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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1922
Page
5
The Dominion Experimental Farms System in Canada began about 74 years ago and now includes 32 farms stations and substations across the country. Directed by the Experimental Farms Branch the network tests livestock crops and soils and provides reports bulletins and field demonstrations to aid farmers nationwide.
The Department of Soldiers' Civil Reestablishment announced that a check for relief of unemployed ex Canadian soldiers remaining in the British Isles has been forwarded via the Canadian high commissioner's London office. About 26,000 former Canadian soldiers still reside in Great Britain, and training and treatment are provided by the Imperial Government on the same terms as for former Imperial soldiers in Canada.
Construction starts on a modern seed extraction plant in New Westminster. It will dry cones and extract seed in one process, handling half a ton every six hours. BC Forestry Service aims for 120 tons annually. Government seed requirements include 2000 pounds Douglas Fir and 3000 pounds Sitka spruce yearly. Fir cones come from Fraser Valley and spruce from Queen Charlotte Islands.
The famed Karasaki pine by Lake Biwa, about 200 years old and a Shiga cultural icon, died. A solemn ceremony under Kasai of Hiyoshi Shrine transferred its spirit into a 60 year old seedling to honor the Matsu lineage, with over a hundred dignitaries present.
E. S. Archibald, Director of Dominion Farms, told the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists that starting with four farms and five divisions in 1884, the system now includes 22 farms 7 sub stations tobacco stations and over 100 illustrative farms. He says experimental work saves Canadian farmers fifty to sixty million dollars annually.
The Begum of Bhopal proclaims a new constitution for Bhopal Central India with an executive and legislative council. A Prince of Wales visit dispatch notes public enthusiasm. A Literary or Scientific Competition Act offers annual cash prizes starting at 5000 dollars. Gelra in Portuguese East Africa is described as a zine city for buildings and many items.
J Emile Vanter a Montreal civil engineer reports rapid postwar soil fertility return across Europe. He notes not a square foot wasted as French peasants reestablish farming. Limestone by products and crushed lime help neutralize soil acidity, aiding quick productivity rebound in Belgium and surrounding areas.
Swiss guide Rudolf Remmer, based at Lake Louise, forecasts a record climbing season in 1922. He and four other guides train novices, summit routes near Lake Louise, and emphasize sturdy boots and rope safety.
A 1867 reflection on hard times and resilience contrasts past hardships with later optimism. It argues future prosperity comes from patience, charity, and hard work, urging Americans to stop dwelling on hard times and to unite in faith and effort to lift the economy.
Brig-General G H Dean of Sydney Australia, returning from health sojourns, disembarked on the Montcalm in St John. He plans to spend time in Canada to study farming methods, praising Scottish and English practices of soil fertility, crop yields, and up to date farming, noting Scotland’s sixty bushels per acre versus Australia and Canada.
Lord Northcliffe notes a vast German propaganda machine. He cites Berlin sponsored newspapers and cinema, aiming to sow trouble among France and Britain, America and Britain, Japan and Britain, and India and Britain. The piece warns of smuggled half truths about Egypt India Japan and China.
Experiments at the London Air Station use hydrogen balloons with a hair and brass ring device to measure fog height. Moisture keeps the ring in place. when the air dries, the ring releases and a cord length records the fog’s altitude.
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