such incidents are dangerous, citing a recent severe burn and property loss.
Opium Trade Revived Among Chinese During Japanese Penetration
A Shanghai dispatch reports the opium trade revived on an unprecedented scale as Japanese influence spreads in China. The piece notes that while the Japanese do not smoke opium themselves, they facilitate Chinese access to the demoralizing habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Butter awards at Canadian National Exhibition
Mrs. Lumon A. Lee of Hawarden Saskatchewan won first in the 10 pound crack or box butter section at the Canadian National Exhibition. Mrs. John Todd of Cardale Manitoba was second and Mrs. F A Bell of Stonewall Manitoba third. Lee also won best one pound prints with Mrs. J M Johnson Hawarden second and Mrs. Todd third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumon A. Lee
Hawarden
Sask
John Todd
Cardale
Man
F. A. Bell
Stonewall
Lee
J. M. Johnson
Todd
Path to Poultry Profit Amid High Feed Costs
High feed costs and low egg prices may push poultrymen to sell stock incur losses or seek efficiency gains. Ensure revenue by using tested rations from stations or colleges, brood disease-free chicks, and house the flock well to maintain health. Keep feed hoppers full and maximize feed consumption.
Proud Of His Record From Office Boy To Overseas Manager
E. E. Lilue rose from a boy at Bell's asbestos in Slough to overseas manager, celebrated at a London luncheon with his directorate. The chairman presented a silver cigarette box engraved for four generations, while the board gave a silver salver, a motor car, and a cheque. Employees gifted a gold watch recalling his 1888 job application in Southwark Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
E. E. Lilue
Bell's
Asbestos Manufacturers
Slough
Buckinghamshire
Mr. Little
Southwark Street
Found At Last At the Gladiolus Show at Rockefeller Center
The New Yorker notes two ladies studying an apricot Arethusa with reverent fascination. One recognizes the color nail polish they discuss as the shade they sought, while a larger reflection observes the vast number of motion picture theatres worldwide and the U.S. share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller Center
New Yorker
Market Climb Sparks Investor Optimism in Early Trading
Stocks rise as traders react to solid corporate results and easing inflation concerns. Major indexes gain led by technology and financial sectors with investors noting improved liquidity and renewed optimism.
Grass and Immigration Policy in Canada Highlighted by Agriculture
The Dominion Association of Chartered Accountants debated a broad plan to settle vast, unpopulated areas of Canada to relieve unemployment. President Frank A Nightingale urged collaboration between Britain and Canada, stressing settlement over mere migration to cities. Grass and soil fertility were cited as key assets boosting pasture productivity and stock carrying capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Canada
Dominion Association of Chartered Accountants
Frank A. Nightingale
Alberta urged to adopt livestock feeding policy this fall
Jack Byers of the Western Stock Growers' Association says Alberta needs a fall and winter feeding policy to use abundant roughage and cheap grains profitably, noting Saskatchewan already has one. Also mentions Waterloo Station in England and a four inch hand used in measuring horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Jack Byers
Western Stock Growers’ Association
Saskatchewan
Prosaic Merchandise on the Oriente From Havana to New York
The steamship Oriente arrived in New York from Havana with four cases of frogs legs five bundles of guava jelly 379 cases of boiled lobster meat and nearly 1000 crates of avocados plus beeswax machinery parts and lumber. The note ends with a thought on self-control about relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriente
New York
Havana
New York Sun
A Jiffy Crochet Cloth Pattern Offered by Winnipeg Union
The notice promotes Pattern 6173 for a rich two strand crochet cloth measuring 62 inches by 30 and 46 inches, with border options. It provides instructions, stitch illustrations, and list of materials, priced at 20 cents, and to order send coin to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave. E Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book is published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Ave
Alice Brooks
Science Revives Lumber Trade With New Lease Of Life
The New York Times reports science has boosted the timber industry by improving wood strength calculations and grading. L. J. Markwardt of the Forest Products Laboratory outlines more accurate stress equations reducing material excess and promising lumber bettered to compete with concrete and steel while conserving timber reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Markwardt
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison, Wis
Markwardt
Cambridge
Mass
New York Times
Totnes economist re-elected head of international agriculture group
L. K. Elmerhirst of Totnes England was re-elected president of the International Conference of Agricultural Economists at Ste Anne de Bellevue Quebec. The body aims to spread international cooperation in agriculture with members from more than 20 nations. J. R. Currie of Totnes was re-elected secretary-treasurer and Max Sering of Berlin was again named honorary vice-president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. K. Elmerhirst
Totnes
England
International Conference of Agricultural Economists
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Que
Dartington Hall
Devon
J. R. Currie
Max Sering
Berlin
Keep-Fit Movement Incorporation Noted in Canada Gazette
The Canadian Women's Keep-Fit Movement is incorporated with Becher Gale, Frank Chamberlain, and Ernest Slade of Toronto as incorporators. Its objects are to establish health exercise and aesthetic dance centres to promote physical fitness, mental poise, coordination of mind and body, and fellowship among Canadian women across centres in Canada and the empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada Gazette
Becher Gale
Frank Chamberlain
Ernest Slade
Toronto
Invented ventilator blocks light in photography dark rooms
A new ventilator prevents light from entering photographic dark rooms. The writer quips that true happiness awaits when someone can air condition a phone booth, highlighting a whimsical tech dream.
Better Farming Methods urged to curb floods by tree planting
Dominion Forestry expert Roland D. Craig urged Canadians to plant trees and adopt improved farming methods as the cheapest most effective way to control floods and soil erosion. Speaking at the Fifth International Conference of Agricultural Economists he said foresters foresee farming settlements in forests supplying most woods labor and that farmers could dedicate up to ten percent of land to wood crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Forestry
International Conference of Agricultural Economists
Roland D. Craig
Forest Service
Ottawa
Craig
Ticket-Fixing Charged Miami Policeman Involved Case
A Miami officer W C Chalk allegedly told a motorist a parking ticket could be fixed for a dollar per ticket. The woman, Dorothy Livermore, reported Chalk’s claim after he asked her to drive to headquarters. Chalk asked for a ride back and then left her to walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trafic
W. C. Chalk
Miami
Florida
Chalk
Eldridge
Dorothy Livermore
Pleasure Eludes Those Who Pursue It Too Earnestly
A brief meditation on desire echoes through a reflective note about chasing happiness. The prose suggests restraint and balance, warning that intense pursuit may miss the subtler joys found in ordinary moments.
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Department of Highways
Simcoe
Japan
West
The
United States
Stillman
Dundee
Ill
Guy Stillman
James Stillman
Nancy Holbrook
Barrington
Young Stillman
Tured
Waterloo Station
Great Britain
Cadoes
Royal Horticultural Society
Robert F. Wilson
British Color Council
Society
Wilson
Wisley
Horticultural Society
Agricultural Economists
Quebec
Empire
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