New Hybrid Plant Combines Sweet Clover And Alfalfa
Saskatchewan researchers led by Prof L B Kirk report a cross between Arctic sweet clover and alfalfa, yielding a forage plant that may replace nitrogen-depleting crops. The advance, found in 1924, aims to balance legume benefits with fewer drawbacks, with Manitoba and North Dakota conducting parallel studies.
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Scientiifec Agriculturis
Canada
United States
First & Jed Am
Fnen
University of Saxkatch
L. &. Kirk
W. J. Rutherford
Saskatchewan College of Agriculture
Agricultural College of the University
Igean Rutherford
Great Plains
Saskatchewan
Dean Rutherford
Arctic
Kirk
Manitoba
North Dakota
Scottish blood and Māori remark at public function
An English visitor and a distinguished Maori converse at a public function. The Maori jokes about having Scottish blood through his grandfather a Scottish Presbyterian missionary. The exchange reveals cross cultural banter and identity.
Feeding Young Pigs Balanced Rations For Growth
Dominion expert G B Rothwell notes that feeding and breeding practices can modify pig type over generations. Balanced rations and proper nutrition during the crucial three month growth period determine future development and profitability. The Ottawa pamphlet outlines boar and brood sow feeding and care, available postage free from the Publications Branch.
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Ewine
G. B. Rothwell
Dominion Animal Husbandman
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Mothwell
Keeping Cost Of Horse Labor Low
Farm economists from South Dakota State College highlight lowering horse labor costs by using proper machinery correct hitches and limiting horses to needed work. The report shows costs ranging from six to fifteen and a half cents per hour with an average of eleven cents. farmers who cut costs logged over 1,000 hours per horse annually, some over twelve hundred, and horses remained healthy. Diversification of crops creates more work days for horses, boosting utilization and returns.
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South Dakota State College
Mapping of Red Lake region advances with new Carrell Lake sheet
Federal mapping program extends over Red Lake district with provisional topographic sheets Lac Seoul and Point du Bois issued recently. A third sheet Carroll Lake is ready, covering areas northwest of Red Lake. four miles to the inch scale, pocket folders fifty cents, unfolded plain form twenty five cents, from the Topographical Survey Ottawa.
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Red Lake
Red Lake District
Lac Seoul
Point Duc Bois
Rer Lake
Muwin
Canadian National Railways
Topographical Survey
Department of the Interior
Surveys
Department of Lands and Forests
Ontario
Royal Canadian Air Force
Carroll Lake
Ottawa
Montana to Alberta Farmer Finds Rich Land at Low Price
William Wagner of Vegreville Alberta relates he arrived from Missoula Montana in 1902 with 1000 capital and bought 160 acres. He now farms 1120 acres valued at 45000 and praises Western Canada for affordable land, good climate, strong markets, and services such as roads telephones rural mail radio churches and schools.
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William Wagner
Vegreville
Alberta
Missoula
Montana
Mr. Wagner
United States
Canada
Western
Wagner
Sunlight As Fuel Prompts Glass Roof Experiments
Engineers explore using sunlight to heat homes by installing properly insulated glass roofs. They claim large fuel savings in winter, citing sunlit bay windows as proof, while skeptics await full feasibility studies.
William to Return to Germany Pending Expiry of Law
The Doom correspondent says the former German Emperor William plans to return to Germany next July when the law barring him ends. Princess Hermine is at Oels and preparations are underway for William to live at Homburg.
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Willian
News of the World
Germany
Hermine
Oels
William
Homburg
Prohibition Belief Is Proclaimed By Mayo in Montreal
Dr William J Mayo of Rochester Minnesota at the clinical congress of the American College of Surgeons in Montreal states that prohibition will endure in the United States. He predicts a gradual education that will foster a new generation of abstemious habits.
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William J. Mayo
Rochester, Minn
American College of Surgeons
Montreal
United States
Brederin Addressed as Latin for the Mess We’re In
A quoted exchange from the Literary Digest features a Negro preacher asking about the status quo and a member’s reply. The dialogue frames the status quo as a Latin term describing their collective predicament within the community.
Human hair growth rate and hair life span noted
The text states that human hair grows at about eighteen one-thousandths of an inch per day and that an individual hair’s life is estimated at roughly six years. This serves as a concise description of hair growth dynamics and turnover.
Tall London Bobby Part of Police Parade
Police Constable Nichols of London is described among the tallest officers in a Bobby helmet, with claims he measures over eight feet, highlighting unusual height in a ceremonial display.
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Nichols
London
Bobby's
Nichels
British Columbia Stock Breeders Plan Vancouver Agency
British Columbia stock raisers vote to form a selling agency modeled on prairie pools with a Vancouver head office. The Kamloops meeting endorsed creating the British Columbia Stock Breeders' Selling Agency to improve prices and marketing, aligning with Alberta organizers.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Kamloops
A. B. Claypool
Alberta Live Stock Growers’ Agency
Calgary
N. Curtis
Dominion
Edmonton
Columba Stock Breeders’ Selling Agency
Saskatchewan Farm Assets Reach 1923 Total Over Fifty Four Crore
Saskatchewan farmers recorded farm assets totaling 534 806 480 in 1923 across grain crops valued at 351 990 000 field crops 12 687 000 farm products 25 017 480 and livestock 135 112 000 per the provincial agriculture department's annual report by statistician R W Neely.
