Beginning Beekeeping Soves Advice and Start Methods
A late bulletin by F W Sinden advises beginners to visit experienced beekeepers and plan carefully before starting. Begin with two colonies, budget 25 to 36 dollars, and ensure a fertile queen in a disease free nearby apiary. Choices include purchasing swarms in spring or June or buying bees by weight in boxes. Move colonies in autumn or early spring if close, and learn bee behavior to control actions.
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F W Sinden
Dominion
Prizes Awarded at Saskatchewan Seed Fair Milling Tests
Judges praised the close order of merit among samples in the Saskatchewan seed fair milling and baking tests. Aavas of Margule wheat won 4 4 EB Dowling prizes. Geld exhibit placed second in milling and third in open. Canfield led multiple entries in Wild Rose and Red Fife categories.
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Luseland
Saskatchewan
Camfield
J. M Lees
Moose Jauw
Marquis W Morley
Keppel
Red Fire
G. Canfield
Wid Rose
Marquis
W. Rutherford
Lloycu
Seager Wheeler
Roethern
F. W. Canfield
Wild Rose
Ruby
A McKenzie
Helbeck
J. A. Annable
Sunningdale
Kitchener
Canfeld
Red Fife
F W. Canfield
Red
Fife
A. E. Teowling
Laisel
Canfield
Richard Hed Fife
J. W. Froatch
Moose Jaw
Witter
Northern Ontario Lakes to Be Restocked With Fish Fry
The Canadian National Railways and the Ontario Game and Fisheries Department plan to distribute thousands to millions of whitefish and lake trout fry to lakes around Port Arthur. Wm. Kenefick will supervise transport of fry by baggage cars to stations on lakes including Rainy Elbow Baril Shebandowan Arrow Little Long Windigo Whitefish Red Lake Mannuak Petican and Lake Nelen. Premier H N Harwell urged empire trade within Britain and a conference of chambers of commerce or experts for an empire wide approach.
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Gams
Fisheries Department
Perminion
Canadian National Railways
Port Arthur
Wm. Kenefick
Ontario
Game and Fisheries Department
Tittle Turns Lake
Rainy Lake
Abiwin Lake
Elbow Lake
Baril Lake
Keshabowile Lake
Shebandowan Lake
Arrow Lake
Littl Long Lake
Windige Lake
Whitefish Lake
Redditt Lake
Mannuak Lake
Petican Lake
Lake Nelen
Irishwomen mock archbishop sermon on marriage
Two elderly Irish women leaving church mock the archbishop’s sermon on marriage. Bridgit says it would be fine if he preached after giving them more, while Maggie agrees and wishes she knew as little about the matter as he does.
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Bridget
Maggie
Income Tax Proposal on Aliens in Canada
The House of Commons considers a motion by W. M. Bermann to study an eight percent income tax on aliens nonresidents employed in Canada or earning Canada sourced income over one dollar annually. It notes Canada and the United States both taxed cross border workers, with Americans in Canada facing four percent and US exemptions, while Canadians working in the US faced eight percent with a one dollar exemption.
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House of Commons
Canada
W. M. Bermann
Liberal
Welland
United States
Playthings for German Children Shown in Paris Chamber
In the Paris Chamber of Deputies lobby General de Castreman displays toy houses and a church, presented by an officer in Germany. The fourth wall display includes shell scarred roofs, two dead trees, four cannons and three soldiers, two of whom are missing an arm. The scene casts a stark wartime vignette amid other items.
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Chamber of Deputies
Paris
General de Castreman
Germany
Grading Policy for Select Bacon Hogs in Canada
Canada plans premium incentives to farmers for breeding select bacon hogs. Officials will grade hogs at stock yards and abattoirs with a minimum 1 percent premium for select bacon animals. Standards define Select Bacon hogs as 160 to 210 pounds with specific body and fat characteristics.
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Canada
Dominion
Ottawa
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Wiltshire
Department
Highest Town in World Phari Tibet Aims At Lofty Peak
Phari in Tibet stands at 14 800 feet and claims the title of the highest town. It is also reputed to be the dirtiest with ruined fortifications and a citadel like appearance. Streets are dirty gutters and bazars poor. Peat hovels house inhabitants amid an intensely cold climate and regular Tibetan evening winds.
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Phari
Thibet
Years of Discretion and England’s Rolling Chairs
A fragmented excerpt mentions a request for a young person and a remark about age and washing abilities. It also notes that in England rolling-chairs used by invalids must carry a motor license. The passage implies social attitudes toward youth and disability in a clipped, period voice.
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England
Kitchen Gardens in West Prairie Provinces
The prairie provinces grow nearly all common vegetables including cauliflowers cucumbers and tomatoes. Corn acreage rises shifting toward staple fodder on farms. Manitoba alone produced large tomato losses from glass houses last year. Provincial data show 12,097,000 bushels potatoes 1,484,000 turnips and 3,600,000 bushels fodder corn from Canada’s 40,199,000 total.
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Prairie Provinces
Prairies
Manitoba
Dominion
Canada
Farmers May Use Radio in Plowing
Expert on scheme to guide tractors by radio directs a field tractor while at home. E D Glavin, radio enthusiast, says he has tested wireless auto control and aims to steer, not propel, tractors with a spiral eight foot aerial.
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E. D. Glavin
Glavin
Gilavin
Oil Drilling Expansion Heralded in Pouce Coupe Field
Several large companies signal extensive drilling this summer in the Pouce Coupe oil field as more firms await proof of further potential. The first spring drill reaches Spirit River with the Community Drilling Company, formed by Edmonton interests.
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Pouce Coupe
Spirit River
Community Drilling Company
Edmonton
New Nose Print Method Aids Cattle Identification
A Minnesota Agricultural College backed approach uses nose prints from smoked glass to identify cattle. Developed by OG H Baker, the system aims to replace tattoo marks and color charts, offering a simpler method for Jersey Guernsey Holstein Ayrshire cattle identification.
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Baker
Minnesota Agricultural College
World Crop Prospects Favorable for Wheat in Empire
USDA reports world crop prospects show favorable outlook for wheat across the empire. Winter wheat in Canada and British India edges up about one to one and a third percent from last year with Australia also favorable. Pacific Starch Products plans a 49000 dollar starch plant at South Westminster using 7000 tons of Fraser Valley potatoes yearly, supplying only company stockholders.
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British Empire
United States Department of Agriculture
Canada
British India
Australia
B.C
Pacific Starch Products, Ltd
South Westminster
Fraser Valley
Vegetables For Health And Kitchen Garden On Farms
An article outlining how kitchen gardens should be near the house for quick access and which crops are best grown close to home versus in field conditions. It lists recommended varieties of beets, carrots, peas, tomatoes, beans, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, onions, lettuce, squash and other crops, plus notes on perennial bed placement and soil preparation.
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Detroit
Great Balance at Bank of England Tests Light Coins
The Bank of England houses the Great Balance a seven foot tall two ton machine used to test light coins. Dust on its surface causes inaccuracy, and a postage stamp on a weighing pan moves the index six inches. It weighed gold coin loss of about 5 million dollars over 25 years scaled to sovereign life. A companion note refers to legislation on compensation for destroyed animals TB and new provisions for grading vegetables including potatoes and onions to be debated in Parliament.
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England
Prairie provinces seed acreage tops last year by 288 percent
Western report states total acreage prepared for seed in the three prairie provinces reaches 16,469,548 acres, a 288 percent increase over the previous year. Strong growth highlights expansion in agricultural planting across Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba.
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Prairie Provinces
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