World faces serious food shortage due to population boom
Dr. Ramee C. Prescott of Tachusette Institute warns of a looming scarcity as world population grows. He says meat will shift to Arctic tundra and tropical regions, temperate lands shift to intensive farming, and bananas and other grains may become key food sources for the future.
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Ramee C. Prescott
Department of Biology
Tachusette Institute of Speuliaae
Prescott
United States
Preacott
Arctic
Tropics
Advantages Of Egg Grading
Egg grading boosts per capita consumption as shown by Dominion live stock branch officers. Over five years the average has risen to more than ten dozen eggs per person with prices more uniform and profitable for producers. Grading provides a dependable product, expanding demand and stabilizing prices.
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Dominion Livestock Branch
Canadian Cattle Letter Comments In House of Commons
Conservative MP A Mullins said he received a letter from Lord Bledisloe stating 100 Canadian steers were shipped. He questioned transport facilitation while Lord Bledisloe, formerly hostile to the trade, was noted. Mr Motherwell said all efforts were being made with new plans under way.
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HH. A. Mullins
Marquette
House of Commons
Lord Bledisloe
Lord Wledisloe
Cntire
Colonel Mullins
Motherwell
Fox Farming Expands Near Brandon Manitoba
Fox farming has progressed in the Brandon district with two large ranches near the town. A syndicate owns about seven pairs of silver black foxes, while a pool operates with about seventeen pairs on a newly established ranch, indicating substantial investment in the sector.
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Brandon
Largest Canadian oil well boosts Southern Alberta value
A single high quality oil well in Southern Alberta is set to establish the region s oil resources value as its production reaches 348 barrels per year, the largest producing well in Canada signals major potential.
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Alberta
Canada
New Invention Measures Micro Micro Seconds Precisely
A new device achieves measurement of times as short as a micro micro second, a millionth of a millisecond, enabling ultra fast timing in scientific and industrial applications. The invention promises improved precision for high speed experiments.
May Benefit Agriculture From Oats Genetics Breakthrough
Leonant Huskins of the University of Alberta reports a discovery in oats genetics and cytology made with Professor Gates at King's College Cambridge. The finding links fatuoid or fise wild cats to chromosomal mutations and material loss, potentially opening paths to eradicate them. Huskins holds a Royal Commission scholarship in Canada.
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Leonant Huskine
University of Alberta
London Daily Telegraph
Gates
Department of Botany
King’s College
Cambridge
Huskins
Canada
Permanent Royal Commission For
Britain’s Pedigree Stock Renowned Worldwide
Britain is famous for pedigree stock across pigs ponies cattle and sheep. The article notes foreign demand with 1925 Russian imports of 250 pedigree pigs and mentions historic quality from Leicestershire sheep and an ox described in Evelyn’s diary. It also cites New South Wales sheep of British descent yielding high wool.
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Britain
England
Evelyn
Leicestershire
New South Wales
England Adopts Tree Lined Arterials To Beautify Roads
Under the 1925 Roads Improvement Act England plans turning bare main routes into tree lined avenues. Middlesex leads with 39 miles of principal roads scheduled for transformation by year end, using blossoms planted at short intervals to enhance beauty and shade on new arterial roads.
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England
Middlesex
Duchess of Atholl Exchanges Views on Canadian Wealth
The Duchess of Atholl, secretary of state for education, back in London from Canada, praised the Dominion’s latent wealth and existing wealth, noting untapped resources worthy of empire devotion. She urged greater immigration of the right sort for Canada’s future prosperity.
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Duchess of
Writer and Friend Discuss Stalled Novel Plot
A young writer tells a friend he has gone deep into a new novel and the plot is thickening. The friend notes the pace and teases the idea that the story is getting tangled as the writer admits he is stuck.
Sleep talking husband smiles in his sleep
Humorous exchanges reveal Polly describing her husband as a sleep talker who only smiles, not speaks, at night. The line contrasts exasperation with affectionate humor in a domestic vignette.
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Pegey
Polly
Manitoba Farm Boys Camp at Provincial Exhibition
Ninety campers from across rural Manitoba form teams of three aged fourteen to nineteen to compete at the third annual Farm Boys Camp in Brandon. The event runs June 29 to Friday with livestock judging in horses beef dairy cattle sheep and swine. Prizes include McKirdy Cup gold medals to each winning member silver medals to the runners up and liberal cash prizes. A top aggregate score earns a gold watch and second place earns a silver watch. Additional program events and tours of the exhibition and Dominion experimental farm accompany judging. New entrants include Grosse Isle Swan River Criswold Oakville Chater Ethelbert Virden Morris and Neepawa.
