Oat Breeding Efforts Aimed at Disease Resistant Varieties
Canada’s oat breeding program under the Dominion Department of Agriculture pursues disease resistance to stem rust crown rust and smuts through the Experimental Farms System and Winnipeg Rust Laboratory. Efforts focus on early and late varieties, stronger strawed types, quality improvements, and wide adaptation, with over 500 foreign varieties studied for Canadian suitability.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Experimental Farms
Dominion Rust Laboratory
Winnipeg
Canadian Beef Exports Rise Sharply in April 1935
Shipments of Canadian beef to the United States in April 1935 reached 955,900 pounds versus none a year earlier. Aprils exports to Great Britain totaled 3,300 pounds, down from 100,700 in April 1934. For January–April 1935 total beef exports amounted to 6,988,700 pounds, up from 2,831,600 pounds in the same period of 1934.
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United States
Great Britain
May 1935 Pedigree Certificates Registered in Canada
Canadian National Records approved by the Dominion Minister of Agriculture list 5 207 pedigree certificates issued in May 1935. The total covers 425 horses 3 183 cattle 188 sheep 493 swine 261 foxes 632 dogs 16 poultry and 9 goats.
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Dominion Minister of Agriculture
Ancient shovelboard on ships and ten Rack brothers honored
The article recalls the old game shovelboard on ships with a chalked deck and handmade disks, tracing its English origins to Tudor times. It also reports ten Rack brothers from Kildorf near Bad Homburg decorated with Cross of Honor for World War I service, and quotes Wong Ching on Chinese attitudes to certain foods plus Hongkong as a growing gastronomic hub.
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England
St. Thomas
Germany
Rack
Kildorf
Bad Homburg
Jacob Heinrich
George
Joseph
Valentine
Peter
Gerhard
Wilhelm
Jean
Ferdinand
Hongkong
Wong Ching
Old Books and Old Songs Endure in Britain’s Heart
Manchester Sunday Chronicle reflects on enduring works. Classics like Lorna Doone and David Copperfield plus songs Home Sweet Home and Love’s Old Sweet Song symbolize sanity in a bewildering world. The publisher’s list of 100 best selling novels reveals lasting human loyalty and universal sentiment.
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Britain
Lorna Doone
David Copperfield
Treasure Island
Manchester Sunday Chronicle
Asherst Wedding With a Cold Dignified Lady
A brief wedding note records the match between a groom described as a cold dignified gentleman and the bride, with the bride’s mother confirming the relation. The fragment suggests a social announcement in a 2107 dated item.
Polite Japanese Tour Invades Ontario Golf Event
In August the touring Japanese team arrives for the General Brock Hotel tournament at Lookout Point Golf Club Fonthill Ontario. The piece ponders their possible bowing etiquette and asks if they would request gentle passage for players with humble skill to proceed.
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Lookout Point
Fonthill
Ontario
Toronto
Protecting Cattle From Tsetse Flies With Khaki Coats
In northern Rhodesia ranchers faced tsetse fly danger while driving cattle. They protect each animal with a close-fitting khaki suit and smear exposed skin with wagon grease to reduce bites.
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Northern
Rhodesia
Poultry Shipments From Canada Examined in 1935
From January 1 to May 31 1935 inspectors logged 4 487 boxes of turkeys 33 145 boxes of chickens 323 boxes of fowl 25 boxes of geese 955 boxes of ducks and one box of pigeons totaling about 2 280 000 pounds. For the same period in 1934 total exports reached 11 841 boxes.
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Canada
Summer Protection From Biting Insects On Camping And Homes
The article advises avoiding marshy campsites and dense woods to reduce mosquitoes and black flies, uses a fly proof tent, and keeps grass trimmed around cottages. It presents a pyrethrum kerosene spray recipe and several commercial fly dope formulas for skin protection, plus non cosmetic remedies for itching and bite relief.
Rare Life Saving Society Award Won by Edmonton Swimmer
John Mark Cooper of Edmonton receives a certificate of the Royal Life Saving Society for advanced practical skill in swimming and theoretical physiology of circulation respiration and rescitation. The award, highly coveted, is rarely issued more than once a year in Canada.
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John Mark Cooper
Edmonton
Royal Life Saving Society
Canada
Canadian cattle exports to United States rise in early 1935
From January 1 to June 6, 1935 Canada sent 79,295 cattle and 1,630 calves to the United States. This total is about 8,000 more than Canada’s entire cattle exports to all countries in 1934.
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United States
Canada
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Laval
M. Laval
Chamber of Deputies
M. Herriot
Leon Berard
the Elysee
Fangful
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