Use Of Silage In Supplying Livestock Feed On Canadian Farms
The article reviews silage as key livestock feed in Canada with six to eight month feeding periods. It cites corn as the main crop for ensilage when possible and lists alternative crops like sunflowers and clover. It notes a Dominion bulletin by Hopkins and Ripley detailing silage methods, crop types, maturity, wilting, palatability, costs, silo types, and farmer opinions, available on request from Ottawa.
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Canada
Dominion Field Husbandman
E. 8. Hopkins
P. C. Ripley
Field Husbandry Division
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Ottawa
Youth Has The Advantage In Photographer Chase
Judge F. M. Morson of Toronto reflects on age and speed when a news photographer, possibly aged 25 to 85, pursues pictures. The camera man can climb, run, and weave through crowds to get a shot, an advantage that would remind the 85 year old judge of his own limits.
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F. M. Morson
Toronto
Cheerfulness as a Health Promoter
The passage argues that cheerfulness strengthens health by sustaining heart fibres and body function. It claims murmurings and repinings of the heart subtly wear the vital machine, and asserts that joy benefits the mind as well as the body. It concludes that a large mirror helps reassure women by reducing loneliness.
First Influenza Vaccine Demonstrated At Rockefeller Institute
The Rockefeller Institute announced that a flu vaccine was tested on 30 humans with 100 percent initial success. Dr. Thomas Francis said immunity in vaccinated humans appeared strong after two months, while experiments in mice showed comparable protection. He noted influenza may consist of multiple disease entities.
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Rokefeller Institute
New York
American Public Health Association
Rockefeller Institute
Thomas Francis
Canada
United States
Francis
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Laboratories
Elaborate funeral for Hong Kong police dog after murder
The German police dog of Mr. Mel Hung Yuen is killed raiding a restaurant kitchen. His owner, a police officer, has the man detained. A lavish funeral funded by the restaurant owner follows at the dog’s death, with monks and joss paper.
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Mel Hung-Yuen
Hong Kong
Fewer Canadian Commercial Failures in First Half 1936
Commercial failures in Canada for the six months ended June 30, 1936 declined from the prior year the lowest level since 1921. There were 629 failures with assets of 5 665 527 and liabilities of 8 511 715 versus 678 failures with assets of 5 904 358 and liabilities of 8 518 270 in the same period 1935.
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Canada
Color film of coronation procession shown in London theatres
A color film of the coronation procession will be shown in London and provincial theatres within 48 hours. Normally color development takes a week or more, but the process will be sped up to about 24 hours, though cost may be prohibitive.
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London
Dreuth Cause Cited By Stuart Chase At Minnesota Meeting
Economist Stuart Chase told the 71st Minnesota Education Association convention in St Paul that floods and drought are human made. He warned ten million Americans have lost livelihoods as forests were burned or overcut and grasslands overgrazed. He cited erosion washing three billion tons of soil into seas yearly and warned 100 million acres ruined or depleted. He urged finding a new equilibrium to meet nature’s demands with machine benefits.
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America
Stuart Chase
Minnesota Education Association
St Paul
Chase
A Call to Regulate or Ban Tipping
The London Daily Mail argues that tipping lacks standard rules and that France may ban tipping to solve the issue. It notes British tippers tend to overcompensate without a fixed percentage system and suggests a public vote could favor abolition or regulation, though removal of tipping seems unlikely.
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France
London Daily Mail
England Sees One Earthquake a Year This Century
The article notes that England has averaged about one earthquake per year during this century, highlighting the relatively quiet seismic activity in the region.
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England
Public Health Debate Credits Public Ignorance as Obstacle
Lord Tweedsmuir urged moderation at Queen's University as he received an honorary LLD. A Health League of Canada folder argues public ignorance blocks disease prevention, citing diphtheria deaths, unpasteurized milk risks, and calls for mass health education and cooperation from government and communities.
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The
Health League of Canada
Canada
Ontario
League
Department of Public Health
King as Model of Physical Fitness for British Youth
National health leaders plan to promote the King as the ideal 42 year old example of fitness. Pictures will show him in sporting poses to urge young men to imitate his routine. He rises early, exercises, bathes, and rubs down then plays squash or golf, swims, gardens, and walks on grass for a nerve tonic. He weighs 146 to 150 pounds and favors fish vegetables salads with sparing meat and dessert.
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National Health Movement
Snowball Set Crochet Pattern for Warm Winter Gift
Snowball Set features a scarf muff and hat for children ages five to twelve. The three-piece set uses simple stitches with ribbed decorative edging and two color options. Pattern 6488 includes instructions, illustrations, and materials. send 20 cents to Household Arts Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Unhappy Humorist Suppressed by German Magazines
The propaganda ministry ordered two German magazines suppressed for laughter at the regime. One printed an article on Frederick the Great ridiculed by officials. The other, Querschnitt, carried a Dictionary of Foreign Words with blunt definitions such as Absurd for hope and Journalism as a tight rope between lines.
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Third Reich
Frederick the Great
Querschnitt
Regime imposes strict schoolwoman grooming rules in Turkey
Turkish public education ministry enforces strict appearance regulations for teachers this fall. No makeup rouge or nail paint and long skirts compulsory. Offenses carry reprimand and heavy fines on first offense and automatic dismissal on second.
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Public Education
Stone money and irrigation plans across distant regions
Stone money used in the Caro line Islands of the South Pacific Ocean includes coins up to 12 feet wide. Japan announces a 10 year irrigation program with a total budget of 27000000 dollars.
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Caroline Islands
South Pacific Ocean
Japan
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