Vast Agricultural Prospects For Settlers In Canada
The feature highlights diverse farming opportunities across Canada from Ontario fruit belts to Nova Scotia orchards and western ranges. It notes rapid population and railroad growth since 1901, expansion of farmland to over 5 million acres, and a shift toward mixed farming alongside fruit, dairy, ranching, and wheat.
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Beatty
Canada
Phewid
Niagara District
Ontario
Annapolis Basin
Nova Scotia
Okanagan
Kootenay
New
Rights of Animals reprinted to aid humane causes
A 1781 ethical treatise by Herman Daggett on humane principles is being reprinted by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The work, originally issued in 1732 at Sage Harbor Long Island, is presented for free distribution to broaden sympathy beyond personal pets and promote abolition of steel traps.
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Herman Daggett
Providence Collge
Brown University
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Sage Marbor
Long Island
Eoward P. Buffet
Canada’s western lands shift from wheat to dairy and mixed farms
The article surveys Canada’s western provinces, noting rich sheep and cattle districts in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba, strong dairy farming in Ontario and Quebec, and a nationwide shift from sole wheat production toward mixed farming with dairy and pork poultry and eggs. It highlights prizes won at a London dairy show by Edmonton and Regina creameries and profiles the rising importance of western wheat and dairy to Canada’s economy and population growth.
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Ontario
Quebec
Prairie Provinces
London
England
Edmonton
Shoal Lake
Manitoba
Regina
Canada
Dominion
Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
Calgary
Saskatchewan Seed Growers Hold Annual Meeting
At the Saskatchewan Seed Growers annual meeting George Spence retired as first president of the Saskatchewan Registered Seed Gratin Growers Association. W. J. F. Warren Belbeck was elected president. M. P. Tullis was re elected secretary and general manager and W. J. Mantle became treasurer. Members reported strong cooperation and optimism for the pool’s success.
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George Spence
Maple Creek
Saskatchewan Registered Seed Gratin Growers’ Association
W. J. F. Warren
Belbeck
Sask
M. P. Tullis
Saskatchewan Field Crops
W. J. Mantle
Bees Swarm Sweet Clover Field At Weldwood Farm
At Weldwood Farm a crop of sweet clover drew millions of honey bees who lingered with the fresh sheaves into the silo. The bees worked to preserve the nectar value, illustrating the crop’s value as bee pasture.
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Weldwood Farm
Farmer’s Advocate
Gradual Weight Loss Favored Over Drastic Cuts
The text warns against rapid dieting, arguing weight reduction must be slow and healthful. It asserts that drastic programs are unsustainable and unsafe, since years of excess cannot be shed in months without harming one’s health.
Saskatchewan Harvesters to total twenty five thousand in 1926
Saskatchewan's harvesters for the 1926 crop are projected to number 25,000, an announcement from G. J. Tomisett, general superintendent of the clearing house and provincial government employment service. The text concludes with a humorous line about laughter when a man's hat is blown off.
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Saskatchewan
G. J. Tomisett
Clearing, House
Provincial
Government Employment Service
Butter Awards At Regina Exhibition Inter-Provincial Competition
The Motherwell trophy for inter-provincial butter awards at the Regina exhibition was won by Crescent Creamery Company of Grandon Manitoba after it led the Manitoba provincial sweepstakes. Belmont Creamery finished second. In the Motherwell trophy race Manitoba entries faced Central Creamery Calgary first prize and Edmonton Pure Butter Company second in Alberta. In Saskatchewan Lloydminster branch of Saskatchewan Cooperative Creameries led, with Regina branch second.
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Regina
Motherwell
Crescent Creamery Company
Grandon
Man
Manitoba
Belmont Creamery
Central Creamery
Calgary
Edmonton Pure Butter Company
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Lloydminster
Saskatchewan Co-operative Creameries
Indian Chiefs Named At Saskatoon Exhibition Ceremony
C N R official W A Kingstand general manager of western lines for Canadian National Railways was made chief of two Indian tribes during the Saskatoon exhibition. Chiefs Whitecap and Charles Fagle Cree presided over the ceremony.
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C.N.R
W. A.kingstand
Western Lines
Canadian National Railways
Saskatoon
Whitecap
United States
Charles Fagle Cree
Saskatchewan
Who's Who in Wheat Brings Canada Back Into Chicago Race
The New York Sun profiles Canadian wheat man J. C. Mitchell of Cahinda Saskatchewan as a three time contender for the Wheat crown at the International Grain and Stock Show in Chicago. Mitchell rose from a self made pioneer to an established grower with 400 acres and a new potato he developed, while Canada vows to keep its champion status north of the border.
