Royal Agricultural dinner honors farm club champions
Hon. Robert Weir presented trophies to winning Boys and Girls Farm Club teams at a Toronto dinner. Ontario won Dairy Cattle and Seed projects, Alberta claimed Beef Cattle, Nova Scotia Poultry, Saskatchewan Swine, and Quebec Potato championships. The Governor General sent a message expressing support for the program.
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Toronto
Robert Weir
Dominion
Ontario
Markham
Durham County
Durham County Boys’ Grain Club
Alberta
Lacombe
Nova Scotia
Cambridge Poultry Club
Saskatchewan
Watrous Swine
Ste. Sabine
Quebec
Weir
Canadian Council of Boys
Council
Syd
Bessborough
Salmon Way Breaks Barrier on Magaguadavic River
The Dominion Fisheries built a high fishway on the Magaguadavic river in New Brunswick to help salmon reach spawning beds. After two years with no ascent, the fish began using the passage from 1932 and have returned each year since, despite earlier doubts.
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Dominion Department of Fisheries
Magaguadavic River
New Brunswick
Dominion Department
Magaguadavic
Dominion
Magaguadavic Region
Historic 108-year-old apple tree linked to Hudson's Bay Fort Vancouver
The 108 year old apple tree at Fort Vancouver Washington, planted in 1826 by Hudson's Bay Company officers, has yielded fruit annually since its first harvest. Seeds dropped in London, planted by Dr McLoughlin’s gardener, first produced a single apple, then 20 the next year, and has fruited every year since.
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Canada
North America
Dominion
Fort Vancouver
Washington
Hudson's Bay Company
Oregon
Great Britain
United States
49Th Parallel
Camosan
Vancouver Island
Victoria
Fort Camosan
Queen Victoria
London
England
Captain Simpson
Hudson's Bay
Dr. McLoughlin
Rare British wild cattle arrive at Toronto zoo
The Zoological Park at High Park Toronto has received a pair of native British wild cattle from the Scottish Zoological Society. The cattle are a slowly vanishing race formerly roaming much of the British Isles and are all white with horns hoof tips muzzles and ears remaining colored.
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Zoological Park
High Park
Toronto
Scottish Zoological Society
British Isles
London airport Croydon draws near eighty thousand visitors
In the past year nearly 80,000 sightseers from many nations visited Croydon Airport London. Meanwhile South African natives are being trained to wear rubber-soled shoes.
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London
Croydon
South Africa
Color schemes boost factory efficiency and mood
Designers and factory owners adopt colorful schemes to raise output and ease worker strain. Studies note orange machinery stimulates workers while glass-walled facilities use light pastels. A manufacturer even changed milling-machine castings from gray to bright red for effect.
Survey maps for Great Britain planned under Col. MacLeod
The new Director-General of the Ordnance Survey Col onel Malcolm MacLeod takes charge of creating official maps for about 16 million acres in England and Wales. The plan notes aerial surveys using special photographic gear to map flats and elevations, with aeroplanes likely to be employed. MacLeod previously mapped India.
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Great Britain
Ordnance Survey
Malcolm MacLeod
D.S.O
M.C
England
Wales
MacLeod
India
Beavers Use Wind to Finish Cutting Through Trees
Beavers leave a fine core in trunks and rely on gusts to finish the job rather than gnawting completely through the trunk, reducing risk to themselves.
Silver Solder Strengthens Joints in Plumbing Use
Silver is now used in American kitchens and baths to join pipes. Metallurgists report silver solder creates joints stronger than the pipes and highly resistant to corrosion, promising sanitary plumbing. The article notes plumbing history from ancient Egypt and Rome to brass copper and now silver.
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Maries
Long English Farm Tenure Traced to 1675 at Ballard's Farm
Ballard's Farm in Tinhead Wiltshire, owned by Mr P B Pepler since 1910, shows tenure by his family for 259 years based on written records to 1675 and a tradition of occupancy since Henry VIII. Pepler expects to extend the family hold. The article also notes an African elephant's ears may measure up to five by three feet.
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England
Ballard
Tinhead
Wilts
P. B. Pepler
Peplers
Henry VIII
Pepler
Early Methods Of Writing Through Ages
The article traces writing from cave scratches and marks on bone guards to symbols on rock and metal. It notes Egyptian scrolls on papyrus, Aborigines’ message sticks, and shifts from Greek influence to Roman, Gothic, and modern handwriting styles. It concludes with rising literacy and public schools boosting writing skills.
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Australia
Egypt
Vatican
Whitewash formulas for farm buildings and outdoor use
The article details Dominion Experimental Station recipes for hard wearing indoor whitewash and waterproof outdoor whitewash. Indoor mix includes lime hot water salt alum lye and cement for creaminess and disinfection. outdoors adds quicklime salt zinc sulfate skim milk and optional alum.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Scott, Sask
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