Canada’s Fifty Year Oat and Wheat Breeding Drive
Canada has pursued plant breeding for fifty years to improve wheat and oats. The oat program targets early high yielding disease resistant varieties suited to diverse regions, with 500+ foreign material under study at the Dominion Agriculture system and Rust Laboratory in Winnipeg to broaden the national germplasm and breeding prospects.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion Rust Laboratory
Winnipeg
Division Fairly Even Of Canada's Religious Premier Split
The Windsor Star notes Canada has one prime minister and nine premiers with four Roman Catholics, four United Church, and two Presbyterians. East premiers are Catholic, centre and middle west United Church, west coast Presbyterians. Premier Catholics: Macdonald Dysart MacMillan Taschereau. United Church: Prime Minister Bennett Hepburn Bracken Gardiner. Presbyterian premiers Reid Pattullo. L. P. D. Tilley’s government defeated. he is Anglican.
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Canada
United Church
East
Centre
Middle West
Macdonald
Nova Scotia
Dysart
New Brunswick
MacMillan
Prince Edward Island
Taschereau
Quebec
Bennett
Hepburn
Ontario
Bracken
Manitoba
Gardiner
Saskatchewan
Reid
Alberta
Pattullo
British Columbia
World Sugar Use Rises Says Railway Bulletin
A Canadian National Railways bulletin notes rising global sugar consumption with 1931 to 1934 average at 26,561,000 tons, up 3.36 percent from 1926 to 1930. It cites Cuba’s share dropping to 9 percent from 21 percent in 1925 and highlights the British West Indies as a key supplier to Canada via CN Steamships.
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Canadian National Railways
Cuba
British West Indies
Canada
Canadian National Steamships
Canada-British
Manitoba Wheat Grading Yields High Retention
Manitoba wheat last year graded very high with only four percent kept as livestock feed. About 1,500,000 bushels out of a total 37,100,000 bushels were used for feed, reflecting a strong quality crop and tight feed supplies.
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Manitoba
Detecting Covered Smut in Wheat At Brandon Farm
The article explains how covered smut or bunt of wheat hides in standing grain and only shows when heads are examined. It outlines signs such as shorter plants, dark bluish green heads, plump kernels in the dough stage with spread glumes, and black oily spores on pinched kernels. Control methods include resistant varieties and seed treatment.
Prince of Wales Poses for Cameramen in Boston Visit
Newspaper photographers describe how the Prince of Wales, staying with a Bostonian host, obliged the camera crews by stepping to a hedge for portraits. He rode back only after photographers expressed satisfaction, a gesture noted as typical for prominent figures. The piece recalls Prime Minister Baldwin’s photo friendly stance at the Ottawa Imperial Conference.
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Prince of Wales
Baldwin
Great Britain
Ottawa
Paying Industry Canada commercial feed growth noted
The June issue of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists Review notes rapid growth and strong potential in Canada’s commercial feed industry. It describes registration requirements under the Feeding Stuffs Act, ingredient lists, and regular Seed Branch inspections to ensure product integrity, with current registrations listing 71 grain and 74 non grain ingredients but typical use at 35 to 40.
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Canada
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Grafting Experiments With Earthworms Yield Odd Creations
The earthworm readily lends itself to grafting experiments. Laboratory work has produced freakish individuals, including two worms joined tail to tail forming a headless worm that may live for months without feeding.
Cushions For Fragile Freight In Freight Cars
At the Eastern Claim Conference in Atlantic City delegates discussed future use of cushions inside and outside freight cars to damp vibration. A new spring system between boxcars and wheels aims to reduce rail joint bounce, with tests across millions of miles. A cushion arrangement for glassware shipments was also announced to cut breakage losses in multi million dollar yearly values.
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Atlantic City
How to preserve eggs for long storage
Advice for preserving eggs suggests keeping them at about 12 hours old for best state and covering with fat wax limewater or packing in sawdust or meal. Store in a cool dry place to extend freshness.
Red And Black Rust Are Different Stages In Life Of The Same Organism
Dominion agriculture notes explain new Canadian Pedigree Act rules require tattoo or ear tag identification for all pigs born since 1935 before eight weeks old and before weaning. Identifications must be ordered through Canadian Livestock Records. Export to the United States hinges on proper tagging or tattooing.
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Livestock Branch
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Canadian Livestock Records
Ottawa
United States
J. H. Craigie
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Winnipeg
Emerson on Human Nature and Behavior
A concise reflection notes Emerson's line that while human nature cannot be altered, behavior can change. It asserts a solution exists for every problem by focusing on conduct and choices.
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Emerson
Get Your Fish Take His Picture Or Keep Quiet
John Van Guilder advises anglers in the Snapshot Guild to photograph the catch rather than exaggerate tales. He explains camera settings for folding and box cameras under varying light and motion, stressing proper exposure and timing to preserve the moment.
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Chicago Izaak Walton League
Wisconsin
The
Izaak Walton League of Chicago
Chicago
Izaak Walton League
John van Guilder
First wine may date to 10000 B.C findings suggest
French oenologist Rene Dage and wine expert Alban Armaud argue in a new report that wine predates Noah, with Egyptians making wine by 7000 B.C. and grape fossils dating to the cenozoic era. They note 6000 B.C. as a strong year, while 7000 B.C. vintages remain only as dust in jars.
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Noah
Rene Dage
Alban Armaud
Egypt
Bacchus
Chicago airport hits 100 daily flights top city hub
Chicago's municipal airport, already a leading railroad terminal, becomes the world's busiest air center as seven airlines operate 100 arrivals and departures daily after adding six schedules. Newark follows with 96, Cleveland with 88.
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Chicago
Municipal
Newark
N.J
Cleveland
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