Water districts urged to revive drought areas in western Canada
T C Main of Winnipeg proposed water districts to provide dry region farmers with domestic, stock, garden, and hay water. He warned drought threatens prosperity from the Rockies to Ontario and urged comprehensive study, cost analysis, and a major dam project on the South Saskatchewan River to lift water for Moose Jaw Regina Weyburn and more.
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T. C. Main
AMELC
Winnipeg
The
Engineering Institute of Canada
Dreath
Rocky Mountains
Ontario
North Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Europe
Prairies
Drouth
South Saskatchewan River
Riverhurst
Vermillion Hills
Moose Jaw
Regina
Weyburn
Prairie Provinces
Mr. Main
Summerside Fox Ranch: Parasite Control and Diet Experiments
The Dominion Experimental Farms at Summerside P E I report progress on controlling external parasites in silver foxes by thrice yearly kerosene spray of kennels nests and pens. They study vitamin A and D supplementation for pup growth and rachitic conditions and examine protein on fur development and alternatives to fresh meat for summer diets. They also investigate iodine needs of foxes in captivity.
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Fox Ranch
Summerside
P.E.I
Dominion
A cheerful liar preferred to a truth-telling truth hurts man
A writer argues that a cheerful liar is preferable to the completely reliable man who tells the painful truth, suggesting wit and optimism trump blunt honesty in certain social dynamics.
Rise of Canadian canned tomatoes reshapes trade
The article notes a dramatic shift in public opinion and trade as canned tomatoes become Canada’s leading exported food product. From scarce attention ten years ago to 1934 exports reaching nearly 10 million pounds to 31 countries, with the British Isles taking 9 million pounds. Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia lead production across about 20 000 acres, meeting both domestic and international demand.
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Canada
British Isles
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Repairing furniture to protect linoleum with new heels
The piece advises using composition material or heavy felt to renew worn furniture heels and cut neat heels for tables and chests. It suggests tacking them with headless nails that sink below the surface to prevent floor marks.
Zoning For Fertilizer Needs For Cereal Production In Prairies
Brigadier General Alex Ross, Dominion president of the Canadian Legion, says Canada has done a fairly good job caring for ex soldiers. Fertilizer trials in Manitoba during 1929 1990 and 1931 suggest a prairie wide zoning for cereal fertilizer, with phosphate in the south, phosphate with nitrogen in northern areas, and nitrogen phosphate in the wooded belt, plus local potash as needed.
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Canada
Alex Ross
Yorkton
Sask
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Ottawa
Ross
Australia
British Empire Service League
Manitoba
Canadian
West
Prairies
Canberra's Planned Garden City Takes Shape
Canberra Australia grows into a garden city with two and a half million trees and shrubs forty miles of hedges and twenty thousand roses planted. Walter Burley Griffin designed a mosaic like layout with walks gardens and boulevards forming one of the largest landscape schemes ever attempted.
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Canberra
Australia
Walter Burley Griffen
Chicago
Lens care tips for better snapshots by Jin Van Guilder
The Snap shot Guild urges photographers to clean their lenses using a soft linen handkerchief and even breathe on the lens to remove smudges and fingerprints. It recommends removing lens parts carefully, avoiding pressure, and notes the link between lens upkeep and photographic satisfaction. A recommended book, How to Take Good Pictures, offers beginner and advanced guidance and illustrations.
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Guild
Goose migrates from Jack Miner to North Carolina return
Report from Jack Miner sanctuary describes twenty five Canada geese sent to Winnipeg then released with western birds. One returned to Grandy North Carolina for winter, suggesting complex migratory knowledge. most banded geese travel east of the Mississippi. Scientists urged to study navigation and Arctic summering behavior.
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Jack Miner
Winnipeg
North Carolina
Manitoba
Department of Interior
Ottawa
Carl Munn
Hamilton Bird Society
Winnipeg Free Press
Grant Lake
Hudson Bay
Grandy
Atlantic Seaboard
Kingsville
Ontario
Canada
Detroit
Mich
Atlantic
Carrituck Sound
Mississippi
Arctic
Northwest
Miner Bird Sanctuary
Coring
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Ww. N. U
Snapshot Guild
Jin van Guilder
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