One Royal Road to Prosperity for the Farmer
Prof. Shaw of the University of Saskatchewan argues mixed farming is the sure path to prosperity for farmers. He cites wheat failures, suggests cows, pigs, and hens diversify income, and notes Canadian success at international grain shows while Saskatchewan seed origin plays a role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alse
Saskatchewan
Canada
Prof
Shaw
University of Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
Up-to-Date Logging Camp for Ford in Michigan
Henry Ford’s Sidnan Michigan camp hosts modern amenities for loggers dubbed lumber ladies by elder workers. The camp includes recreation rooms, bathrooms, sanitary mess halls, steam heat, electric Hehis, cement sidewalks, motion pictures, and hot and cold water, reflecting a sharp upgrade from past moonlit work conditions. Businessmen and former loggers recall cruder times and marvel at the new comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Sidnan
Mich
Ford
English workers leaving farms decline in 1925 agricultural workforce
The 1925 June 4 agricultural returns show 83 257 workers employed on England and Wales holdings, down 3 176 from 1924 but up 30 506 from 1923. Men employed rose from 1974 levels while there was a drop in boys and youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England and
Wales
Cannibal Spiders Confined in Isolated Jars at Zoo
A real cannibal spider exhibit opens in the Zoo insect house with large bird eating spiders traveling from tropics and kept apart in two glass jars due to their habit of preying on each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
England
Tropics
French Railwaymen Color Blind in French Railways
A French Academy of Science report attributes railway wrecks to ill health or physical deficiency among workers. M Seba, a sculist for the Alsace Lorraine Railway, notes ten in every 106 railwaymen in France are color blind regarding green and red.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Academy of Science
M. Seba
Cculizt
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Man’s cruel act shatters ideal of the golden rule
A harsh deed against a person who once inspired trust tests the premise of treating others as one wishes to be treated. The incident exposes how harm breaks moral reciprocity and prompts reflection on forgiveness and consequences.
Ten Month Figures Show Decrease In Grants In Western Canada
Official returns show from January 1 to October 31 Western Canada recorded 3 144 homestead and 437 soldier grants covering about 572 900 acres, a drop from 1974 when 3 152 homesteads and 480 soldier grants totaling 582 120 acres were recorded. October alone logged 523 free grant homesteads across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia with Moose Jaw division notes citing reopens for resident entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Moose Jaw
Iodine in Foods and Sea Sources
The article notes iodine scarcity inland and and urges coastal intake from sea air and seafood. It lists seaweed lobsters cod liver oil clams oysters shrimp rockfish bluefish white perch Spanish mackerel tautog cod haddock as rich iodine sources and mentions natural sea salt as iodine rich while refined salt lacks it. Iodized salt offered as partial substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Manitoba Dairy Courses Announced By Agricultural College
Five short courses in dairying are announced for the spring term at the Manitoba Agricultural College. The Dairy School course runs Jan 4 to March 19, covering creamery butter making, dairy product testing, ice cream making, cream separators, cheese making, judging, bacteriology, refrigeration, forage crops, engineering, chemistry, dairy cattle and arithmetic, with emphasis on practical dairy work and creameries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Agricultural College
Spurgeon Refutes Tobacco Foes With Biblical Hint
An article recounts a1950s or earlier tale of C H Spurgeon. A devout parishioner argues tobacco will vanish by 2025. Spurgeon replies a Bible reference in Psalm 4 6 mentions passing through the Valley of Baraq. The exchange highlights his wit and steadiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Spurgeon
Cubit lengths through ancient measures
The article notes varying cubit lengths across cultures. It cites Arbuthnot on the Hebrew cubit about 22 inches, the Roman cubit 17.25 inches, and the old English cubit 18 inches, using Noahs Ark measurement as a reference point in 2H8 B.C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbuthnot
Faraday Allocation in 19th Century Corn Famine
A fragment notes Nine year old Michael Faraday received one loaf of bread per week as his allowance during the corn famine era in England under government policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Faraday
England
Drastic Steps Urged Against Foot and Mouth Disease
The English Livestock Journal argues for slaughter as the only safe method to control the outbreak once it appears in the country. It dismisses home remedies from Europe and warns that failure could leave the countryside emaciated with cattle sheep and pigs unfit for dairy or meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of Agriculture
Holland
Begium
France
Germany
English Livestock Journal
Land reform speech by MacDonald urges home settlement plan
In Britain, former premier Ramasay MacDonald declares land is wasted and calls for a national land development scheme. He backs emigration to dominions only if coordinated with overseas Labour parties and proposes half ownership schemes to settle people at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramasay MacDonald
Britain
Dominions
MacDonald
Danish Farm Methods Studied by British Students
Danish farm methods may now be studied by British agricultural students at the International Peoples' College in Elisnore Denmark. The college started in 1921 with 24 students and last year hosted 66 from Britain Germany and Scandinavian countries. Courses cover folk schools and Danish agriculture cooperation study circles and the Scandinavian labor movement and literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Peoples’ College
Elisnore
Denmark
Britain
Germany
Scandinavian Labor Movement
Literatire
Daughters Urged Into Family Business Roles
Lady Rhondda champions daughters taking active shares in their father's business. Mrs. Sidney Small praised this view during an address on English women in political life at the Business and Professional Women's Club in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhondda
Sidney Small
C!rb
Toronto
Elevator Screenings and Grades for Western Canada Grain Crop
