Development In The West Four Year Growth Shown
Growth in Western Canada from 1920 to 1928 is outlined with figures on added crop area surpassing 7.4 million acres and rising yields. W. Evans highlights prairie progress across field and dairy products, livestock, transportation, power, and manufacturing, noting dramatic increases in wheat output, butter production, and rail mileage.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
London
New York
Bertin
W. Sanford Bvens
Winsipes
Mr. Ewen
Virgin Prairie
Prairie
Pillers
Western
Evans
Ess
Fire prevention tips from the Natural Resources Bulletin
The bulletin warns that chimney mortar loosens with weather changes, stoves and stovepipes require proper clearance and protection, and overheated pipes or careless handling of ashes cause fires. It notes higher farm fire losses last year and urges better insurance and maintenance to prevent fires and protect homes and livelihoods.
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Satural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ouawa Sors
Writer proposes farm kitchen as community centre at fair
Nina Moore Jamiesen urged at the Canadian National Exhibition that a farm kitchen serve as a community centre. A large room could host a winter dance for youths, with quick neighbor summons via the See phone, and a cleaned farm pond could become a skating rink in winter and a swimming pool in summer.
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Nina Moore Jamiesen
Manitoba Mines Expand Under Central Manitoba and Copper Company
Developments in Manitoba mining include Central Manitoba Mines Ltd capitalized at 2,000,008 set to take over claims at Long Lake and expand Ball Mog Lake holdings. Manitoba Copper Company increases capital from 68,888 to 2,000,000 as part of the動 strengthening mining activity in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Central Manitoba Mines. Ltd
Capital
Long Lake
Ball Mog Lake
Manitoba Copper Company
Timber output rises in East Kootenay mills
Reported lumber production shows She S924 cutting timber in the East Kootenay forestry district totaling about 150 million feet. Simtown mills appear to be starting operations with twelve more to come this fall. Current mills process around 40 000 feet daily.
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East Kootenay
Wit
Simtown
Englishwoman Traverses 20000 Miles Into Africa
An Englishwoman travels alone for twenty thousand miles into central Africa accompanied only by a dog. The expedition seeks remote regions and encounters challenging terrain and ecosystems while advancing exploration.
Sugar Beet Prospects in Canada Draw Interest
The sugar beet industry in Canada is largely undeveloped with one company operating beet sugar factories at Wallaceburg and Chatham Ontario producing about 50,000,000 pounds annually. Experiments by the chemistry division of the Experimental Farm show home grown seed beets can yield high quality sugar in distant regions, with plans likely to place a factory in Southern Alberta by US interests due to favorable irrigation.
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Canada
Dominion
Wallaceburg
Chatham
Ontario
Pivishm of
Alberta
United States
Tougher Than Steel from Rock Strands Reported
A Russian chemist reports that wire made from ordinary rock is tougher than steel. The invention aims to screen and strengthen metals, with potential to speed machinery. The process allegedly uses high heat and pressure to alter rock salt and increase strength.
Titled Persons in Japan Reach 923 in Imperial Figures
The Imperial Household Department reports 923 titled persons in Japan. The baronage leads with 412, followed by viscounts 382, counts 3, and marquises 38, princes 26. The tally excludes princes of the Imperial Blood.
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Japan
Imperial Household Department
Profitable Keeping Of Poultry Production Of Eggs
The article argues profitable poultry care hinges on selecting heavy egg producers. It advises marking or banding birds by age, using trap-nests for breeders, and culling via multiple physical traits. It describes signs of high producers versus poor layers and emphasizes balanced selection over single features.
Decrease in Canadian forest fires despite western flare
W H Kilby chief of forest protection for the Canadian National Railway reports an encouraging drop in forest fires across Canada for the year except British Columbia. The favorable trend is credited to an aggressive newspaper education campaign and closer railway forestry cooperation. Through CN lines 875 fires were reported by mid September, about 300 west of Winnipeg where conditions favored fires more than in the east.
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British Columbia
Canada
W. H. Kilby
Canadian National Railways
Kilby
Dominion
Winnipeg
United States
Republic
U Iis
Immigration Department
Jims
Global language distribution and the proverb on riches
The excerpt notes that about 600 million of 1.646 billion people speak principal European languages and that English has the most adherents. It adds a proverb about riches acting as wings that can make an ordinary girl into an angel.
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Globe
Clean milk supply through ordinary sanitary rules
The editorial urges readers to verify milk cleanliness in small towns. It argues careful farmers can produce safe milk without large pasteurization plants, asks about milk sourcing and handling, and promotes home pasteurization if needed. It warns against cheap unclean milk and advocates paying extra for clean milk to avoid medical costs.
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Jennie Jones
Canada Wheat Exports Rise in 1924 Totals and 1927 World's Fair
Wheat exports from Canada for the year ending August 31, 1924 surpassed the prior twelve months by over sixty million bushels, totaling 289,190,061 with value about 299.995 million dollars. Major buyers included the United Kingdom with 200 million bushels, the United States up to 21.32 million, and other countries at 67.79 million. Wheat flour exports reached 11.99 million barrels, and a 1927 World’s Fair is planned for Vancouver.
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Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Returning Canadians Cross Border Amid Population Shifts
The article notes a rise in Canadians returning from the United States as Saskatchewan faces reduced potato acreage and a potential light yield. Marketing efforts will compile offerings for dealers, with grades aligned to Dominion standards and carlot cooperation encouraged.
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Saskatchewan
W. Waldron
Department of Agriculture
Regina
S. J. Hetherington
Minnesota Potato Growers’ Exchange
Handling Livestock In Shipping
Canada farmers lose large sums from rough handling of market stock during shipping. Three to four hundred thousand hogs suffer value losses annually, with about 900 million dollars total. Cattle bruising and gore losses also run high, totaling about a million and a half dollars yearly. The Ottawa agriculture leaflet urges proper loading chutes and careful handling, plus horn growth prevention on calves and horn removal on larger cattle.
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Canada
Minister of Agriculture
Ottawa
Moisture in Silage Making and Fodder Wetting Tips
Water content in fodder during silo filling is crucial for proper fermentation and cooling. Dry weathered corn and delayed harvests need liberal wetting, applied by directing a stream into the fodder cutter with a valve and hose to wet the chopped material thoroughly. L Stevenson, Ontario Agricultural College.
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L. Stevenson
Ontario Agricultural College
Regiment Returns Home After Eighteen Years Abroad
A British army regiment recently back from Constantinople has been away from England for eighteen years. In the last four years the unit has served in eight different countries, marking a long global posting before reunion.
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Constantinople
England
Awaiting Grain Rush With 87 Tramp Steamers Chartered
The fleet of 87 tramp steamers is chartered to load grain at Montreal for Europe as preparations for the largest St Lawrence grain rush proceed. A new elevator can load 120000 bushels per hour and exports in the coming weeks may reach 146000000 bushels.
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Montreal
Europe
St Lawrence
No Use For Queens Banned Books Mention Queens
Soviet authorities bar import of books about ants and bees in which queens are mentioned. German bookseller notes Bolsheviks object to portraying colonies as helpless without ruling queens.
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Russia
Buchhandler-Loersenblat
Good Year For Sheep Raising In Canada
Canada reports a better than average clip with a record lambing season. Western producers ship more wool to the United Kingdom than to the United States, and the quality of the new clip is noted as superior to prior years.
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Canada
United Kingdom
United States
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Praire
Ur Aise
Natural Resources Bullet
Doe
Woommn
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Vancouver
OUR
A Mandeville
Canada Steamships
Longueuvil
Loague
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