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Brandon
Manitoba
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Liberal
James A. Richardson
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Dominion Experimental Farm
Grosse Isle
Swan River
Criswold
Oakville
Chater
Ethelbert
Virden
Morris
Neepawa
Egg-Laying Contests Show Six-Year Improvement
The Canadian national egg laying contests now in operation six years report an average of 172.2 eggs per hen in the latest year, up from 122.5 in 1919-20. Improvements credited to better bird selection, age and development, advanced breeding, and contest management. Net income per bird averages $2.80, indicating solid profits.
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Dominion Poultry Husbandman
Saskatchewan Egg Pool Expands Shipments From Saskatoon
The Saskatchewan Egg Pool ships seven carloads to Montreal and eastern points within a week from Saskatoon. Daily arrivals reach up to three hundred cases, and Saskatoon’s total surpasses all other provincial branches combined.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Montreal
Profitable Lamb Feeding Methods and Market Timing
Fr. Lloyd of Gyenmore describes fattening 600 lambs yearly on a 4 acre farm. He notes sixty days to gain ten pounds per head with rough forage then barley and hay, followed by a six week finish with corn. Lambs reach about 55 pounds, then sold, with pricing strategy to lock in profit if market dips.
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Fr. Lloyd
Gyenmore
Alberta land tax on telegraph wires sparks farmer protest
The Alberta government considers a land tax on lands with telephone wires running through them. Farmers question paying for something they do not want, while phone users argue value is added to many farms held for speculation. The United Farmers of Alberta have endorsed the proposal, expected to become law.
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Alberta
United Farmers of Alberta
Pefinasylvania
Pennsylvania
Far North Ranching Districts and Paving Tests
A spring movement sent many cattle to Fort Fitzgerald country 600 miles north of Edmonton. Animals were shipped by rail to McMurray and then by boat to their destination. Alberta Lands for Paving Purposes outlines testing McMurray lands for paving with Edmonton authorities and Thomas Draper, echoing last summer’s experiments.
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Edmonton
Fort Fitzgerald
McMurray
Fitzgerald
Alberta
Canada
Thomas Draper
Points to a stronger national sentiment and Canadianism
Sir James Affine speaks to the Montreal Junior Bar outlining steps to unite Canada and foster a stronger national identity. He urges cross province understanding, immigration under careful control, and keeping young Canadians at home to seize opportunities, warning against becoming a population exporting country.
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James Affine
Canada
Montreal
Quebec
Ontario
James
Sir James
Ite
James Atkins
Montreal Gazette
Canada Could Extend Market Says British Honduras Governor
Major J. A. Burden C M G governor of British Honduras urged Canada to broaden its trade beyond wheat. At Winnipeg he noted U S and German sales in Central and South America and urged Canadian merchants to present goods more effectively to buyers in those markets. He warned minimal Canadian exports limit regional opportunities.
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J. A. Burden
C.M.G
British Honduras
Fort Garry
Winnipeg
Canada
United States
Germany
Ilonduras
US buys lands in islands at set per acre rates
The United States paid 295 dollars per acre for the Virgin Islands 35 80 dollars per acre for the Canal Zone 28 cents per acre for the Philippines and 2 cents per acre for Alaska as reported by the Dearborn Independent.
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United States
Virgin Islands
Canal Zone
Philippines
Alaska
Dearborn
Brazil uses convict labor in road construction
Brazil relies on prison labor for much of its road building and maintenance programs. Reports describe inmates employed across highway projects, highlighting concerns over worker rights, wages, and conditions within the penal system.
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Brazil
Brazil Holds Area Comparable To Europe
In a remarkable comparison, Brazil is described as occupying an area equal to the size of Europe, highlighting the vast geographic scale involved.
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Brazil
Europe
Pleasure Tours During English Rail Strike By Motor Coaches
During England rail stoppages four million workers into effect Canadian Pacific Railway traffic shifted to motor coaches. Passengers from inland cities to seaside ports boarded liners like the Montroyal at Trafalgar Square for trips to Liverpool. Dominion Express Company operated a full fleet of motor vans to meet obligations and deliver shipments while trains were idle.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Transportation
England
Old England
Dominion Express Company
Better Beef Campaign Urged by Eastern Canada Livestock Union
At the annual Toronto meeting of the Eastern Canada Livestock Union speakers urged a Dominion wide better beef campaign. They stressed educating consumers on what constitutes good beef and demos to show the difference between prime and poor cuts. W H Porter of London urged using a federal livestock expert for consumer education.
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theEastern
Canada Livestock Union
Toronto
Dominion
W. H. Porter
London
Ont
Federal Livestock Branch
Porter
Milwaukee plans new sewage plant to recover nitrogen
The city builds a 34,000,000 sewage disposal plant in Milwaukee to recover 240,000 tons of nitrogen yearly and convert it into a marketable organic fertilizer while purifying the water supply. The text ends with an unrelated aphorism about men resembling whales and their habit of blowing once reaching the top.
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United States
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
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