Dean Howes Addresses Production and Marketing Gaps
The March issue of Scientific Agriculture reprints a keynote by Dean A Howes of the University of Alberta at the Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association meeting. He argues Canada remains a novice in production while stressing production and marketing are inseparable in a sound system.
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Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
Dean A. Howes
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Alberta
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Dean Howes
Edmonton
Deane
Canada
Dean How
Matt
Jeff
Cats hear beyond human range, study finds
At a convention in Atlantic City professor S F Dworkin from McGill University showed cats trained to associate sounds with food could respond to electrical tones up to 50 000 cycles per second. Humans hear 12 000 to 20 000 cycles per second.
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American Otological Society
Atlantic City
N.J
S. F. Dworkin
McGill University
Farm origin manufacturing in Canada in 1931
In 1931 the last year for which complete statistics are available 9 288 establishments were engaged in manufacturing products of farm origin. Of this number only 32 firms were working with foreign agricultural products principally rubber sugar and coffee.
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Canada
British bill aims state ownership of any discovered oil fields
Parliament considers legislation to make oil fields found in the British Isles state property. Reports say oil was discovered near Worth Sussex at 1876 feet. Americans with oil drilling experience have been working in England years, but Worth appears the first promising find.
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British Isles
Worth
Sussex
England
German airship 1Z 129 nears completion with luxury layout
The airship 1Z 129 advances toward completion featuring a passenger deck with 25 cabins, dining room, drawing room, and reading room. A 60 foot dining hall connects to kitchens by dumb-waiters, with four 1,000 horsepower motors powering the craft and safety measures for smoking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berliner Tageblatt
Saskatchewan Sodium Sulphate Production Rises 78 Percent
A provincial industries bulletin reports Saskatchewan sodium sulphate production valued at 485,416 in 1933 up from 271,736 in 1932, an 78 percent increase. Paper pulp firms and Ontario nickel copper ore metallurgy are major markets.
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Saskatchewan
Department of Industries
Ontario
Rust Resistant Wheat Marks An Epoch In Western History
The Winnipeg Free Press reports the rust resistant wheat breakthrough led by Dr H M Tory of the Dominion Research Council. Since 1916 losses reached 600 million dollars, with new wheat showing resistance and comparable quality to Marquis and Reward. The project involved Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta labs and university support, costing about 250 thousand dollars plus in kind contribution from scientists and universities.
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H. M. Tory
Dominion Research Council
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
University of Manitoba
Minnesota
Fort Garry
Brandon
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Dominion Board of Grain Commissioners
Rust Research Laboratory
Winnipeg Free Press
Demonstration Shows Liquid Air Palatability Questioned
Professor J Satterly of the University of Toronto drank liquid air cooled 300 degrees below zero during an Ontario Educational Association at home event hosted by Dr E F Burton. About 500 delegates attended the demonstration.
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J. Satterly
Physics Department
University of Toronto
E. F. Burton
Ontario Educational Association
How To Order Patterns Pattern No Name Town
A brief guide outlines ordering patterns by pattern number and name. It notes town as a reference point for ordering, with steps to specify pattern name and quantity.
Local quarrel over soup at boarding house
Landlady laments poor chicken soup after giving detailed instructions to the cook. Boarder jokes that the issue is not the recipe but the chicken, implying the cook missed the idea.
Should Act As Bracer for Men at Fifty Says Dr Dutton
Dr James Dutton co founder of two Toronto hospitals urges fifty year olds to stay hopeful. He says a man of fifty is right in the pink and age does not determine health. Some men are old at fifteen others young at eighty, and fifty year olds can endure more than a boy. His words aim to lift sagging spirits.
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Alfons Adolph
Passau
Herr Adolph
German National Postal Museum
Adolph
Adeolph
James Dutton
Toronto
Clocks with Two Faces Enter French Manufacturing
France begins producing clocks with two faces front and back. South Africa forecasts a 1934 wheat crop of 2,001,000 bags, signaling strong agricultural output expectations.
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France
South Africa
Terrors Of Sargasso Sea Debunked By Museum Expert
After months of study at the Sargasso Sea an expert from the Natural History Museum South Kensington found no impenetrable mass of debris. Exhibits show vast floating vegetation but not at a thickness that blocks ships, disproving seamen’s tales.
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Sargasso Sea
Natural History Museum
South Kensington
Atlantic
England
Temperature Drop in Upper Air Extends Six Miles Earthward
Observation notes that air temperature cools gradually with altitude, showing a downward gradient to a distance of roughly six miles from the surface. This pattern reflects stratum stability and atmospheric layering during the period observed.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Ruth Rogers
Germany
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Sens
Paris
Bardi de Fourton
Stavisky
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