Farmers urged to focus on marketing over production
H S Arkell of the Canadian Live stock Pool and Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists urged the Saskatoon gathering to study marketing and business aspects of farming. He warned marketing machinery failed farmers and that agriculture must balance production with merchandising. The society plans its Winnipeg convention in June with speakers from economics. Guests included spring wheat champion C H Gilbert and master farmer Andrew Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Arkeil
Canadian Livestock Pool
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Saskatoon
Dominion
Society
Winnipeg
L. E. Kirk
W. A. Munro
Rosthern
C. H. Gilbert
Big River
Chicago
Andrew Anderson
Alsask
Public museum opens former royal palace in Madrid
Ex king Alphonso’s former palace in Madrid becomes a public museum with access to the throne room sitting rooms and vast halls for one dollar. Visitors may not enter private apartments and bedrooms once occupied by King Alphonso Queen Ena and the Infantas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonso
Madrid
Ena
Infantas
Town Gossip On Mrs Brown’s Stockings And Strength
An old Florence item presents a humorous exchange about Mrs Brown having odd stockings and strong teeth from eating steaks. The neighbor remarks on the attire while Mrs Brown explains multiple pairs and claims she exercises her teeth by biting steaks.
Precipitation Report for December 1931 in Western Canada
The Dominion meteorological service notes Saskatchewan saw moisture about twice normal in December 1931 with many areas recording one to one and a half inches. Alberta reported above normal rainfall while Manitoba remained mostly dry with less than half an inch in most sections. Regina Leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Dominion Meteorological Service
Cypress Hills
Alberta
Plains
Manitoba
Regina
Apples the essential cheap food of the period
Miss Flora Carl of the Missouri College of Agriculture extols apples as a versatile, affordable staple. She notes apples fit every meal from breakfast to dessert, pair with pork and sausages, cook with vegetables, and adapt to many salads and desserts, highlighting their value when money for food is limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Carl
Missouri College of Agriculture
Character Revealed by Library Shelves Claim
A writer argues that a man’s character shows in his books, then notes that many friends are kleptomaniacs, implying a link between possessions and personality. The remark contrasts literary judgment with accusations of habitual theft among acquaintances.
BC Egg Exports Grow From Province To Prairies And East
British Columbia hens are yielding about 5000 dollars daily in egg exports to the prairies and eastern Canada. The B C Egg Pool ships three to four carloads weekly, private firms add more, totaling about one carload daily. Each Montreal carload averages seven thousand dollars after freight and handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
B.C
Prairies
Canada
G. R. Wilson
Dominion Live Stock Branch
Montreal
Department of Agriculture
George P. Wallace
B.C. Egg Pool
France Begins 10 Million Bushel Wheat Purchase
France started a government contract to buy 10,000,000 bushels of Canadian hard spring wheat for two months, repeating a 1930 order. France seeks a reciprocal concession from Canada on wines or silks, with no agreement yet. France still faces an 11,000,000 bushel deficit in foreign wheat and weighs policy on Central European wheat versus open market purchases from Canada, the U.S., and Argentina. Nearly 40 irrigation projects are planned in Jugoslavia over four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
France
Canada
Foreign Office
United States
Argentina
Scientists Test Wegener Drift Theory With Canadian Data
Canadian scientists plan to repeat long term measurements from Victoria and Ottawa to verify if continents drift as Wegener proposed. Greenland is noted as a potential rapid mover, with tests tracking shifts in positions of America and other lands to refine meteorological implications along Labrador to New England corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Victoria
Ottawa
North America
Alfred Wegener
Canada
Wegener
Greenland
Labrador Coast
Maritime Provinces
New England States
America
J. B. Koch
Sir Edward Sabine
Koch
Farm For Strayed Animals in Montreal Aims Aid
The League of Justice To Animals operates a 15 acre Montreal farm for lost or unwanted animals. Unclaimed animals are placed with new owners. kennels, stables, and grazing land support cats dogs horses goats and canaries. The society has distributed hay corn and oats to 100 horses yearly during six years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Justice To Animals
Montreal
Canada
Canaries
Eye strain and shell shock linked to vision in towns
An eye specialist notes that about 20 percent of townspeople wear spectacles while 1 percent in rural areas do. He links wartime shell shock to narrowed vision and argues that urban noise frays nerves, affecting eyesight.
Prairie clays named as key asset for Saskatchewan
G M Hutt of the Canadian Pacific Railway spoke at a Winnipeg luncheon, calling southern Saskatchewan high grade clays a major natural asset and potential basis for a large clay products industry. He outlined his department’s work in locating mineral deposits and aiding raw material use, with W C Casey presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
G. M. Hutt
Canadian Pacific Railway
Royal Alexandra Hotel
Winnipeg
W. C. Casey
Association
Advertising Always Pays and the Railroads
The piece argues advertising is essential to business like rainfall to soil and railroads to national distribution. It compares views on advertising and includes a quip about a bandy legged man, referencing a line from En Rollig Half Timma in Gothenborg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friao
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Royal Palace
Il 420
Florence
E. A. Lloyd
University of British Columbia
Lloyd
Jugo-Slavia
Continents
Europe
William Morris
Henry Birkin
Lord Howe
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