Sixty Years Of Progress In Canada’s Experimental Farm System
The year marks the sixtieth anniversary of Canada’s Experimental Farm system established in 1886. Tributes pour in from across the country to a half century of agricultural advancement. In 1886 Canada cultivated 45 million acres with 3.5 million bushels of wheat exports, while current figures show 174 million cultivated acres and exports near 300 million bushels, driven largely by the West.
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Canada
Red River Valley
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Brilliant Work Of Dr Saunders In Canadian Agriculture
The passage highlights Dr William Saunders as the first superintendent of Canada’s Experimental Farm system. It credits his plant breeding breakthroughs, including Marquis wheat, for making the Canadian West a leading global wheat producer. It notes his broader work in adapting trees shrubs fruits and vegetables to harsh climates.
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Canada
William Saunders
Saunder
Marquis
Canadian West
Prairies
Tradition Upholds Dominion Experimental Farms Role
The Dominion Experimental Farms, begun sixty years ago, continue to aid Canadian agriculture by sharing up to date plant and animal disease knowledge, new crop varieties, and advanced farming methods. Plans aim to expand across the Prairie Provinces addressing soil drift and modern cultivation. Dr. Archibald notes prosperous farming sustains urban prosperity.
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Saunders
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
E. S. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms
Medical Courses In B C Would Save Young Doctors
About 125 young people in British Columbia are ready to enter medical courses. Without a medical faculty at Point Grey soon, many including returned servicemen will be denied access to medicine. No room at other colleges forces reliance on distant schools. We must educate our doctors locally.
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British Columbia
Point Grey
Prairies
United States
British Athletes Train in Berlin for Olympic Medals
The London Express notes a strange war outcome with British athletes coached by German experts at Berlin's Olympic Stadium. Occupation troops train daily to stay fit, using Germany's top coaches and doctors of physical culture, producing a highly skilled guidance system for track and field.
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Berlin
Olympic Stadium
Germany
London Express
Circus Elephants Plow Farms As Wartime Cutbacks Hit Britain
The Bertram Mills circus rewires its act for an austerity season. Staff, clowns, and performers join war factories or drive trucks while trained horses plow fields and elephants pull farm wagons, reflecting wartime shifts in Britain.
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London
Big Bertram Mills Circus
Chameleon Tongue Snatches Insect With Lightning Speed
The eight inch chameleon tongue strikes unseen as it captures prey with perfect aim. The rapid action sends the insect into the chameleon's mouth in a flash.
Water needs of cattle for milk production
Veterinary guidance stresses a continuous water supply for dairy cows to maximize milk yield. Data from Canada, the US, Britain and other countries show higher production with constant access to water. Average cows require 10 to 15 gallons daily. high producers may use up to 30 gallons. Pasture intake reduces water per day. 130 pounds of pasture ~9-10 gallons. Silage adds about 3.5 gallons per 50 pounds.
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Canada
United States
Britain
Countries
Canadian Soldier Troops Loved by German People Says Homebound Woman
Mrs Ernie Juergens of Kitchener Ontario recounts a seven year stay in Germany from 1939 after attending her daughter's funeral. War forced her to endure Hamburg bombings and a home wrecked by bombs. Now back in Canada she finds life there preferable and praises Canadian soldiers as popular occupation troops in Germany.
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Germany
Ernie Juergens
Kitchener
Ont
Ermany
Population Growth and Immigration for Canada Postwar Needs
The commentary argues that 12,000,000 people cannot sustain Canada’s vast land and wealth. It advocates increased immigration to expand the domestic market amid postwar industrial and agricultural growth. The current 4,000 Polish farm workers are the first contingent of a long term plan.
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Canada
Price Control And Rationing Information Update
Wartime readers learn which meat and butter coupons in ration book No 5 become invalid on August 31 and which remain valid. Q and A cover sugar ration increases to 41 pounds per person this year and reporting requirements for farm butter used at home. Also notes about spare Q coupons for meat after August 22 and local Wartime Prices and Trade Board inquiries.
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Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
International regulation urged for Atlantic fishing banks
Capt Ben MacKenzie president of the Canadian Fishermen's Union says an international body should regulate fishing off Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. He notes French plans for 32 new trawlers risk crowding the Banks and urges depositions from vessels to Ottawa on foreign trawler impact while calling for national or international controls.
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Halifax
Atlantic
Ben MacKenzie
Canadian Fishermen’s Union
MacKenzie
Atlantic Fishermen's Union
Boston
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Federal Fisheries Department
Quero
Aviation Advances in Canada’s War Production
The Victoria Times notes Canada’s wartime efficiency in aircraft production and the North Star, a 40 passenger transport capable of 3500 miles non stop at 325 mph and 28000 feet, as evidence of the country’s growing air-age capabilities in both building and flying modern planes.
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Canada
North Star
Dominion
Victoria Times
Ottawa clears final reading on jury reforms for Saskatchewan and Alberta
The commons passed a bill amending the criminal code to change jury selection. Saskatchewan would return to a 12-man panel while Alberta retains six jurors with an enhanced system allowing 2636 challenges.
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Ottawa
the Commons
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Princess Elizabeth to celebrate 21st birthday in Cape Town
Buckingham Palace announced the King has approved plans for Princess Elizabeth to celebrate her 21st birthday at Government House in Cape Town when she comes of age next April 21. She will travel with Princess Margaret and the King and Queen to South Africa on a royal tour starting February 17. The 21st birthday celebration will occur before the family returns to Britain.
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Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Government House
Cape Town
Margaret
South Africa
Britain
Gems of Thought Quotations on Virtue and Self-Improvement
A collection of quotes on self-reliance discipline and virtue from Lincoln Le Conte Quarles Liddon Eddy and Horace Mann. The passages urge building one’s own house through effort cultivating truth and moral purity and pursuing higher understanding.
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