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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 18, 1929
Page
5
A Saskatchewan dairy survey funded by the provincial government aims to cost milk and butterfat production for farms with dairying as main work and as a sideline. It examines efficiency, farm diversification, and the impact of mechanization on dairy output, seeking guidance on future farming patterns and feed management. The Financial Post.
Trade Commissioner of Vancouver reports a rise in tourist traffic with about 9 000 more cars entering Canada from the United States through British Columbia ports in the first six months of 1929 than in 1928. The increase carried roughly 30 000 additional passengers compared with the same period last year.
Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park British Columbia captivates with emerald coloured waters and twenty shades of green visible in its crystalline depths. A jade green forest lines the shore, enhancing the scene’s charm.
A Canadian Fisherman report describes a proposal to build a Manitoba lakes fish cannery to pack fish products. It also notes plans to use coarse fish and offal for fertilizer and stock feed. San Marino is cited as the world’s oldest republic. An anecdote recalls an ambulance crew assessing damage to a vehicle.
The article describes Red Cross Society nurseries at Quebec St John and Halifax offering rest, tea for adults, milk and biscuits for children. Nurses log immigrant names and connect newcomers with provincial Red Cross offices for follow up, beginning a peaceful friendship and health service in the new homeland.
Dr. Charles Sheard of Mayo Clinic Rochester advocates morning eye exercises and eye rolling to strengthen vision. He notes the movies are not harmful and that driving adds eye strain, though modern driving is less tense. short sighted drivers may be safer than risk takers.
The Orkney Islands exported 2 600 0000 dozen eggs last year, more than twice the country’s total valuation, marking an increase of over 500 000 eggs from the prior year. The remote farming community has long benefited from cooperative marketing of produce, with other notes on aviation and waste cotton used for paper.
Dr Moodie notes a Sidon Phoenician woman around 300 B C wore artificial teeth joined by gold wire. The Phoenician jaw with teeth is in the Louvre Paris. Egyptians show no evidence of such dental repair despite mummy studies.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Manitoba gold production in 1928 at 19,813 fine ounces valued at 409,571 dollars, almost double the combined output of 1917 through 1927 which totaled 10,239 fine ounces valued at 211,658 dollars.
Do minion Experimental Farm at Morden Manitoba reports an estimated 6000 boxes of apples for 1929. Morden is noted as a pioneer in apple cultivation in the Prairie Provinces.
A renowned cork oak in Portugal is said to potentially yield as much as 500 pounds of cork. The claim emphasizes the tree's exceptional size and the country’s long cork industry heritage.
Experts from the U S Department of Commerce unveil a flat map with equal area squares and true scale along equatorial parallels and central meridians. They say the new projection reduces distortion, though minor errors remain, and foresee its adoption beyond navigation.
The piece argues that amusements are secondary to work which sustains well being. It frames labor as a supreme good and the cure for life's miseries, citing Carlyle on industry and warning that viewing work as punishment harms character and the soul.
Executives announced anticipated prizes exceeding 200000 dollars for the World’s Grain Exhibition and Conference to be held in Regina in 1932, contingent on adherence to current plans and prize classifications. An appropriation of 70000 dollars is earmarked to prize wheat.
A report notes that this year features merely 84 days when banks worldwide are open. The figure highlights widespread holidays and regional closures impacting financial services.
More than one hundred members of the Order of Trail Riders journeyed from Banff to Castle Mountain Bungalow Camp over Healey Creek Shadow Lakes and Twin Lakes in early August. They enjoyed scenery air and open life along with fine trout fishing and some glacier fed lake bathing. The lakes visited were rarely seen by tourists making the trip pioneering in nature with participants from across Canada and the United States.
A young fisher struggles to hold a ten-pound steelhead while his father lands the fish after 45 minutes. The catch occurred on a July morning on the Stamp River in the Alberni District, Vancouver Island, about 140 miles from Victoria. The river is best fished in July August and September and is reachable via Canadian Pacific Railway.
A dark young man tries to cheat a change machine at Forty second and Broadway New York by inserting a fraudulent disk. The machine rejects the attempt and the robber leaves with an iron washer. The piece notes a surge in automatic salesmen with hundreds of machines and growing vocabulary. A wheat cake vendor robot bakes and flips cakes and sells via an operable magazine.
Captain Robert Dollar of San Francisco told a Washington correspondent at the Willard about a bumptious politician's defeat. He compared it to a well told anecdote of an ass and a girl, ending with a clever line about calling on Maud Travers. The witty exchange turns on a suggested plan to end a delicate situation without heartache.
J G Carl Frazer from Ottawa describes roguing seed plots to remove impurities from grain crops. He explains walking the drill paths and rows to pull out off type heads, then revisits plots after headting and before harvest to ensure pure seed stock.
A humorous note cites Lang Stevenson praising a red and white cow that supposedly provides cream and a surprising range of products with the help of a chemist. The piece mocks lab spoofing by the Dairy Research laboratories and imagines a future where a single cow supplies cuff links, dominoes, pipes, glue, and more.
The clay industry in Canada focuses on heavy clay products including brick tile and sewer pipe made from surface glacial clays and shales from various horizons. Meanwhile Chinese migration into Manchuria is reported at about one million people per year.
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