Parasite Laboratory Opens In Belleville Canada
The Dominion Agriculture Entomological Branch has unveiled an $85,000 Parasite Laboratory near Belleville Ontario to study and rear insect parasites for biological control. Led by A B Baird with Dr. Arthur Gibson overseeing, the facility hosts eleven permanent entomologists and staff, building on prior parasite work in St Thomas and Chatham.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion
No. 2
Belleville
A. B. Baird
Arthur Gibson
St. Thomas
Ontario
Chatham
Kent
Essex
Baird
Belleville Laboratory
Peculiar Lindsay Crash Involves Horse And Car
A horse and an automobile collided when the horse swung its head as a car passed. The door handle speared the horse through the nose and it was freed with much difficulty.
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Lindsay
Ont
Shellfish in Indian Ocean Produces Low Fute Like Sound
Researchers report a shellfish species from the Indian Ocean emits a low fute like sound under certain conditions. The finding, noting acoustic signals linked to feeding behavior, suggests new avenues for studying marine communication.
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Indian Ocean
Value Of Farm Manure As Fertility Booster
The article explains farm manure as a valuable by product that returns nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash to soil, adds humus and improves moisture and bacteria. An Ontario trial from 1925 to 1935 shows oats up 45.4 percent, barley 43.9, clover hay 78.5, timothy hay 115.1 with 16 tons applied over four year rotation yielding $1.65 per ton in added value.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Kapuskasing
Ontario
Might Solve One Problem Russian Markets for Canadian Cattle
Jack Byers of the Western Stock Growers Association suggests Russia could buy a large quantity of Canadian cattle this year to aid the western live stock industry. He claims a surplus of plain steers and grass cows could be delivered to the Pacific coast and compete with other exporters.
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W. D. Euler
Jack Byers
Western Stock Growers’ Association
Pacific Coast
Just State Of Mind
A quotation from United Drug Paper argues that youth is a state of mind not a diary of years. It asserts ideals, faith, confidence and hope keep the spirit young while worry doubt and despair age the soul.
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United Drug Paper
Italy Seeks Wheat with Reserves Amid Weather Shortfall
Agriculture Minister Edmondo Rossoni told the permanent wheat committee that Italy will meet its wheat needs this year with stock reserves despite adverse weather. Premier Mussolini presided at the meeting of the committee.
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Italy
Edmondo Rossoni
Mussolini
Forecast of New Human Types From Ear Bone Study
At a meeting in Rochester New York Thomas Horace Evans from Long Island College of Medicine described ear bone findings suggesting structural differences among humans. He warned the evolution of man reflects future forms not past ancestors and predicted several lines of future human types arising.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Rochester
N.Y
Thomas Horace Evans
Long Island College of Medicine
Evans
Salt Transforms Road Surfaces Into Hard Macadam
At Cornell University during Sigma XI’s semi centennial, researchers describe salt grains acting as tiny workers to keep clay sand and gravel road surfaces moist and durable. Dr H Ries led the lab study explaining how rock salt mixed into the top layer binds and hardens the surface, reducing erosion from rain.
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Cornell University
Sigma XI
H. Ries
Centenarian Belgian Woman Keeps Fit With Four Pipes A Day
Madame Roselie Dequidt of Poperinghe Belgium has smoked four pipes daily for most of her life and remains alert at age 100. Her pipe is described as a business like tool with a thick stem and a capacious bowl.
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Roselie Dequidt
Poperinghe
Belgium
Red Sea Era Focused On Suez Zone And Rural Marriage
The piece links Suez Canal Zone as a historic pivot while detailing rural male shortages and urban marriage trends. It notes Elmer and 198,000 rural men versus 96,000 rural women aged 20 to 25, explains city girl competition, and suggests women seek specialized skills. It also surveys Red Sea geography, Egypt’s desert, Nile irrigation, and ports at Port Soudan and Souakin, with regional trade guard by British forces.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Elmer
Maude
Egypt
Red Sea
Arabia
Rub A Khali
Sues
Aden
British Somaliland
India
Arabian Desert
Nile
Libya
Pyramids
Soudan
Kipling
Port Soudan
Souakin
Eritrea
Khartoum
Retired Major Plans Permanent Ocean Life Aboard Barabool
Major William Long, a retired British army officer, states he cannot live ashore on his pension. He will spend the rest of life at sea, having booked permanent passage on the P and O liner Barabool on the London Australia service after completing his second voyage.
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William Long
Barrabool
A Haughty Peacock Embroidered Pattern Find
Peacock motif embroidery pattern 5587 with two motifs and reverse motifs, material needs and stitch guide. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg for pattern transfer. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Great Britain Tops Orange Consumption in World Survey
The P L A Monthly cites a Lisbon world survey showing Great Britain consumes the most oranges per person at about 20 pounds annually. France and Germany reach less than half that amount, while Poland averages about half a pound. The note adds that a single city newspaper edition could fill a book larger than a typical 300 page novel.
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P. L. A. Monthly
Portugal
Lisbon
Great Britain
France
Germany
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Suez Canal Zone
Tutankhamen
Lawrence of Arabia
Ethiopia
National Geographic Society
Mecca
Mohammed
Sinai Peninsula
Israel
Moses
Nile River
Will Live
Alice Brooks
By Brooks
Great Orange Eaters
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