New Varieties of Spring Wheat Promise Success in Western Canada
The Canadian agricultural service reports Garnet and Reward wheat show early maturity and strong drought resistance. Garnet matures 7–13 days before Marquis across Manitoba and Alberta, yielding well and boasting rust resistance. Reward trails Garnet by a few days but yields higher than Ruby and adapts to ample rainfall areas. Farmers tested both varieties in 1924 and 1925. final market decisions depend on milling tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canada
Furma
Brandon
Marpitoba
Indian Head
Saskatchewan
Latombe
Alberta
Garnet
Marquis
Manitoba
Whire
Preston
Kota
Prediction of no summer in 1926 by H J Browne
H J Browne of Washington warns at Wellesley that 1926 may lack a summer and threaten world grain, but many leading scientists in Europe doubt the claim. Meanwhile in Penang Straits Settlements heat is extreme, with traffic officers using matting to protect feet.
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H. J. Browne
Washington, D.C
Wellesley
Mass
Penang
Straits Settlements
Malay Peninsula
Ashes as Potash Fertilizer for Crops and Soils
A new pamphlet by Dr. Frank T. Shutt urges farmers to save wood ashes as a potent potash fertilizer. Ashes neutralize soil acidity, improve sandy soils, and boost crops like clover corn and mangels. 25 to 60 bushels per acre suffice on light soils, with spring broadcasting and thorough harrowing recommended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. Shutt
Shutt
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Long Cold Winter Forecast by Meteorologist Browne
Herbert J. Browne, a noted meteorologist, predicts a severe long cold winter across the American continent with heavy snowfalls and prolonged cold waves interspersed by brief warm spells. He cites below normal solar radiation and record cold this fall as indicators, warning of crop disruption into 1927 and a late spring after the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American
Herbert J. Browne
Northwest
B C Game Preserve At Banff Winder Highway Park Asset
The game preserve created by designating Banff Winder Highway as part of Kootenay National Park aids big game habitat and surrounding forests. Moose deer elk and mountain game are reported numerous and hunting of these animals rose this past season compared with several years prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banff-Windermere
Kootenay National Park
Sofia reporters rely on love and water as pay fades
The piece notes Sofia reporters exist on love and fresh water with average reporters earning about 8 a month and editors like Nikola Miloff earning under 59 a month. Sofia operates 14 daily newspapers selling for about three four ths of a cent each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Nikola Miloff
Infant sponges feed by currents and particle intake
A historical note describes infant sponges as animalite creatures living on the ocean floor. They feed on yolk cells and, as they grow, rely on currents to deliver minute food particles into a chamber resembling a half mouth and half stomach.
Long running correspondence chess game ends in a draw
A 1914 match between Ernest Jackson of York South Carolina and James McGregor of New South Wales Australia concluded in a draw. The game was played by correspondence with moves approximately every two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Jackson
York
South Carolina
James McGregor
New South Wales
Australa
Hudson Bay Railway Seen Driving Northern Development
Regina Leader argues the completion of the Hudson’s Bay Railway would unlock vast iron ore deposits near Nassapoka Island and spur growth across Northern Manitoba Saskatchewan Ontario and the Northwest Territories. W. Aram of Montreal, Royal Geographical Society fellow, notes navigational limits in Hudson Straits but cites the project’s strategic value and needed political cooperation.
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Hudson
Bey Raib
W.aram
Montreal
Royal Geographical Societ
Hudson's Bay Area
Nassapoka Island
Hudson Straits
Hudson's Bay Railway
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Northwest Territories
Bay
Regina
Women Turn To Agriculture At Eastern Ontario Convention
Mrs. H. M. Aitken of Beeton Ont says at the eleventh annual convention of the Women’s Institutes of Eastern Ontario that women specialize in poultry and turn to farming as they age. She notes women bring a detail passion and a knack for feeding the world, contrasting with men.
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Women’s Institutes of
Ontario
H. M. Aitken
Beeton
Ont
Silk Key Cloth Material Cheap in Madagascar
A brief note states that silk remains the least expensive cloth material in Madagascar, highlighting its affordability compared with other fabrics and indicating steady demand among local buyers.
