Tree belts curb soil drifting in Manitoba fields study
A conference on soil fertility cites experiments at Indian Head and Brandon showing tree belts protect crops from wind erosion. Findings indicate belts about twenty times their height in width shield fields, with single rows offering uniform protection and nearby farms reporting drift eliminated and fewer crop failures in Southwestern Manitoba.
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Seetetrehewan
Albert
United States
Norman M Roses
Dominion Forestry Branch
Indian Head
H. L. Patmore
Brandon
Manitoba
Facts About Fish as a Meat Substitute in Diets
The article discusses fish as a protein source with varying fat content. It classifies fish into three fat-based groups and notes digestibility differences, debunking “brain food” claims, and offers guidance on preserving fish. It also compares shellfish digestibility to other fish varieties and cautions on raw oysters.
British emigration totals in 1922 and prewar figures
In the House of Commons Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame stated 1922 emigration from Britain reached 274 096 while immigrants stood at 68 026. He noted prewar data were unavailable but estimated average net emigration around 236 000 annually from 1900 to 1915.
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House of Commons
Philip Lloyd-Greame
British Board of Trade
Saskatchewan Creamery Butter Output Rises Sharply in 1922
Saskatchewan shows a 21 percent increase in total creamery butter production in 1922 compared with 1921, with 8,783 churnings graded and 5,596,798 pounds butter. The Dairy Branch reports 11,500 churnings graded, totaling about 7,792,444 pounds, as evidence of improving quality and rising market demand. Two grading depots in Regina and Saskatoon serve 59 creameries, sending samples for official grading and issuing government grade certificates on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eskatchewan
P. L Heed
Leiry
Department of Agriculture
Regina
Saskatoon
Make Thrift Your Policy
The article argues thrift should be a policy and habit guiding all moves in life and business. It warns against miserliness, urges planning before action, and stresses study and practice to make thrift automatic rather than natural. It cites the Thrift Magazine as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muust
Civics Lesson Over Tragic Auto Crash
Judge notes a friend’s death in an auto accident and questions reliance on life insurance when funds were diverted to purchase the car. The remark frames a civics lesson about financial decisions and consequences.
Japanese Whale Diet Gains Popularity in Markets
The passage notes that multitudes in Japan live on rice and fish and that a whale meat diet is growing in popularity. Hundreds of tons of whale meat are sold in Japanese markets today, reflecting a shift in dietary variety.
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Japan
FOR THE KIDDIES PARTY
Cultivate well being in children through correct dressing and chic touches. Mothers tailor outfits with embroidery and hemstitching to create outfits that look special. The girl wears dotted swiss in salmon pink and the boy a white linen suit with delicate embroidery.
Keeping Life Interesting From The Christian Guardian
The article urges maintaining zest in life by seeking doors to new experiences through people books nature and hobbies. It argues life grows dull only if interests shrink and stresses exploration and learning regardless of one’s circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Guardian
Aviation glossary sets standard terms for aeronautics
Britain based societies with the British Engineering Standards Association publish a standard glossary of aeronautical terms. It includes diagrams and pictures to explain every term used in aviation, aiding clear communication as a new science expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Great Britain
British Engineering Standards Association
Sahara Desert spans vast region near European size
The Sahara covers over 3 500 000 square miles almost as large as Europe. It is known for trade in musk gum dates alum hides spices cotton palm oil and ostrich feathers. The desert sustains a population of about 2 600 800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara
Iesert
Relics of Mary Queen of Scots to go on London market
The pearl diamond pendant once given by the Dauphin on Mary Queen of Scots marriage eve, a catgut watch spring, and nine other execution relics including a Prince Charles hair lock and a hand painted tortoise seal are to be sold, formerly in Major Frazer Tytler’s possession. Buenos Aires operates 128 cinema houses as a social note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marys Queen of Scots
London
France
Frazer Tytler
Prince Charles
Value of Research Highlighted at Conference in Iowa
Government officials at the Scientife and Industrial Research Conference in Iowa described the impact of domestic science on Canada. Dr. J. H. Grisdale cited corn and sunflowers boosting wheat growth, dairy cattle improvements yielding 1,345 pounds of butter fat, and the Dominion Experimental Farm in Ottawa driving wealth. The Botanical Division cut lumber diseases and tobacco production rose from 5.0 to 25,000,000 pounds, with four-fifths of Canadian tobacco to be homegrown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Iowa
J. H. Grisdale
Ottawa
Canada
Pomtinion
British Columbia
Canadian butter gains ground in London market
A Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Commission News Letter quotes a London grocer noting a heavy import season for Canadian butter. He cites Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta butter as superior to eastern province product and priced higher, praising cooperative provincial grading and government systems. Cheese also retains high market position as Canadians aim to place bacon and butter on equal footing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Tuiry and Cold Storage
London
England
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
San Francisco Clock Claims World Largest Minute Hand
San Francisco erected a crest town clock claiming to have the world’s largest minute hand at eleven feet long and 200 pounds while London’s Big Ben minute hand is fourteen feet long and weighs 224 pounds. The note ends with a remark about how to tell when a woman is interested by her pretense of not listening.
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San Francisco
Big Ben
London
Train Journeys Before Railways Fascinate the Children
Uncle Ned takes the children to lunch and a station visit where Happy and friends learn about trains. Aunt Dee narrates travel before engines, describing horse coaches, inns, and changing horses as the group reflects on the comforts of modern rail travel.
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Uncle Ned
Aunt Dee
Ned
Happy
Gerald
Dee
Frances
Tom
A Northland School Connects Eskimo and Indian Youth
Hy Fullerton Waldo describes a voyage from Hay River to Fort McPherson with fourteen students for the first trip of a mission school program. Parents from Loucheux and Eskimo communities entrust their children to Mrs. Vale, bringing weather beds and quilts as they depart, while praising the school’s impact on life and work for Indigenous youth.
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Tts Freeman
Arctic Shores
Hay River
Great Slave Lake
Northwest Territories
Mackenzie River
Fort McPherson
Tepee
Edmonton
Arctic
Mrs. Vale
Meir
Forcing Rhubarb Methods at Invermere and Kentville Trials
Experiments from Invermere British Columbia and Kentville Nova Scotia detail forcing rhubarb from December to May. Old stools are split in May, planted, stored in frost-free sheds, then forced in basements. Kentville reports two year seedlings forced under greenhouse benches with sand and light exclusion yielding 89.75 pounds from 22 square feet.
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Invermere
B.C
Kentville
N.S
Green House
Fishermen Use Electric Lights to Drive Sardines Up
Norwegian coastal sardine fisheries faced a shortage as the fish stayed deep and unavailable to nets. Electric searchlights were deployed to lure sardines to the surface, enabling cannery operations to resume catching.
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Norwegian
Norway
Great Disappointment Mac
A fragmentary exchange shows a casual test of drink preference with a humorous tone. The lines reference Scotland and a cordial, Dund auiarinalade, as two speakers, Mary and an unnamed man, discuss offering a drink.
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Mac
Mary
Italian statesman Nitti adopts alternating tobacco abstinence plan
Signor Nitti, a noted Italian statesman and former premier, is a heavy smoker who has begun a novel habit to protect his health, smoking one year and then abstaining the next. The article notes that twenty percent of the nation’s aluminum supply is consumed by automobile manufacture.
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Signor Nitti
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Saskatoon & Nursery
Britain
Eo N. UL Res
Yasher
Sahara Desert
Mary Queen of Scots
Buenos Aires
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