Largest Wheat Farm World Nobles 9000 Acre Alberta Ranch
The Cameron ranch of the Noble Foundation near Lethbridge Alberta yields a vast wheat crop on 9000 acres with 12 310 acres in wheat and a total 307 350 bushels of wheat expected. Aerial tramway transports grain to rail and a 90 000 bushel granary services the massive operation.
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He Noble Foundation
Cameron Ranch
Noble Foundation
Lethbridge
Alberta
Noble
Little Bow River
Coulee
Old Man
Experiments in Swine Feeding on the Scott Section
Experimental work with swine over three years shows self feeders often outperform troughs in cost efficiency and growth. Most gains come from expert feeding. pasture effects vary with economics. Centrally housed versus portable cabins favor smaller setups for profitable wintering and vigorous litters.
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Scott
Calgary to Boost Telephone Exchange With 1000 New Lines
Calgary's city exchange plans add a thousand instruments within three months as demand outpaces expansion. Rural service grows rapidly with new toll stations, while a Vancouver inventor introduces a milk pasteurizer cutting heating time to 12 minutes and enabling faster dairy processing and can washing innovations.
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Calgary
Alberta
Calgary Ami
Red Deer
Carmangay
Claresholm
Patricia
Canada Coal Ship Heads for Europe Amid European Market Hope
A Canadian coal shipment of 4,500 tons left British Columbia bound for Sweden. If embargoes restrict Atlantic ports, larger Pacific shipments will follow once tonnage is secured. Nanaimo Collieries can export big quantities as European prices attract buyers. BC coal prices are claimed to be the world’s lowest.
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British Columbia
Sweden
Atlantic
Pacific
Nanaimo
B.C
Europe
Alberta Butter Production Forecast for 1920
W. W. Prevey, a leading Alberta creamery man, predicts production will reach about 12,000,000 pounds in 1920. The forecast signals strong dairy activity in central Alberta.
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Alberta
W. W. Prevey
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Fragmentary OCR text shows unclear words including Ez th ver wr. No definite people places organizations or events are identifiable from the fragment.
New Grain Elevator Near Moose Taw Saskatchewan Nears Completion
A new Greproof hundred thousand bushel twelve bin grain elevator at Moose Taw Saskatchewan nears completion with 126 feet of wall built and to rise 20 more feet to 206 feet. Twelve tanks stand 76 feet high with a 100000 bushel capacity and the work house above the annex is advancing toward year end completion.
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Moose Taw
Saskatchewan
Famous Paintings Going West From Canadian Exhibition
Forty works including paintings etchings drawings and English water colors from the Canadian National Exhibition collection travel to Vancouver and New Westminster B C by courtesy of the exhibition association at the request of art lovers in the two cities. The collection includes French Belgian American Canadian and English artists.
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Joh Burmeister
Vancouver
B. C
New Westminster
British Columbia
Floods Hit Lesser Slave Lake Hay Lands and Towns
Floodwaters from Lesser Slave Lake rise five feet above normal flooding acres of hay land in the region. J A McGregor general manager of E C and B Railway warns immediate action is needed as Sawridge town is submerged and Grouard remains reachable only by boat.
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Lesser Slave Lake
J. A. McGregor
E.C. and
B.C. Rail
Slave Lake
McGregor
Sawridge
Grouard
Beaver Ranching In Canada
The piece discusses growing interest in domestic beaver farming to curb wild depletion and capitalize on high fur prices. It covers a Milton PEI ranch where beavers thrived under simple wire enclosures, notes beaver's national symbolism, and argues ranching could sustain the industry amid declining wild populations.
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Vilhjamur Stefannsop
Basin Island
H. Coles
Milton
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Dominion
Japanese Workmen Begin Cutting World’s Largest Statue
On the Isle of Cow’s Head in the Inland Sea, Japanese laborers start carving a reclining statue modeled on Nichiren. Planned length 240 feet, larger than Liberty’s 151 feet and the Buddha of Burma. The private rock site will host the colossal relief.
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Isle of
Cow’s Head
Mediterranean
Japan
Rhodes
New York Harbor
Pegu
Burma
Nichiren
Dream of Future Husband Haunts Soldier Bride Tale
A dialogue echoes amid wartime anxieties as a bride recalls a superstition to dream of her future husband. The scene contrasts with reflections on language similarity between Norwegian and Danish, highlighting how cultural cues and war era humor intertwine.
Decline in Wheat Growth Across World War Years
The Toronto Globe notes that world wheat yields during 1914-18 averaged 98.3 million tons, below the 100.6 million of the five pre-war years, with Europe seeing a large drop while North America Asia and Australia gained acreage and yields. Net annual deficit about 2 million tons due to war.
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International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Europe
North America
Asia
Australia
South America
Africa
Toronto Globe
Western Collieries Formed for Saskatchewan Lignite
A $500,000 company, Western Collieries Ltd., organized to develop lignite in Estevan district Saskatchewan. It secured 630 acres at Roche Percee nine miles southeast of Estevan and plans a brick pressing plant to operate year round using slack lignite for brick firing. Government reports note premier clay in the district suitable for bricks.
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Estevan
Western Collieries, Ltd
Roche Percee
Manitoba and British Columbia Fry Distribution Totals
The Dominion government fisheries branch reports Manitoba hatcheries released 226,446,850 fry this season, including 25,353,600 pickerel and the rest whitefish. British Columbia distribution reached 114,479,487 salmon fry with about 740,000 Kennerley salmon fry added.
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Department of Marine and Fisheries
Dominion Government
Manitoba
British Columbia
Kennerley
A Quiet Supper Partner
The hostess notes that Miss Biggle was a poor conversationalist at the evening gathering. A guest recalls only hearing the word No from her all night and jokes that he proposed to move the conversation forward just to break the silence.
Depreciated Currency Lets Hungarian Farmer Pay Mortgage
A Vienna report to the department of commerce says currency depreciation and high farm prices allow a Hungarian farmer to discharge his land mortgage by selling a single calf. About 20 percent of farm mortgages have been paid off in depreciated currency since the war, or a sizable portion.
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Hungary
Department of Commerce
Vienna
New Eighty Day Quality Wheat Grows Near Douglas Manitoba
W J Whitley reports a pearl white wheat named Quality maturing in 80 days at Douglas Manitoba. The variety promises high potential for Canadian grain, tolerates light dry soils, resembles Prize Marquis, with vitreous white berry and medium heads. Whitley also notes a barney that threshes like wheat and white flax yielding 12 percent more oil with seeds nearly double the size.
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Douglas
Manitoba
W. J. Whitley
Whitley
Suburban Millionaire in Forest Hill Villa
Mr G L Moore a Belfast solicitor's clerk turned London financier lives alone with his wife doing all housework in a small Forest Hill villa near London. He runs two hundred fifty companies profits flow yet he plans to give away wealth including a £150000 bid for Victory Park and aims to die poor. He starts work at 3am and retires at 7 30pm while detesting pampered rich life as a social curse.
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Forest Hill
London
G. L Moore
Belfast
Moore
Farm homes offer beauty and value in rural living
The Farm Family notes that remoteness from city turmoil provides real opportunities to beautify the farmstead. Such improvements attract occupants, increase contentment for all ages, enhance passerby enjoyment, and raise selling value of the farm.
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Purmeister
Budmeister
Canadian Coal
Moose
Clarice
Seventy-first Regiment
New Company Incorporated As
the Western Collieries, Limited
Dominion Government Hatcheries
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