British Youths in Canada Earn Summer Farming Courses
Four young British farmers win a Canadian Pacific initiative enabling summer courses at Alberta agricultural schools. The scheme, backed by the London Daily Mail and Canadian authorities, aims to foster immigration and practical farming knowledge, with winners touring Western Canada then publishing their experiences in British agricultural press.
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England
Canada
Pacfic Raliton
Agriculturs Schools
Alberta
Young Farmers’ Clubs
Great Britain
London Daily Mail
Brithed Isles
United States
Europe
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Fnftal
Dominion
Canadian Pacific Railway
British Isles
Americans Eye Western Canada Immigration Drive
Winnipeg writer reports heavy interest from the United States in moving families to prairie settlements in Canada this year. C J Broughton at Chicago notes inquiries surpassing last year with certificates issued for a nine person family bound for near Regina and others selling farms in the United States to take up to twelve thousand dollars in cash and a large herd of equipment to Canada.
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Chicago
Canada
C. J. Broughton
Regina
Hainois
Proughton
Prairies
Hoe
Rev
Eisenbeies
Nebraska
United States
Gleichen
Alberta
B Broughton
Broughton
Arnaut
Man
Winnipeg
Emerson
Curtis
Prickly Pear Diet Lets Sheep Survive 500 Days
In South Africa the Grootfontein School of Agriculture tested whether stock could endure drought by living on prickly pear leaves. Sheep thrived for 280 days on prickly pear alone, then, with a small alfalfa supplement, endured 500 days without water, drawing moisture from the plant.
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Grootfontein School of Agriculture
South Africa
Labor Report Shows Satisfactory January Conditions
The Government labor report for January notes overall satisfaction. Unemployment among trade union members stood at 64 percent, up from December but lower than January 1922. Time lost to industrial disputes decreased from December and the previous January, while the weekly family budget averaged 10.52 dollars for the period.
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Canada
Westminster Paper Mill set to open with record build
Westminster Paper Mills Ltd of New Westminster B C reports a historic construction record. Construction began July 8 1922 and at 4 pm December 1922 the first paper was produced using pulp from Whalen Pulp and Paper Mills in British Columbia.
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Westminster Paper Millis, Ltd
New Westminster
B.C
British Columbia
Whalen Pulp and Paper Mills
Government to stop seed purchasing commission in Alberta
Minister of Agriculture W. R. Motherwell announced the Dominion Government seed purchasing commission will not operate this year. He cited progress in standard seed grain trade and anticipated eventual discontinuance of the commission as a government body. Seed grain will still be needed in parts of northern and central Alberta and may be obtained locally or via private companies.
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Hos
W. R. Motherwell
Dominion
Alberta
Seed Purchasing Commission
Average Farm Land Values Across Canada in 1922
The occupied farm lands of Canada average 44 per acre in 1922, up from 40 in 1921 and varying by province. Highest value is British Columbia at 120 per acre, with Ontario 64, Quebec 55, Prince Edward Island 145, Nova Scotia 24, Manitoba and New Brunswick 22, Saskatchewan 25, Alberta 34. Orchard and fruit lands in Nova Scotia Ontario and British Columbia range from 92 to 320 per acre.
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Canada
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba Creameries Lead 1922 Butter Exports Totals
Manitoba creameries carried a large export trade in 1922 shipping 115 cars totaling 2,556,120 pounds valued at 894,642 to Great Britain Pacific Coast Montreal Toronto New York Chicago and Philadelphia. A proverb notes race prejudice often stems from betting on the wrong horse.
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Manitoba Creameries
Great Britain
Pacific Coast
Montreal
Toronto
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
A Suitable Prairie Rotation
The Manitoba province review argues for a five year crop rotation centered on corn. Dr J Grisdale cites the Brandon Experimental Farm findings showing corn, followed by wheat, oats or barley in rotation, with manure, improves moisture, weed control, and soil humus while delivering net returns around three dollars per ton.
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Vrandel
Manitoba
Neepawa
Grisdale
Manitoba Dairy Output Totals Over Twelve Million
Manitoba produced dairy products valued at 12,454,223 in the past year per the Dairy Commissioner report. Creamery butter from 44 creameries totaled 10,559,601 pounds, up 208,496 from 1921 a 22.5 percent rise, selling for 3,695,860. Additional products included cheese 225,000 lbs value 37,687 milk 185,577,406 lbs value 4,639,195 ice cream 430,147 gals value 623,713 sweet cream 3,546,278 butter fatles 1,418,511. There is a separate note about mental defectives in New York State.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan Clay Industry May Rise Soon
The Saskatchewan clay deposits along the Weyburn branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway are being studied for practical development. Surveys identify large Readlyn Willows Eastend Ravenscray deposits with varied clay types suitable for white ware stoneware and fire brick. Demand for brick tile terra cotta and tableware grows while Canada imports rise. province offers ideal conditions for investment.
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Canada
Weyburn
Canadian Pacific Railway
Saskatchewan
Readlyn-Willows End
Eastend
Ravenscray
Medicine Mat
Alberts
Readlyn-Willows
Great Britain
Fastend Ravenscraw
Rockingham
Ceramic Laboratories of
New York
Dominion
Canadian National builds sun room on wheels observation car
The Canadian National Railway shops at Leaside Toronto unveiled a new observation car for the Mountain Division. The sun room on wheels features sixteen windows per side, two end windows, 64 seats plus 39 platform spaces, steel framing, cedar interior, electric lights and ventilators. 150000 visitors viewed it at the Toronto Exhibition last year.
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Canadian National Railway
Leaside
Toronto
British Columbia
Canadian National Railways
New Meilleur Cheese from Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm
A new cheese named Meilleur arises at Ottawa's Central Experimental Farm after extensive study. Named for dairy man Joseph Meilleur, the cheese is described as bright yellow when ripe with a fine texture, open like Emmenthaler and less pronounced in odor than many cheeses, with potential profitability if production conditions are favorable.
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Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Meilleur
Joseph Meilleur
Canadian Cattle In Demand Overseas
Canadian store cattle attract strong interest in England as Duncan Marshall reports keen demand. Delegations from Glasgow Bristol Leith Newcastle on Tyne Salford Dundee seek shipments to their ports. The National Farmers Union shifts to favor direct consignments to avoid commission charges. Scottish farmers urge spring imports to supplement large stocks of turnips and mangel wurzels.
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Canada
Duncan Marshall
England
Glasgow
Bristol
Leith
Newcastle on-Tyne
Salford
Ll Dundee
National Farmers’ Union
Marshall
Japanese English Hero Cited as Tokyo Street Car Rule
A mistranslated traffic rule allegedly used by Tokyo streetcars instructs conductors to honk politely at a pedestrian in view and then, if blocked, to honk with boisterous vigor. The line is presented as rule No. 2.
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Tokyo
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GC. Porter
Ww. N. OU
South African Agricultural School
Labor
Commission
J. Grisdale
New York State
University of Saskatchewan
Mount Robson
Canadian Rockies
Trans-Continental Railways
America
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