Alberta Eyes Corn Based Rehab For Semi Arid Southeast
Alberta government officials outline a plan to grow corn and raise stock in the semi arid southeast to rehabilitate farmland. George Hoadley says a 1926 survey will map large blocks of abandoned land to test drought resilient crops and winter feed for livestock. Saskatchewan corn growers praise cross border cooperation and note ongoing funding and show costs.
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Alberta
Beloves
George Hoadley
Lethbridge
Hoadley
Alberta Corn Growers’ Association
Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Hoffman
Saskatchewan Corn Growers’ Association of
Maple Creek
Saskatchewan Organization
Ogilvie Milling Company
How a Wardride Homesteader Built a Living on Alberta Farm
Mrs. M. E. Warren Nugent recalls arriving in 1919 to homestead with 160 acres and little capital. She details turning egg money and cream checks into living expenses, expanding land and stock year by year to include five horses, 13 cattle, five cows, three hogs, a hen flock, and full farm equipment.
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M. E. Warren Nugent
Alberta
Edmonton Journal
Nugents
Among the Mountains by Michael Hargadon
A Montreal poet Matthew Hargadon presents Among the Mountains a small booklet featuring seven poems about the Canadian Rockies including Banff Lake Louise Moraine Lake Emerald Lake Glacier Waterfall and Camp Song. Sixteen color prints accompany the text. published by Southam Press Montreal price 50 cents.
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Michael Hargadon
Montreal
J. B. Dollard
Catholic Register
Canadian Rockies
Banff
Lake Louise
Emerald Lake
Rocky Mountains
Mountains
Southam Press
Bleury St
Agricultural Expansion Relies On Farm Growth In Canada
The Dominion field husbandman reports four year yields at Ottawa show corn outperforms sunflowers on sandy loam for silage quality, but sunflowers excel on heavy clay. Immigration data indicate 63-64 percent overseas and US arrivals were agricultural, underscoring agricultural opportunity as Western Canada opens land for settlement and new colonists.
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Canada
Dominion
United States
Canadian Pacific Railway
Western
Butter Market Outlook in Western Dairying
The west’s dairy future hinges on dairy product demand with creamery butter output in the three prairie provinces likely to top 45 million pounds this year. High prices may boost manufacturing but no over-production danger is seen as long as quality remains consistent and exports to Britain stay robust.
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West
Prairie Provinces
Praire
England
Canada
World Wheat Crop Forecast Boosts Global Output
The agricultural department projects a world wheat crop 300,000,600 bushels above last year based on estimates through November 11. Northern hemisphere production across 32 countries is about 2,953,000,000 bushels higher than 1924. Canada’s harvest is set at 422,000,000 bushels, up from 392,000,000 and last year’s 262,600,000.
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Agricultural Department
Department
Canada to Great Britain Cattle Exports Head Toward Record
The 1925 cattle shipments from Canada to Great Britain are expected to exceed 100000 head with a monthly average over 16000. The total export value is estimated around 12000060 dollars. An elevator in a London hotel operates at a lift speed of 70 miles per hour.
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Canada
Great Britain
London
Dominion field husbandman report for 1924 issued in Ottawa
The 1924 Dominion field husbandman report by E. Hopkins presents thirty five years of meteorological records and detailed crop costs for oats hay silage corn mangels potatoes and other crops. It covers yields at the central experimental farm cultivation methods weed control silage improvement legume crops rotation manure and fertilizers plus moisture studies in prairie provinces and comparative crop yields with Ontario.
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Dominion Field Husbandman
E. 8. Hopkins
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Central Experimental Farm
Ontario
Canada Dominates U S Newsprint Supply Says Executive
At the annual convention the Paper Association president warned the United States already relies on Canada for about two thirds of its newsprint in pulp or finished paper. He predicted a future where the U S is entirely dependent on Canada for newsprint.
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U. 8
United States
Canada
Paper Association
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Conigutben
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Heaven
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