Garnet Wheat Sparks Interest Among Western Canadian Farmers
Garnet Ottawa 652, a new wheat variety from the central experimental farm at Ottawa, shows promise in Alberta and western districts. Seed demand is high as tests continue. Garnet matures faster than Marquis and may yield more, with frost resistance data still limited.
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Canada
Ottawa
Central Experimental Farm
Prairie Farm Era
G. E. de Long
DSA
Dominion Experimental Farm
Lacombe
Alta
Alberta
Marquis
de Long
United States
Mr. de Long
Finding Farm Loans Costly Rural Credits Act Burden
Manitoba reports show a loss of more than 650 000 since the Rural Credits Act. Johan Wylie, superintendent, notes eight months of the current year reduced principal and interest by about 380 000 across 74 societies. Outstanding debt stands at 2 336 531 with 176 874 in unpaid interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
J. Bracken
Johan Wylie
RCMP Post to Rise at Ellesmere Island Outpost
The world's northernmost and most remote RCMP bureau is slated for construction next year at the far end of Ellesmere Island. Building materials and two years of supplies have been cached within easy freighting distance of the site.
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Bureau
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ellesmere Leland
Four Thousand Immigrants to Canada Under Board Plan
The immigration board of Canada unanimously approved a 1926 program by the western branch at Saskatoon to bring four thousand immigrants. The settlers will be carefully selected by the board's European representative and directed to Canada through the official plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Tather An Immigration Board of Canada
Saskatoon
May Admit Cattle From Britain Amid Embargo
An embargo against breeding cattle from Scotland has existed for two years due to foot and mouth disease. Britain remains off limits as Scotland and England are treated as one regulatory unit. Officials consider changes but no steps to admit cattle from the Old Country have been taken.
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Scotland
Britain
England
Department of Agriculture
Old Country
Emigration to Canada Sparks Daily Queues in Trafalgar Square
Large crowds form daily at the Canada Building in Trafalgar Square as inquiries and applications surge for emigration to Canada. Three Scottish farmers travel to London seeking immediate sailings while many women seek passage under a new low-rate scheme. Applicants span teachers, dressmakers, clerks, and stenographers, all expecting domestic work upon arrival. Alberta's Vermilion district map allocates 30 000 acres for emigrants, many Catholic, as publicized by The Times.
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Trafalgar Square
Canada
Canada Building
Scotland
London
London Times
Alberta
Vermilion
Mennonites Buy Land In Saskatchewan
Mennonite settlers from Russia purchase fifty five quarter sections totaling 8300 acres north of Speers in the Battleford district from the Canadian Pacific Railway. About 40 families will move onto the land by June 1 1926 to begin farming under homesteader conditions.
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Speers
Sask
Battleford
Canadian Pacific Railway
Russia
Canada
Woollen Mill Planned in Winnipeg Attracting British and American Interest
The Manitoba new industries committee announced that a woollen mill, owned by United States and English interests, will be erected in Winnipeg. A tentative site has been chosen and production will include socks caps coat linings robes and other woollen goods.
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United States
Winnipeg
New Industries Committee
Manitoba Industrial Development Board
Britain’s quick recovery praised after war and past wars
A Kingston Standard editorial notes Britain is recovering faster from the Great War than after Napoleon. It cites a sharp resolve to restore the pound to gold parity and to protect economic standing, declaring that Britain previously rose to the occasion and will do so again.
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Great Britain
Britain
Kingston Standard
Long life prospects eyed by Bryn Mawr professor
Prof. Hernell Hart of Bryn Mawr forecasts babies born in the year 2000 A D may live about 260 years due to rising average life expectancy figures.
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Hernell Hart
Bryn Mawr
Britain's Rail Firms Back Canadian Timber Heavy Order for Douglas Fir Ties
A major British railway group orders 26,000,000 feet of Douglas fir railroad ties from British Columbia, surpassing the province's 1923 exports to Britain. Officials note a new preference for Canadian timber if price and terms are equal, aided by reduced freight rates and Panama Canal service. The move follows London and North Eastern’s steel rails decision, with the Admiralty and Board of Trade also embracing Douglas fir for ships and lifeboats.
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Briveh Ratwaye
British Columbia
Britain
British Railways
Great
British Railway Group
Panama Canal
London and North Eastern Railway Company
British Admiralty
British Board of Trade
Pacific Trade Supremacy Seen By Vancouver Leader
A. M. Dollar, president of the Vancouver board of trade and son of Captain Robert Dollar, predicts the Pacific will gain world trade dominance. He notes rising foreign trade among Pacific-bordering nations, U S Japan and Canada, and asserts the Panama Canal opens Pacific markets to Europe, with 856 million Pacific coast people versus 226 million on the Atlantic.
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Robert Dollar
San Francisco
Ontario
A. M. Dollar
Vancouver Board of Trade
Pacific
Atlantic
Mr. Dollar
United States
Japan
Canada
Pacific Ocean
Europe
Proposed Canadian Dairy Holding Company Mooted
The Ottawa Citizen reports a holding company may be formed to merge dairy interests across Canada with a capital around 20 million dollars. Ottawa’s Producers' Dairy Company shareholders may vote on entering the combine, backed by capital from Quebec Montreal Toronto and Winnipeg. The plan envisions expanded dairy distribution and related packaging and bottling plants.