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Saskatchewan
R. W. Neely
Heavy Yields Reported in Alberta Threshing Season
J A Anderson of Olsen Creek Alberta moved his threshing outfit to the district northeast of Granum and wheat yielded 55 to 62 bushels per acre. On George Miller’s farm in the same district 5,042 bushels were processed in 12 hours, a provincial one day threshing record with grain averaging 60 bushels per acre.
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J. A. Anderson
Olsen Creek
Alberta
Granum
George Miller
Ontario Honey Tops British Dairy Show Exhibits
Ontario Honey Producers Cooperative reports Ontario Honey won first prize and also took a second prize at the British Dairy Show in London England amid entries from around the world.
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Ontario
London
England
Ontario Honey Producers’ Co-operative Ltd
Walnut furniture craze harms England's walnut trees
The rising demand for walnut furniture is depleting England's native walnut trees, upsetting the landscape and urban charm as woodworkers and consumers favor this material.
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England
Campaign to Abolish Automobile Racing Gains Ground
A movement in Germany to end automobile racing is expanding rapidly, drawing support from diverse groups and challenging established racing traditions across the country.
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Germany
British Students Praise Harvest Work in Saskatchewan
A group of thirty Oxford University and Wyre Agricultural College students praised their harvest experience in Saskatchewan. They said they were well treated, earned money to take home, and would likely return to Canada, with two already staying and others planning to return within two years. They enjoyed the work and noted favorable weather despite earlier losses.
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Oxford University
Wyre Agricultural College
England
Monteclare
Saskatch
Ewan
Canadian Pacific
Department of Colonization
John Thompson
Canada
Saskatchewan
Arctic Patrols Highlight RCMP Endurance on Northern Grounds
Reports from Baffin Devon and Ellesmere islands recount Royal Canadian Mounted Police patrols through harsh Arctic winters. Staff Sergeant Joy logged 975 miles in 40 days while Sergeant Wright covered 1286 miles February to May. Crevasses and snow blindness challenged the riders as they aided Eskimo communities and extended police presence along Ballin, Devon, Batlin and Ellesmere coasts.
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Canadian Arctic Islands
Canada
Mount
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Baffin
Devon
Ellesmere Islands
Mounted Police
A. I Joy
J. B. BL Wright
Joy
Craig Harbor
Ellesmere Island
Eureka Sound
Axel Heiberg
Ellesmer
Sergeant Joy
Aow
Wright
Milesmere
Devon Island
Batlin Island
Ballin Island
Sind
Arctic
Ils
Prairie Trees Spread Across the West Promising Vast Coverage
Prof W W Jackson of Manitoba Agricultural College reports rapid poplar expansion across Saskatchewan as land is broken for farming. Oak and elm saplings germinate in Alberta with acorns and elm seeds showing promise, signaling a future with extensive tree cover on prairies.
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Prairie
W. W. Jackson
Manitoba Agricultural College
Prof
Jackson
Saskatchewan
Prairies
Red Deer
Alta
Alberta
Death Tree expedition heads for Central Africa
Expedition led by Mr. Alexander Clive leaves Port Elizabeth to locate the so called death tree in Central Africa. The tree reputedly emits a deadly odour and kills sleepers nearby. Clive aims to extract valuable drugs and transport specimens to London within eighteen months.
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Port Elizabeth
Africa
Alexander Clive
London
Canada poised for motor transport boom
Canada shows rapid motor vehicle growth with over 200000 cars to be produced this year and car registrations exceeding 800000. Officials note highway improvements boost mobility and expect the automobile total to nearly double in a short time.
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Canada
New Standard Dictionary to Add Ballyhoo Entry
The New Standard Dictionary will include the term Ballyhoo described as extravagant advertising in its next edition. The note frames Ballyhoo as a lively word, part of a growing society of expressive speech.
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Ballyhoo
Society of Good Speech
Tea priced at thirty francs sparks restaurant protests
In a Parisian Bois de Boulogne eatery customers protest a thirty franc cup of tea. The brew is weak and spoons are scarce, prompting a Chinese-whispered joke about paying for hot water. Staff say only known patrons get spoons as souvenirs dwindle.
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Bois de Boulogne
Alberta's 11th crop report forecasts record wheat yield
The Alberta Department of Agriculture projects 6,275,000 acres of wheat across the province yielding 119,224,004 bushels, making this the second largest wheat crop in Alberta’s history.
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Alberta
Provincls Department of Agriculture
Soviet Law Expands Penalty for Multiple Marriages
New amendments impose up to 1 259 years imprisonment at hard labor for taking more than one wife in Soviet Russia. Exemptions apply to those who acquired multiple wives before the act’s enactment.
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Soviet
Russia
Marriaginv
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