Garnet wheat epitomizes Canadian wheat breeding history
The Nova Scotia style bulletin notes Garnet wheat as a milestone in Canada's breeding program. Tracing its lineage from Red Fife and Ladoga, the story credits Dr. William Saunders and successors for decades of work at Ottawa Central Farm. The 1926 field trials used 14 000 bushels of seed, validating Garnet’s high yield and good milling quality.
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Ladoga
Lake Ladoga
Russia
Winnipes
Bear Archange
Preston
Onega
Riga
Preston A
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Central Farm
Ottawa
William Saunders
Agriculture Gains New Prestige for the Modern Farmer
Hon. W R Motherwell, minister of agriculture, told MacDonald College convocation in Montreal that agriculture gains prestige as science advances. The event followed McGill University conferring a degree on Edward Brown of London and Welch Poultry Congress president, highlighting rising respect for farmers and poultry husbandry. He noted universities now honor the modern agriculturist and the farmer’s expanding role.
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W .R. Motherwell
King
MacDonald College
Montreal
High Milk Production Holstein Herd At Alberta Government Farm
The Holstein herd at the Alberta Provincial government farm in Oliver shows strong milk output and high fat content. Bulls like Sir Livia Car Born 53,778 from Ontario breeders contribute, with cows averaging 3.9 on daily rest and peak 4.5. Hengerveld Pearl Nephile 5th 61068 records 18,903 pounds at about 3.95 per day. the herd is milked three times daily.
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Alberta
Oliver
Sir Livia Car
A C. Hardy
Brockville
Ontario
Hengerveld
Town Moves 66 Houses by Crane to Dana Cal Townsite
The entire Pondosa community including 66 homes will ride on flatcars to a new townsite near Dana California. A crane will place the houses while residents carry on with cooking and washing. The lumber company owning the buildings is relocating their operation.
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Pondosa
Dana
Cal
Swain and Freeman Propose Sodium Sulphate Co in Saskatchewan
John M. Swain of Edmonton and industrial chemist Horace Freeman plan to organize a company to develop the sodium sulphate deposit at Oban along the Canadian National Transcontinental line in central Saskatchewan.
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John M. Swain
Edmonton
Horace Freeman
Oban
Saskatchewan
Girl Pretends Engagement to Break News to Father
A daughter tells her father she is engaged in a half serious, half joking exchange. He responds with disbelief before the girl clarifies the statement is not real.
Saskatchewan Names of Homes Act Extends Protection
The Department of Agriculture reports many farm homes in Saskatchewan use names not yet registered. Deputy Minister F H Auld says the Names of Homes Act provides protection for two years, and after May 1 1929 protests against registered names become ineffective.
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Department of Agriculture
F. H. Auld
Saskatchewan
Exceedingly smart chic frock pattern for misses
Winnipeg newspaper notes a youthfully chic frock design with high neck options, puff sleeves, and a sleeveless view. It lists sizes 16 18 and 20 for misses, fabric yardage, and pricing for patterns and the fashion book, emphasizing economy and home dressmaking.
Eye-Grading Lifts Canada in World Poultry Output
Ottawa session of the World Poultry Congress notes Canada leads global egg consumption with a record 337 per inhabitant annually. U S tops at 207 with Belgium at 2135. Great Britain 110. Canada’s lead aided by federal provincial agriculture work and colleges. industry valued at 50 million dollars. egg grading standard boosts export quality and prices.
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Ottawa
World Poultry Congress
Canada
United States
Belgium
Great Britain
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
France
Macdonald Agricultural College
Montreal
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Dominion
Canadian Produce Association
Glasgow
Gold in Canada and a distant abolition note
The article notes gold found across Canada with earliest 1824 Gilbert River discovery near Quebec City and 1847 placer work. It cites 1,729,000 ounces produced last year, mainly from Ontario and British Columbia, and mentions lode mining at Tangier River Nova Scotia in 1858. It adds a Kalat abolition of slavery in a state of India and a reflection on ambition.
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Canada
Prince Edward Island
Gilbert River
Québec City
Ontario
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Tangier River
Nova Scotia
Canada Bound To Progress Says This Is Canada's Century
Sir Henry Thornton president of the Canadian National Railways told the Prince Rupert board of trade that Canada is entering its century of progress. He cited soil, industrious people, transport and water power as foundations and predicted steady immigration and capital flow similar to the United States.
