Ice wells urged to improve cream cooling for Canada farms
The Canadian Interior Department and Dairy Commissioner in Saskatchewan advocate farm refrigeration to cut losses from spoiled dairy by using an ice well system. They cite New Zealand experience showing higher cream grades and better butter quality, with the ice well described as a cheap, sanitary, and effective feature for rural cooling.
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Canada
Fleet
Casketchewan
Reed
Thoroud
Nature
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
New Zealand
Dominion
Great Britain
Demarik
Anetrasia
Russia
Finland
Holland
Sweden
Norway
Britain
Dental clues on milk teeth and early eruption noted
An article explains the sequence of baby teeth from first emergence around six to seven months through the full temporary set by age two and shedding around seven, stressing proper spacing, potential crowding, and consulting a dentist. It also includes light quirky anecdotes and jokes.
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Sonny
Feeding Concentrates To Dairy Cows At Gap Rouge Station
Experimental work over five winters at the Gap Rouge Quebec experimental station tested feeding three meal to milk ratios in dairy cows. Milk output rose with meal but cost per 100 pounds of milk rose less than proportionally, suggesting high meal feeding profits when milk or cream fetches high prices, yet sparing meal is best for average factory milk buyers.
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Gap Rouge
Quebec
Prideful Porter Blushes Red Nose Jest
A station porter with a very red nose amuses passing travellers. The new station master asks why, and the porter replies that the redness comes from pride because it does not poke into others affairs.
Radio Health Talks Across Canada Sponsored by Health Authorities
A chain of Canadian radio stations airs weekly health talks produced by leading medical and lay authorities. The series is released through the Canadian Social Hygiene Council and individual stations to educate the public.
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Iisacob m mm
Canadian Social Hygiene Council
To the Woman Who Carries Her Age Well Life Is Not Heavy
A poetic line praises a woman who bears aging gracefully, framing age as light rather than a burden. It extols dignity, resilience, and quiet strength without detailing specific events or people.
Grain yields rise through Swedish farming experiments
Swedish farmers and researchers report success from long term grain and vegetable improvement programs. Selection and crossing at institutions like Svalev have lifted yield potential, with wheat varieties showing significant gains and some crops maintaining traits despite environmental changes.
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Sweden
H Nilsson-Ehre
Svalev
Mufti Allowance Extends to Ordinary British Soldier
The War Office announces that ordinary British soldiers may walk out in mufti if their records are clean, matching officers and NCOs. The privilege has been extended to all ranks up to sergeant and now applies to Germany as well to improve conduct.
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War Office
Kept Apples 24 Years Claim Highlighted by Mrs Custer
Mrs B H Custer of Eaton Rapids Michigan lays claim to a long distance apple drying championship. She displays pies baked from apples packed at her Ionia county home twenty four years ago to support her claim.
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B. H. Custer
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Ionia Country
Indiana study on juvenile delinquency costs and cure
Officials compare the costs of reforming delinquent youths versus imprisoning them. Indiana’s prisoners cost $350 per year per prisoner, while probation records suggest $30 annually per delinquent boy yields three in four straightened lives. Early treatment is presented as more lasting and cheaper.
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Indiana
Oxford Professor Proposes Trained Baboon Servant by 20 Years
Professor Frederick Lindemann of Oxford predicts a baboon could be bred and trained in twenty years to perform simple household tasks such as dusting and sweeping. He told the London Sunday News that science will advance most in physical and biological fields over the next fifty years, not mechanical ones.
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Oxford
Frederick Alexander Iindemann
Donegal
London Sunday News
Lindesmann
Canada’s winter sports tradition through the decades
Canada has long valued winter sports from skating and tobogganing to snowshoeing, with urban growth and indoor pursuits driving outdoor exercise. Skiing curling ice boating and hockey have since joined as popular activities.
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Canada
West Indies Cruise Sparks Recaptured Adventure
A Canadian Pacific liner Mont royal sails from New York on January 26 and February 29 for a 23 day voyage to the West Indies. The trip celebrates the romance of exploration and piracy era with stops near Cuba Jamaica Panama Colombia Curacao Porto Rico Nassau and Bermuda.
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West Indies
Hner
Mon‘troyal
New York
Columbus
Ponce de Leon
Drake
Cortes
Hawkins
Cuba
Spain
Jamaica
Panama
Colombia
Hispaniola
Curacao
Holland
Caribbean
Porto Rico
Ponce de Jean
Nassau
Bahamas
Bermuda
Futility Of War Warns Against Endless Armaments
Field Marshal Sir William Robertson told Lincoln Chamber of Commerce that Britain must pursue a sensible path to reduce armaments while avoiding futile war methods. He argued strong forces are costly and ineffective, urging a shift toward peaceable international dispute resolution. The Times notes Britain’s defence budget rise and naval expansion plans, alongside criticism from Lord Rothermere and Lord Salisbury.
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Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
William Robertson
Great Britain
Lord Rothermere
Lord Roberness
Lord Salisbury
Mars
Congress
Times
London Spectator
Profitable Industry as Vancouver Island Christmas Trees Grow
Vancouver Island forests fuel a booming Christmas tree trade with exports reaching many thousands. Most trees come from private lands and provide a lucrative autumn occupation for farmers. Officials say taking trees from exhausted or second growth lands harms nothing lasting, though topping maturing trees for holiday use is discouraged.
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Vancouver Island
Canadian Forestry Association
Coast
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Prince David as Heir Named by Dowager Lady Radnor Claim
A newly published book cites Dowager Lady Radnor's claim that Prince David was chosen as Wales name on grounds Britons descend from the lost ten tribes of Israel and the royal line traces to King David. The assertion is presented as her theory.
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Prince of Wales
David
Lady Radnor
Israel
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