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4. C. Mitehell
Dahinda
Chicago
New York Sun
Montana
L. P. Yates
Fishtail
Stata Cau
Canada
Dominion
J. C. Mitchell
Cahinda
Saskatchewan
Mitchell
Lake Michigan
Seager Wheeler
Rosshern
Wheeler
America
Manchester
England
Canadian Department of Agriculture
Doukhobors May Seek Alberta Settlement
The Alberta government weighs the Doukhobor Colonization Society request for information on settling in the Peace River region. About 5000 Doukhobors in Russia seek migration to Western Canada, and the premier calls for careful investigation while discussions hint at the government’s openness to potential settlers.
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Alberta
Doukhobor Colonization Society
Peace River
Russia
Western
Canada
Flapper Seeks Advice On Marriage And Truth
A Fortune Teller panel questions a young flapper about marriage to a man who lies. The reader hears a sharp exchange as the fortuneteller prods at fears of becoming an old maid and choosing honesty in love.
Derby Winners En Route to Canada with 25 Thoroughbreds
Twenty five English and Irish thoroughbreds were unloaded in Montreal from the Metagama for shipment to a breeding and training ranch near Winnipeg. Owner A Mullans said the group, including Derby and Grand National winners, came via Dublin and Southampton in first class condition and would begin training in Canada. The shipment includes one stallion, 16 mares, and eight geldings, all three year olds and registered in the English stud book.
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Great Britain
Ireland
Montreal
Winnipeg
A. Mullans
England
Brough
Dublin
Southampton
Canada
Mullans
Dustry
Aurania
Ybro
Grand Parade
Padua
Nellie
Cygnus
Magbery
Yloro
Master Michael
Troytown
Denton
Coronach
Dominion Lands system proves most economical survey method
The Dominion land survey system is praised as the most economical and comprehensive for Western Canada. The article traces its origins from Roman and European practices to American adoption, noting meridians and base lines, township grids, and widespread use. It cites about 200 million acres surveyed and over 7,000 townships printed by the Topographical Survey.
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Italy
Canada
America
Congress of the
United States
Ohio
Colonel Bouquet
General Gage
Fort Pitt
Thomas Hutchins
General Bouquet
Switzerland
Sardinia
Ialy
Thdas
Dominion Lands System of Survey
Department of the Interdr
Moose Jaw
Canada Leads Gold and Platinum Output in 1925
Government figures show Canada produced 1,735,735 fine ounces of gold worth 35,880,826 dollars in 1925, up 216,353 ounces from 1924. Platinum output reached 8,498 ounces worth 1,028,192 dollars, with palladium rhodium and others totaling 3,288 ounces valued at 648,969 dollars. Ontario mined 1,461,039 ounces, British Columbia 219,227, Yukon 47,817, Manitoba 4,424, with Nova Scotia and Quebec at 1,600 each.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Ontario
British Columbia
Yukon
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Quebec
United States
Sudbury
Livestock Train Fulfills Saskatchewan Tour With High Attendance
The department of agriculture led a three week livestock train through Saskatchewan returning to Regina with over eight thousand visitors. Shorthorns led sales at 25 head, plus four Polled Anguses four Red Polls three Ayrshires two Holsteins and one Hereford. Sale cleared purebred sires except the Hereford bull, junior show winner, and two Holstein sires. Twelve scrub bulls were bought in exchange.
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Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
Regina
Sugar beets crop area rises in Southern Alberta
Seven thousand acres in Southern Alberta are cropped to sugar beets this year, a thousand more than last year. Early prospects point to a good crop.
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Alberta
Cat Walks 65 Miles to Old Home
A cat named Tommy, owned by Mr and Mrs Robert F Birkel, trekked about 65 miles from Lewiston Pennsylvania back to the Danville home. The pet disappeared after the Birkel family moved and was found at the former residence awaiting its owner, cared for by neighbors.
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Tommy
Robert F. Birkel
Danville
Lewiston
Birkel
Dutch Painter Toorep Studies St Paul Centerpiece
Jan Toorep, famed Dutch painter, works on a study featuring St Paul as the central figure. He says the composition will include the three figures who dominate the era: St Paul, St Theresa, and Mussolini.
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Jan Toorep
St. Paul
Toorep
Hhis
St Paul
St Theresa
Musoltat
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Gualy
Sarskatchbewan
Westminster
Sunset
British Cotumbia
Coluygibia
Whem
the Prince of Wales
Canaad
Prairies
Lincoln
Leicester
Cotswold
Shropshire
Oxford
Hampshire
Canadas
Piatto
Saskatchewan Seed Growers
Warren
Presi
Dent
Saskatchewan Harvesters
C. Mitchell
Wheat
Doukhobors
Watkins
Jackson
Watson
Tut
Dominion Land System of Survey
C.D. Matthews
Dominion Experimental Farm
Indian Head
Saskatchewan Corn Growers’ Association
Cat
Mussolini
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