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Sir Henry Thornton
Dominica
Canada
Canadian National Railways
Board of Trade
Prince Rupert
United States
Whales Face Imminent Extinction Warns Expert
An Australian whaling crisis warns that at current kill rates whales could vanish in about ten years. Sir Douglas Mawson notes whales took millions of years to evolve, stressing their economic and sentimental value and urging immediate governmental action to save them.
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Australia
Douglas Mawson
Do Good Acts Freely Without Boasting or Plan
The speaker argues against formal vows and urges spontaneous kind acts. A gentleman should perform polite, helpful deeds daily without effort or boasting, and avoid creating dependence by grumbling or unnecessary charity.
Farmer Peter Gulbrason Faces Forced Sale in Humboldt
Peter Gulbrason of Humboldt Iowa faced a mortgage on his entire farm. The sheriff announced a sale to satisfy creditors but friends intervened buying farm goods, paying off the mortgage, and presenting the cancelled document to Gulibrason. The paper was burned and he started anew.
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Peter Gulbrason
Humboldt
Iowa
Guibrason
Seeds From Western Trees Aid Empire Reforestation
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes July gains in employment across 6,137 firms totaling 896,956 workers, with construction driving growth and Maritime Provinces and Quebec showing marked expansion. Canada ships seeds to Britain for forest restoration, highlighting Sitka spruce, western cedar, Douglas fir, and white pine as key exports, with about 11,000 pounds extracted last year. New Zealand also imports Canadian seeds for its reforestation program.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Forest Service
Dominion Department of the Interior
Vancouver
British Columbia
Rocky Mountain House
Alberta
Indian Head
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Britain
Canada
Quebec Chronicle- Telegraph
Great Britain
New Zealand
Canadian seed grading system praised in official report
The Dominion Seed Branch inspects and grades all agricultural seed and much field root and garden vegetable seed for domestic use and export. In 1925-26, 32,617 control samples were examined, representing several millions of bushels, confirming the soundness of Canada’s official sale and grade system in foreign markets.
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Canada
Dominion Seed Branch
Department of Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture
The Power Of Words In Our Lives
The piece extols words as ruling our conduct and actions. It compares words to a sword and lightning, capable of stirring action and despair, yet describes them as insubstantial and fragile like thistledown and gossamer.
Astronomical Clock Over Hampton Court Quadrangle
An ornate astronomical clock at the gateway of Hampton Court’s second quadrangle shows the zodiac signs, sun rises and sets, planetary revolutions, and moon phases. When new works were installed, the dial was removed for repair, challenging clockmakers who sought an astronomer’s help.
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Hampton Court
Simplified handwriting method claims to teach illiterates
A Paris inventor offers a new handwriting system that forms letters with straight lines and circles and can teach a totally illiterate person to read and write in twenty hours. She tested it on 18 000 young soldiers, all illiterate, in a recent contingent. Also noted, a Minnesota university distillation yielded gas from corncobs and produced acetic acid wood alcohol tar and charcoal quantities.
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Paris
University of Minnesota
Parrot Won’t Talk Until After Dinner
Customer complains the parrot stays silent unless given crackers. Clerk notes the bird is an after dinner speaker, implying the parrot performs only later in the day and adding humor to the exchange.
Addressing in disguise escapes detection
A brief notice notes how disguising addresses helps evade detection. Authorities warn that sophisticated methods to alter location data complicate monitoring and enforcement efforts across jurisdictions.
Austria Sees Canadian Flour Elevating Bread Quality
The Commercial Intelligence Journal in Ottawa reports Austrian bakers find Canadian flour yields more and better bread, aided by the prohibition of night baking. Austrian Consul Frederick Franke notes Vienna still has about 2,000,000 mouths to feed despite war losses and looks forward to a Canada trade treaty.
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Commercial Intelligence Journal
Ottawa
Frederick Franke
Tore
Canada
Austria
Vienna
Ontario Wheat Pool Estimated to Handle Million Bushels
Ontario farmers join with Western Canada to form a wheat pool. Three to four million bushels of grain grown in Ontario will be handled through the pool as conferences align provincial interests. A central board will operate with two representatives from each province.
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Ontario
Western
Canada
Doctor and caddie on golf course shoe joke era
A doctor finishing rounds at the links is teased by a Black caddie who asks about shoes. The doctor asks for a size and the caddie admits he has never bought shoes, unsure of his size or how to obtain them.
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Wussala
Ll. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealiat
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Ince
Save One
Kalat
Baluchistan
India
Kings Wharf
Ontario Wheat Pool
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