West Diversifies Farming Shows Rapid Expansion
Senator W. A. Buchanan highlights Alberta leading Canada in per capita hog marketing and dairy production, arguing diversifying farming reduces wheat dependence. He notes Alberta’s 1933 hogs 1,032,169 and dairy gains, compares with Ontario and Quebec, cites market needs abroad, and predicts Alberta may lead Canada in hog production as wheat acreage shifts.
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No. 534 Cunard White Star Propulsion Advances at Clydebank
Rapid progress in building the propelling machinery for the Cunard White Star superliner No 534 to be launched by Queen Mary at Clydebank. The installation will be the most powerful yet, with 60 000 tubes in condensers, 257 000 turbine blades hand tested, and shafts totaling about 230 feet. Props are manganese bronze and cast by the Hood foundry, with sections to be fitted after launching.
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Clydebank
Queen Mary
Britannia
Western Farmers Favor Tree Belt Plan Across Dried Prairies
Saskatchewan farmers urge federal action on a tree belt across the desolate prairies. Canadian Forestry Association's Alan Beaven cites seven benefits including cooling, wind breakup, moisture conservation, and habitat gains for insectivorous birds. He notes most costs would go to farmers for labor as a relief measure. Regina Leader-Post.
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United States
Saskatchewan
Prairies
Alan Beaven
Canadian Forestry Association
Tree Planting Car
Manitoba
Alberta
Mr. Beaven
Regina
Girls Take Up Dentistry Profession Attractive To Formosas
Miss Dorothy C. Douglas, principal of a Formosan dental school, says Formosan girls are drawn to dentistry. She notes one graduate is an excellent dentist and offers reduced prices to Christian patients as part of her practice during her Winnipeg furlough from Lucknow Ontario.
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Chicago
Halifax
Winter Livestock Plans Considered in Calgary Meeting
A Calgary gathering of a Dominion Agricultural Credit Company group and members from the Central Alberta Feeders Association and regional co operatives debated two winter feeding schemes for Western cattle. One would buy feeder cattle with the credit company funding most of the price. the farmer would contribute the balance. The second proposed the credit company advance 50 percent of steer value to help farmers carry stock through to spring.
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Calgary
Dominion Agricultural Credit Company
Central Alberta Feeders’ Association
Olds and Southern Alberta Co-operative Association
Credit Company
Farmer Gambler Against the Weather and Pests
The piece frames the farmer as the world’s greatest gambler, wagering against weather, soil, grasshoppers, army worms, and other plagues. He wins occasionally with large returns, but often loses and must try again, a fate that oddly sustains global food supply.
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