Shelter Belts and Conservation Hope For Prairie Farms
The article discusses conservation in agriculture as drought presses the prairie provinces. It highlights planning, soil and moisture retention, and new methods like strip farming, regrassing, crop rotation, windbreaks, shelter belts, and minor irrigation. It cites data from the Canadian Forestry Association and Alan Beaven's lecture car tours showing shelter belts can aid home gardens and farms in drought years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motherarth
Prairie Provinces
Plannin
Sench Insu
Canadian Forestry Association
Forests and Outdoors
Alan Beaven
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Beaven
Typhoid Carriers Warned By Medical Experts In London Inquiry
Dr J F Beale warned at a health inquiry in Folkestone that seagulls in London could spread typhoid amid an outbreak in Croydon Surrey. Experts and zoologists noted potential risks to water safety and public health.
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J. F Beale
London
Eng
Dr. Beale
Folkestone
Croydon
Surrey
Birds Use Combs on Middle Claws for Preening Feathers
Birds possess combs on their middle claws to aid grooming of plumage, helping remove debris and align feathers for insulation and flight. This anatomical feature appears across multiple species and may evolve with ecological needs and mating signals.
Limburger Cheese Origins Tied to Limburg Belgium
The cheese known as Limburger takes its name from Limburg in Belgium, though most production occurs in Germany. The label reflects historical naming rather than current manufacturing location.
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Limburger
Limburg
Belgium
Germany
Pineapples Found Growing on Rubbish Heap in Torquay
In November, three pineapples were discovered growing on a rubbish heap in Torquay, England, highlighting unusual produce appearing in a coastal town.
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Torquay
England
Mexico has low cancer rates says life expectancy gaps
Doctor Angel de La Garza Brito, Mexico’s chief health officer, visited Canada and asserted that cancer is rare in Mexico because most people do not live long enough to develop it. He noted life expectancy around 37 years, with infant mortality falling in Canada, and argued primitive peoples also show low cancer due to short lifespans. The article contrasts Canada’s infant mortality decline and discusses cancer prevalence in older regions, then shifts to an Anne Adams sewing pattern promotion.
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Angel de la Garza Brito
Mexico
Canada
Republic of Mexico
Doctor Brito
New Zealand
South Australia
North America
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
No Choosing Allowed iintuplets Have To Fat Food Diet
The article notes that the quintuplets are raised on a varied diet including vegetables and fresh fruit, with meat mainly liver and bacon. It mentions the children eating spinach to angel cake, and references like Beryl Ethel aging well. It also cites 1987 grain production, auto machines dispensing two-penny postcards, and a Capetown man with a pet ostrich.
Health League ad offers complete Dr McCullough cancer series
Readers may obtain the full Dr McCullough cancer article set by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ontario. The notice invites subscribers to request the entire series in one shipment from the organization.
Real name of Lewis Carroll revealed in 19th century note
The real name of Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, is Charles L Dodgson. A curious fact notes East Indian sheep skin used as leather bellows in English gas meters.
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Lewis Carroll
Alice In Wonderland
Charles L. Dodgson
England
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United States Aeronautics Branch
McCullough
Anne Vaame
Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot ‘Ave. E
Winnpeg
Beryl Ethel
Ieee
Takey
United States
Great Britain
Capetown
South Africa
Calgary
Regina
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