Greatness of The Wheat Pool in Canadian farming policy
E J Bierland MP Ber River Atta addresses locals praising the wheat pool as the era’s great industry. He cites low operation costs nine twentieths of a cent per bushel provincially and one fifth of a cent for the central selling agency. He says pools shift crop sales through the season, avoid flooding markets, and restore farmer confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point of Ennen
E. J.ierland
Ber River
Montreal
Dtorminion
Old Beliefs About Animals Debunked
A survey of common myths corrects ideas about porcupines shooting quills and cats seeing in total darkness. It notes earwigs’ name origin and explains lions, tigers, and leopards inverts popular notions about size strength and danger.
How Sleep Affects Mind and Focus Through the Day
The piece argues waking fresh after eight hours often leads to drowsiness and lower test scores. It notes deeper sleep delays recovery and that mental performance peaks in late afternoon to midnight. It suggests fatigue aids concentration and urges listeners to practice solitary speaking for clear thought.
Astonishing Daily Walking Distances Across Occupations
An investigator finds varied daily mileages among workers from housekeepers and policemen to sales staff and dancers. The study cites examples such as a hospital doctor seven teen miles daily including car use, a salesgirl eight miles, a Christmas shopper eleven miles, and a train conductor seven miles between cities. Weekly totals reach seventy five miles for a salesman and forty three miles for a stenographer who rides part of the commute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Traveller
Boston
San Francisco
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Old Chair Exhibited At Cairo Museum
Dr. George A. Reisner of the Boston Museum Harvard Expedition sent Queen Hetepueres carrying chair to Cairo’s museum where it is on exhibit. The gold case and inlaid hieroglyphics show pyramid era craftsmanship behind a chair built about 5000 years ago for Cheops mother. The reconstruction took nearly two years by the expedition.
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George A. Reisner
Boston Museum
Harvard
Hetepueres
Cheops
Cairo
Reisner
Great
Pyramid
Egypt
Slimness Scheme Ends in Stout Confession
A stout woman seeks a Harley Street doctor's diet to slim down. After a month she returns heavier, admitting she followed the order only to eat nothing but her ordinary meals. Her tale exposes the futile result of a misapplied diet plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Street
Canadian Seed Exports Hit 1927 Value Peak
Canada exported seeds worth 8 052 388 dollars in 1927 with flax and clover leading. The United States purchased 7 200 838 dollars of Canadian seeds. Smaller sales went to the British Isles New Zealand China Denmark France Japan Holland Australia Sweden Mecho Slovak ia and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
British Isles
New Zealand
China
Denmark
France
Japan
Holland
Australia
Sweden
Slovakia
Russia
Planting and caring for flowering bulbs in autumn
Ottawa’s Department of Agriculture bulletin number 85 outlines best practices for tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths. It recommends planting six inches deep and three inches apart in loamy soil, with annual digging to widen the display, and delaying foliage removal until it yellows.
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Department of Agriculture At
Ottawa
The Lecturer Quoted as Lucid Moment jest
An elderly man who volunteers talks to inmates at lunatic asylums faces disruption from a skeptical inmate. The inmate challenges the talk and is reminded that the lecturer has only one lucid interval each year, implying infrequent interruption. The item ends noting the US Constitution has 19 amendments.
Farmers Learn Seed Cleaning Across Saskatchewan Tour
More than 3,000 Saskatchewan farmers attended the second tour of provincial forage crop cars operated with Canadian National Railways cooperation. Thirty four stops visited seed supply and cleaning equipment with a staff of five lecturers, and over 14 000 pounds of approved seed were sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Canadian National Railways
Prince Albert
Hudson Bay Junction
Aberdeen
Arran
Kelvington
Dominion Seed Branch
Department of Agriculture
Canadian National
Grows Flowers Without Soil Discovery by Gericke
University of California experiment station professor W F Gericke announces soil less cultivation to raise sturdier flowers with finer color. He claims the method produces robust blooms and color variety while advancing horticultural science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Gericke
University of California Experiment Station
Berkeley
Gericke
Canada’s Water Power Is Well Distributed
Canada’s water power is plentiful and well distributed, with only 11 percent developed. The pulp and paper industry leads exports due to abundant pulpwood and low priced motive power, aided by forest-fire control and reforestation efforts. Close proximity to power sources reduces transmission costs, supporting future growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Paper Company
Canada
Monetary Times
Dairymen Must Obtain Canada US Export Certificates
Canadian dairymen exporting milk and cream to the United States must secure federal certificates of cleanliness and freedom from tuberculosis under a U S order. The Lenroot Taber Import Milk Act takes effect June 1, with temporary permits becoming void then. The rest of the text contains unrelated proverbs and a flour to wheat conversion.
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United States
Controlling Cereal Smut Methods Tested At Rust Lab Winnipeg
Tests at the Rust Research Laboratory Winnipeg evaluated seed treatments to destroy cereal smut. Formalin emerged as the only reliable control, with spray preferred over dip or sprinkle. other agents reduced smut but failed to give good control.
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Rust Research Laboratory
Winnipeg
Brandon
Manitoba
Indian Head
Scott
Saskatchewan
Lacombe
Alberta
Longfellow
Leader
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Porcupine Eats Dynamite In Tioga Forest Tower
Forest ranger encounters a porcupine dining on two sticks of dynamite inside a 60 foot tower cabin in Tioga district Pennsylvania. The ranger flees as the animal follows, raising fears the dynamite could explode or poison the porcupine if ingested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tioga State Forest
Pennsylvania
Paul H. Mulford
Wellsboro
R. Lynn Emerick
State Department of Forest and Waters
Terra Firma
Emerick
Mulford
Absent Boy Declines to Read Note Provided by Teacher
A reluctant pupil omits details about a prior absence as the teacher presses for an explanation. The boy finally points to a note on the table, saying he does not know what is written inside.
Visitor Names in New York Hotel Registry
The record notes the guest with the longest name Fred Featherstonhaugh from Toronto staying at the Hotel Commodore in New York. It also records Vincent Ka from Chicago, registered at the Roosevelt, as the guest with the shortest name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fred Featherstonhaugh
Toronto
Commodore
Vincent Ka
Chicago
Roosevelt
Superstitions On Hand Washing In Old Norse Northland
A fragment notes folk beliefs about two people drying hands together indicating begging, contrasting Sunsex lore with Northland customs. It twists with caution that not every person seeking advice truly desires it, reflecting quirky rural superstition and social humor.
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Chiwen
Farneroufiden
Howeath
Berlin
Boston-Harvard
The
U.S
Siberian
Stoll-McCracken
Prince Rupert
Aleutian Islands
Charles H. Stoll
Harold McCracken
Morrison
Bob Bartlett
Morrisey
Porcupine
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