Farmers of Western Canada Hopeful For New Year
Western farmers face a lean year with an expected drop in wheat prices from 1929 levels and hope for better yields in 1930. Communities join urban areas to provide jobs while provincial conventions set policy, and improvements in transport, telephones, and roads are anticipated to aid prosperity.
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Farmers of
Western Canada
Europe
Board of Grain Commissioners
Canada
League of Nations
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Jumbo Hollis Pecan Tree of Texas Ages Over a Thousand Years
The Jumbo Hollis pecan tree near San Sabo Texas is famed as the father of pecan trees. Its annual crop has historically brought 500 to 1000 dollars, with one season selling for 1000 dollars. Believed largest in Texas, its vast branches shade a wide area and its nuts command high prices. The tree has supplied buds for many new trees and dates back over a thousand years along the Colorado River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Morris
San Sabo
Texas
Colorado River
Winnipe g Newspaper Union silk crepe dress pattern
Dress pattern description in brown and beige silks with a two piece circular skirt and bias binding details. Style No 2961 offers medium size copying instructions with yardage, sizes 16 through 42 inch bust, and collar trimming options in brown and beige crepe. Pattern price 25 cents.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Calon Ad
Pattern order instructions list Calon at 375 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Includes pattern number and size details for customers seeking specific garment patterns.
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Winnipeg
Calon
McDermot Ave
Dual Purpose Shorthorns Prove Profitable Stock Across Canada
E Van Nee of the Dominion Experimental Station in Scott Sask describes the dual purpose Shorthorn as beef capable with milk enough to return profit beyond calf value, noting herd records from 1921 to 1930 including two cows near 8000 pounds and eleven over 5000. The herd thrives with balanced feeds and seasonal adjustments, with waiting lists for breeding stock and many visitors confirming suitability for beef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. van Nee
Dominion Experimental Station
Scott, Sask
Scott
Public Health Service Chief Comments on Medical Bill Equity
Dr Hugh S Cummings says the pauper gets free modern medicine while millionaires pay dearly and the average person bears indirect costs. He notes Canada shows similar patterns with municipalities funding indigent care and ordinary earners shouldering the burden.
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Hugh S. Cummings
The
Public Health Service
Washington
Canada
Building Down Japan Proposes Deep Ground Skyscraper
Building Down Japan proposes a sky scraper built backward as a massive cylinder 155 feet in diameter and 1,100 feet deep with a steel framework. One plan envisions 80 floors, rising below ground level to a cost of 12.5 million dollars.
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Japan
America
Alaska's Habitable Half Could Harbor 10 Million
A study claims half of Alaska is inhabitable and could support a population of 10,600,000, contrasting with Norway's climate and terrain. The assertion highlights vast potential land area unused for settlement and development.
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Alaska
Norway
Irrigation Practices Highlight Alberta Wheat and Alfalfa
A Dominion study from Lethbridge reports irrigation impacts on wheat and alfalfa in Southern Alberta. Fall irrigation after harvest benefits next year's wheat, with spring irrigation if May and June are dry. For alfalfa, two irrigations yearly improve yields, one in fall or May and a second around first cutting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Canada
Dominion Experimental Station
Lethbridge
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Moose Jaw Seed Grain Fair Honors McGhie Again
J. W. McGhie Marquis dominated Moose Jaw Agricultural Society seed grain fair winning the Royal Bank Cup Eaton Cup Mutual Life Challenge Cup and Canadian Bank of Commerce Cup. He also took first in the Robin Hood competition for registered Marquis wheat while W. J. F. Warren won fodder crop sheaf points. Grant Hall Cup potatoes went to J. B. Annable Moose Jaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. McGhie
Marquis
Moose Jaw Agricultural Society
Mr. McGhie
Moose Jaw
Dr. Harrington
University of Saskatchewan
J. C. Mitchell
Dahinda
Mutual Life Challenge
First Rain Storm Delights Children Across Austra La
Children ages six and seven in portions of south and central Austra la witnessed rain for the first time. A seven years' breath has been broken by torrential rains, washing out the railway between Quorn and Alice Springs and halting traffic indefinitely.
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South
Australa
Quorn
Alice Springs
Fur coat crisis sparks witty exchange in dialogue
Sue challenges advice to panic while Prue retorts that every little fit helps in obtaining a new fur coat. The banter showcases sharp humor and character dynamics in a domestic scene.
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Sue
Prue
Revolutionary Mining Changes From Scientific Discovery in Canada
The article reports that feeding hens special foods affects egg hatchability, with raw liver performing best and cod liver oil worst. It also describes Ottawa scientists developing mining tech with the Torison balance and seismograph to locate minerals and possibly oil, suggesting major future Canadian mineral wealth developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ontario
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Department of the Interior
Ageold
Empire Trade Convention Rezolution Passed in Toronto Meeting
The Commercial Travellers' Association of Canada endorses holding a Empire trade convention for travellers from across the Empire to discuss commerce. The Toronto meeting, date to be fixed, heard president Colwell note Canada is sound yet growth is hindered by chain stores and wholesale amalgamations affecting membership.
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Commercial Travellers’ Association of Canada
Toronto
A. E. Colwell
Canada
Whch
Saskatchewan Government Opens Seed Oats Distribution
The Saskatchewan Government holds 225000 bushels of seed oats ready for distribution through municipalities and farmers organizations. No. 1 seed oats offered at 95 cents a bushel delivered, with an extra five cents if delivery in sacks is requested.
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Saskatchewan
Back Number On English Humor Provokes Date-Stamped Gag
An American challenges a friend to tell the funniest American story to an Englishman to prove a point. The friend delivers a very funny tale but the Englishman merely smiles. The American mutters that the joke may cause laughter next year, while the Englishman notes he already laughed last year.
Swift Current Fox Farmer Ships Pelts to England
J. A. Black, founder of a silver black fox farm at Swift Current, ships over 20000 dollars worth of pelts to England this year averaging 175 dollars per pelt for 125 pelts. He began with twenty pairs in 1924 and now has 150 suitable silver black foxes for future stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Black
Swift Current
England
Mr. Black
Forecast of 1930 Weather Changes Driven by Sun Rays
Canadian astronomer Dr. Ralph E. Delury predicts a four to five year period of weaker ultra-violet radiation from the sun. He warns of lighter rainfall, lower crop yields, tougher forest fire conditions, fewer electrical storms, and changes in radio reception as sunspot activity declines after 1928 and 1929.
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Ralph E. Delury
Dominion Observatory
Delury
Prize Holstein Cows at Strathmore Set Yearly Milk Records
The five prize Holstein cows from the Canadian Pacific Supply Farm at Strathmore topped milk production records for the year ending October 31. Reports from the Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada show the group, including two mature cows and three younger cows aged four, three, and two, dominating their classes across all Canada with first and second place finishes.
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Canadian Pacific Supply Farm
Strathmore
Holstein-Friesian Association
Canada
Sun Powered Clock Set by Sunlight in Sydney
Sun Run clock at the Sydney observatory uses sun rays entering a small hole to drive a scale that shows fractions of a minute. The device remains accurate only when the sun shines. The snippet notes that over twenty percent of American periodical advertising concerns cleanliness.
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W. E. Cooke
Observatory
Sydney
N.S.W
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Republic
Manitoba
Madrid
Parter
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tenon
Annebelle Worthington
Marie Jose
Belgium
Prince Umberto
Italy
Rome
Empire Meeting
Swift Current Fox Farm
C.P.R
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