Treeless Prairie Recedes as Forestry Drive Expands Planting
Western Canada has largely shed its treeless plains over three decades as the federal tree planting program distributed over 117 million seedlings since 1901. About 4 million trees per year, with species including Caragana, Manitoba maple, ash, poplar, and willow, shelter farms and beautify the landscape in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
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Canada
Department of Interior
Department of Agriculture
Prairie Provinces
Indian Head
Sutherland
Saskatchewan
Prairie
Manitoba
Alberta
Dominion Seed Branch overview and duties
The Dominion Seed Branch promotes superior seeds for domestic and export use. It inspects seed crops for registration and purity, grades field seeds from samples, maintains labs for seeds and agro products, informs markets, and develops marketing. It administers several acts and operates seven inspection districts with service labs.
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Dominion Seed Branch
Canada
Big sale of Canadian tobacco boosts Ontario growers
A major English tobacco manufacturer buys 8,000,000 pounds of Ontario grown tobacco. The deal completes the sale of 24,000,000 pounds of flue cured barley to tobacco produced in Norfolk County, Ontario, returning about 4,000,000 dollars to growers. Canadian tobacco exports rise with quality gains and favorable tariffs in the British Isles.
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England
Ontario
Norfolk County
British Isles
Canada
British Empire
Means What It Says At Altar In Prince Edward Island
A brief note recalls the phrase until death do us part as couples wed. The province saw no divorce actions in 1932 and only two divorces have been recorded since Confederation.
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Prince Edward Islanders
Canadian Oats Introduced To China By Missionary Effort
Canadian oats acclimatized to western China are being distributed from West China Union University to government farms and Szechwan hill tribes for 1933 sowing. Rev. Frank Dickinson first brought the seed across eight years ago and has tended it yearly, with rice as the main staple in Chengtu and corn among hill tribes. The program remains experimental and awaiting commercial development.
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China
West China Union University
Chengtu
Szechwan
Canada
Frank Dickinson
Simple Wardrobe Patterns For Brother And Sister
Easily made patterns for an underwaist with bloomers for sister and pants for brother that button to the waist. Requires little material and can be sewn quickly. Remnants offer big savings on sturdy fabrics like batiste and dimity. Style No. 848 fits sizes 2, 4, 6 and years. size 4 needs 14 yards of 35 inch fabric. Pattern costs 20 cents.
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Brother
Batiste
Imported Turnips Boost Canadian Trade Says Railways
Canadian National Railways reports turnips from Eastern Ontario and Prince Edward Island expanding U S markets from New England to Florida and Texas. In the past year at least 2000 carloads or about 1 2 million bushels were shipped in refrigerated cars to U S points.
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U.S
Canadian National Railways
Canada
Agricultural Department of the Railroad
United States
New England
Florida
Texas
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
New York
Overseas buyers sign to visit British Industries Fair in London and Birmingham
More than 30 percent more overseas buyers have signified intentions to attend the British Industries Fair at Olympia and the White City London and Castle Bromwich Birmingham, a new record ahead of the February 20 to March 3 event. The department sent out 6000 invitations across about 100 overseas countries and territories. Exhibitor area is 21 percent larger than prior fairs.
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Olympia
White City
London
Castle Bromwich
Birmingham
Music study urged for business success in Toronto
Edward Johnson urges schools to teach music as a valuable adjunct to success in salesmanship and business. He is a Gulph Ontario native and renowned tenor with the New York Metropolitan Opera. The article notes over 250,000 flowering plant varieties in the British Isles.
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Toronto
Edward Johnson
Gulph, Ont
New York Metropolitan Opera Company
British Isles
Canada Dominates Wheat Championship And Currency Debate
Canada has won the world wheat championship eighteen times since 1911, with Herman Treille of Wembley Alberta prevailing in 1932. The piece notes heavy exchange-rate losses for Canadians in the U S and quotes the Saginaw News on their concerns, while acknowledging Canada’s strong export performance and no bank failures.
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Canada
Chicago
Herman Treille
Wembley
Peace River
Alberta
Seager Wheelr
Saskatchan
United States
Dominion
Republic
Saginaw
Michigan
New York
Toronto Globe
Russia Orders Bread and Sugar Ration Cuts for Housewives
On the eve of the five year plan end Russian housewives under 56 lose bread and sugar rations starting January. The move, part of a no work no food policy, aims to push women into industry and undermine the home as the family unit. A Moscow census counted about 100000 housewives, with a projected drop by half by year end. 18 percent were over 60.
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Russia
Moscow
Stream Flow Declines Across Middle West and Southern Alberta
The Dommon Water Power and Hydrometric Bureau reports continued below normal stream flow in the Middle West and southern Alberta after May and June runoff. July to October flows run 60 to 70 percent of average, while southern Saskatchewan summer runoff from May to October averages 23 to 35 percent of normal.
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Alberta
Dommon Water Power and Hydrometric Bureau
Department of the Interior
Saskatchewan
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Dominion Seed
Germany
Ww. N. UL
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Ruth Rogers
British Industries Fair
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
U. S
The
Wheat Kings
Henry Holmes
Paul Gerlach
Seager Wheeler
Ewan
Sam Larcombe
Saskatch
J. C. Mitchell
G. W. Kraft
Montana
R. O. Wyler
H. G. L. Strange
J. P. Yates
U.S.A
Herman Trelle
C. Edson Smith
Jos. H. B. Smith
France
Amy
Amy Johnson Mollison
Cape Town
Paris
Croydon
Middle West
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