Elevator screenings with dockage removed are sold subject to inspection certificates. They typically contain 0 or more chaff and weed seeds. recleaning removes most refuse. Recleaned screenings and oat scalpings form two main products, with oat scalpings weighing 35 to 40 pounds per bushel in the 1926 crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Great Lakes
Geo. H. Clark
Dominion
Manitoba Wheat Pool Announces Winter Meeting Tour
The Manitoba Wheat Pool will hold about four hundred meetings across the province this winter to promote cooperative marketing and pool education. Six field men cover districts with four meetings each locally and a central talk by R A Hoey. Carberry Neepawa and Minnedosa report large crowds and about 400 attendees, while smaller gatherings range from 12 to 150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Wheat Pool Organization
R. A. Hoey
Manitoba Pool
Carberry
Neepawa
Minnedosa
Hoey
Manitoba Achieves Tubercular Free Zone In Canada
Manitoba reports the first tubercular free area in Canada centered on Carman and expanding to Gray with ten townships. Agriculture and Dominion health of animals cooperated while ten veterinary inspectors tested 6414 cattle. Reactor rate 6.1 percent with 391 reactors shipped and 141 herds infected. Compensation paid to reactor owners totaled 10006 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Canada
Carman
Gray
Provincial Department of Agriculture
Dominion Health of Animals
London population equals size of Australia
A claim states that London's population is equivalent to the entire population of Australia. The statement compares city density to national scale, suggesting London houses as many people as Australia in total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Australia
Leeds angler lands giant rainbow trout in British Columbia
A Leeds gentleman, W. A. Wade, fishing at Shuswap Lake near Sicamous, BC, battled a 17 1 2 pound rainbow trout for forty minutes. The 36 inch behemoth, with a 24 1 2 inch girth, set a local record and was displayed in Montreal before Wade received it. He also won the Shuswap Lake Club season prize of fishing tackle valued at $25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
England
Shuswap Lake
Sicamous
British Columbia
Inin
W. A. Wade
Kate
Mr. Wade
Shuswap Lake Club
Barren Lani Of The North Might Hold Great Value
A rancher from near Nanton Alberta and a 33 head Chicago shipment sold at 11.50 per hundredweight, the season’s top grass cattle price. The cattle averaged 1395 pounds and travelled open range without grain. Ottawa notes northern Canada exploration and argues for a descriptive term Northern Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. EB. Cross
Nanton
Alta
Chicago
Chicago Commission
Cross
Alberta
British Columbia
Crosa
United States
Winnipeg
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Canada
Samuel Hearne
Hudson's Bay Company
Arctic
Coppermine River
Franklin
Back
Simpson
Arpi Deace
G. H. Blanchet
F.R.G
Northera Ara
Alsots Fisheries
Mr. Blanchet
Plains
Western
Western Plaine
Heifer Sets World Record for Butter Fat in Canada
Farleigh St Mawes Retta a senior yearling Jersey heifer from Dominion experimental Station Summerland BC set a new world record for her breed and age under Canadian record of performance rules. The 9,013 pounds milk and 524 pounds fat in 305 days surpasses Golden Lad's Josephine 2nd with 10,532 pounds milk and 507 pounds fat in 205 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Farleigh St. Mawes
Golden Lad
Josephine 2Nd
Sherman Nursery Company
Iowa
Record Wheat Marketing Reaches Unmatched Canadian Pacific Milestone
The Canadian Pacific Railway reports November marketing of all grains at 69,310,780 bushels with 39,522 car loadings, a rate of about one twentieth of a car each minute across twenty five working days. Western crop movement to lakes and Vancouver through November 27 totals 142,958,957 bushels, down from 165,259,508 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
Western Lines
Canada
Western Canada
Head of the Lakes
Vancouver
Canada’s first domestic war loan recalled after over-subscription
The department of finance warns holders the interest stopped December 1 and the due date for repayment arrives. Redeemable at chartered banks and receiver general offices across Canada. The original $56,006,000 issue was recalled and increased to $160,090,000 by oversubscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Finance
Canada
Pioneer Publisher Warren Lambert Dies in Winnipeg at 59
Warren Lambert, a pioneer publisher and printer from Chatham Ontario, died November 27 in Winnipeg at age 59. He helped found The Cariboo B.C. Sentinel after early work on the Victoria Colonist and packing press over the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Lambert
Chatham
Ontario
Winnipeg
Mr. Lambert
Canada
Victoria
Cariboo B.C
Eastern producers adopt seed grain plans in three prairie provinces
Eastern Canada now notes the success of registered seed grain production demonstrated by growers groups in the prairie provinces. New organizations form as Kemptville Seed Barley Growers Association concentrates on barley while Fredericton District Co operative Seed Growers' Association focuses on Danner and Victory oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Kemptville Seed Barley Growers’ Association
Fredericton District
BC Seed Potatoes Aimed at European Trade Exhibit
An exhibit from the British Columbia potato show will be forwarded to the BC House in London to promote European interest in BC seed tubers. The aim is to develop international trade by highlighting the quality of BC grown potatoes to European buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
B. C. House
London
England
Europe
B. C
Seven Mennonite Families Profit from Alberta Land Lease
Seven Mennonite families who arrived in Western Canada last fall in a permiless condition have cleared 26 000 dollars by leasing 2 686 acres of farmland at Provoect Alberta. The profit is reported by T C F Herzer manager of the Canadian Colonization Association. Canada can have no better advertising than the publication of the facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Provoect
Alberta
T. C. F. Herzer
Canadian Colonization Association
Financial Post
Surgeons May Swap Scalpels for Delicate Electric Needles
Dr. Howard A. Kelly of Baltimore predicts that fine electric needles that part tissues before contact will soon replace many scalpels used by surgeons, signaling a shift in operating room technique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard A. Kelly
Baltimore
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Agricultural College
Spurgeon
Ramsay MacDonald
Elisnore College
Manitoba Wheat Pool
Brough
Heifer
Dominion Experimental Station
Summerland
B.C
C.P.R
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