Marketing Committee Aims To Boost Farmers’ Share Of Price
The House of Commons agriculture committee heard Minister Robert Weir urge prioritizing dairy bacon and poultry marketing to raise producers’ share of consumer price. He urged education for producers, regular export flows, and federal support for lectures at agricultural colleges. W A Brown outlined that farmers typically receive about 50 percent of the consumer price after freight grading and wholesaler and retailer profits.
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House of Commons Committee of Agriculture
Robert Weir
Department of Agriculture
New Process Prevents Fermentation in Frozen Fruits and Vegetables
British Department of Scientific and Industrial Research reports a method to keep frozen fruits and vegetables from fermenting. By boiling or partially cooking before freezing, enzymes are destroyed, preserving color and flavor. vegetables can be stored in suitable containers under squid covering or in air.
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Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Hidden Message in Berlin Tinned Chicken Debate
A fragment from Nagels Lastige Weit in Berlin cites a tinny chicken remark and a hole in the box for air as a biting social jab. The line hints at critique of packaging and care in postwar food supply in German media.
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Nagels
Berlin
Salmon Exports From British Columbia Reach European Markets
In 1930 canned and frozen Pacific salmon from British Columbia reached London Paris Berlin and other centers with shipments mainly from Victoria. Markets like Paris and Berlin preferred frozen salmon cahoes and steelhead. Most consignments were tests, yet the exporting company reported gratifying success and plans to extend shipments this year.
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Mandalay
Suez
Alco
London
Paris
Berlin
British Columbia
Victoria
Fertilizer Use Expands Across Prairie Crops In Canada
Dr R E Neidig director of agriculture for the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company at Trail says three hundred tons of artificial fertilizers have been applied to sugar beets in southern Alberta this season with large amounts used on other crops across the Prairie Provinces. Two cars of fertilizer, produced as a by product of Trail smelting, were shipped to the Orient early this year and tests of its effectiveness are under way from British Columbia to Ontario.
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Alberta
Prairie Provinces
R. E. Neidig
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Trail
Orient
Dr. Neidig
British Columbia
Ontario
Saskatchewan Poultry Pool Sees Brisk Business Rise
The Saskatchewan Poultry Pool reports a strong rise in activity for March 1 to May 2, handling 117 carloads and peaking with four carloads weekly at larger branches. Directors note broad provincial growth in production across the period.
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Saskatchewan Poultry Pool
Saskatchewan
Bertha cape collar frocks captivate young fashion
Winnipeg readers note a new youth fashion trend featuring bertha cape collars for girls ages 2 to 8. A 4 year size design No 573 uses 39 inch fabric with 32 yards for play, shown in a French blue dimity with white dots and crisp white organdie ruffles.
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Paris
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No 0.4
Pattern order notice from Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. lists Pattern No 0.4 with a Name and Size field. The item appears as a catalog snippet for sewing patterns and ordering details.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Town
The natural tendency of man is to swallow flattery and spit out advice.
Saskatchewan farmers shift to cattle export and meat plant in Saskatoon
Saskatchewan farmers expand into cattle for the British market led by the Saskatoon Co-Operative Livestock Producers. A new packing plant with modern processing and chilling systems will open in Saskatoon within two months to serve export and local business, aided by the Hudson Bay route to Europe via Churchill. First shipments expected September.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Co-Operative Livestock Producers, Ltd
Saskatchewan Company
Saskatoon
Hudson Bay
Europe
Churchill
Valuable Chemicals From Alkali Lakes Prairie Provinces rise in sodium sulfate output
The alkali lakes of the Prairie Provinces boosted Western Canada mineral output with a 1930 surge in sodium sulfate. Production climbed from 5018 tons in 1929 to 31 571 tons in the following year, per preliminary Dominion Government figures.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Prairies
Dominion
Skyscrapers Cloaked in Stainless Steel and Aluminum
The newest tall buildings feature jackets of stainless steel and aluminum. An elephant is capable of lifting a tree weighing a ton.
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Pacific Coast
Annette
Establsh Packing Plant
Ed. Kehoe
Camrose
F. J. Deisman
Big Valley
George Zinger
Stanmore
Chequers Court
Great Britain
Germany
Bruening
Curtius
United States
Vancouver
Charlies Kipfer
Auguste Piccard
Piccard
Ober Gurgl Austria
Madrid
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