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Canada
Ottawa Citizen
Producers’ Dairy Company of
Ottawa
Quebec
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Whaling firm lists oil barrels for various uses
The Consolidated Whaling Company of Victoria offered 10,890 barrels of oil produced by four stations from May to October last year. The oil is to be used in making toilet soaps tanning tempering steel and spraying fruit and other products while blood and honey meal are used in cultivating flowers and fruits.
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Consolidated Whaling Company
Victoria
Pet monkey proposal shocks household
A couple discusses adopting a pet monkey with hesitation. The plan appears sudden and prompts questions about feasibility and safety.
Saskatchewan Dairy Output Soars in 1925 Total Value Tops Twenty Million
Provincial dairy reports show 1925 creamery butter production at 15 850 000 pounds, up from 13 585 000 in 1924. The total value of dairy products reached 20 945 648 dollars, with cheese at 223 137 pounds and butter exports exceeding 10 500 000 pounds graded for export, mainly to Britain.
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Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
P. ©. Kidd
Dominion of Canada
Feed From Raymond Beet Factory To Benefit Canada Feeds
By products of the $1,500,000 Raymond Alberta beet sugar factory will become a major cattle feed source. Pulp and molasses plus alfalfa and grain form a preferred mix. Negotiations with a packing firm aim to test feeding a large steer group near the plant. About 45,000 tons of beets were sliced this fall and output will rise next year. Approximately 2,000 tons of syrup and substantial pulp will be available this winter for stockmen.
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Raymond
Alberta
Canada
Soldier Settlers Prosper in Alberta Payment Trend
The land settlement board in Calgary reports soldier settlers paying $4,000 to $5,000 daily, seen as a strong sign of prosperity in farming communities. One individual cleared a $2,600 debt in full, delivering the payment to the board.
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Alberta
Land Settlement Board
Calgary
Never Had a Crop Failure in Alberta Farmer Chronology
Horace Johnson, an Alberta farmer in the Champion district, has farmed over twenty years and averaged twenty eight bushels of wheat per acre during the period. He has never experienced a crop failure though he faced natural adversities like other farmers.
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Horace Johnson
Alberta
Champion
Ireland Newfoundland Air Service Feasibility Discussed
Irish papers debate a possible trans Atlantic air route between Galway and St Johns Newfoundland about 1700 miles. A conference this month will cover civil aviation development in the Free States and related issues.
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Galway
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Free States
Interest in Western Canadian farms grows in U S
The Edmonton board of trade reports renewed American interest in Western Canadian farming. Four hundred inquiries followed advertising for Central and Northern Alberta.
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United States
Edmonton Board of Trade
Alberta
No Re-dress for the Man With One Suit of Clothes
A concise maxim notes that a man with a single suit of clothes has no option for rebirth through attire. The saying underscores hardship and limits in social mobility stemming from lack of resources.
Sweet Clover Cultivation and Wheat Straw Into Paper
The article promotes sweet clover as soil improver through deep roots moisture retention and nitrogen nodules, recommending a five to six year rotation with summer fallow. It also discusses the Bache-Wilg process turning straw into paper, citing Alberta Manitoba trials, high cellulose yields, and a versatile range of products including insulating board.
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Professor Maniey Champlin
Alberta
Manitoba
Prairies
Etraw
Pulp and
Forest Products Laboratoriea
Montreal
BE. Parke Cameron
John Bache-Wilg
Carl Bache-Wilg
Norway
United States
Canada
Bache-Wilg
Heyer
Bache
Wig
Canada Sees Record Mineral Output in 1925 Boom
Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canada’s mineral production value at 228.44 million dollars in 1925, up 18.86 million from 1924 and exceeding 1920s record. Gold, lead, zinc led gains while nickel copper cobalt rose. silver steady. iron ore exports increased. Mining ranks third among primary industries and fuels broader national prosperity.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Noted Woman Surgeon Dame Aldrich Blake Dies
Dame Louisa Brandreth Aldrich Blake of London dies after over a year of intense suffering. A pioneer woman surgeon, she served as dean of the London School of Medicine for Women and held senior roles at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Society of Medicine.
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Louisa Brandreth Aldrich- Blake
London
Aldrich Blake
London School of Medicine For Women
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital
Royal Free Hospital
Royal Society of Medicine
Oberammergau to Present Passion Play in 1927
Oberammergau's peasant players will stage the Passion Play in the summer of 1927 not 1930 as planned. The long interrupted decennial pageant last occurred in 1922 before subsequent visits by the Passion players to the United States.
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Oberammergau
Passion Players
United States
Muskrats Damage Boat at Port Arthur
A family of muskrats nests under the quarter deck of John Sheehan's boat moored at Port Arthur for winter. They gnaw at the knees and may cause damage. The area is a game sanctuary, making killing or forcing fights with animals illegal.
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John Sheehan
Port Ae
Thur
Ulegal
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Homsteaders
B.C. Timber
B.C
Jfatier
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