Pullets Versus Hens for Egg Production and Breeding
The article argues pullets lay more eggs in their first laying year, making them more profitable for egg production than older hens. It advises buying day old chicks each spring, avoiding incubators and hatchery risks, and suggests using cockerels or yearling hens for table use before winter. It cites Canadian experiments favoring hen eggs for hatching traits and notes breeding stock decisions depend on whether eggs are for breeding or food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Experimental Station
Scott
Sask
F. van Nice
Central
Ottawa
Canada
Holidays In The Fall Rise In British Holiday Camps
The Christian Science Monitor notes fall bookings at British holiday camps for early October rose, signaling autumn as a growing holiday season. It cites lighter travel, lower prices as leaves fall, and references Twain on changing tips and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Science Monitor
Britain
Mark Twain
Arctic voyage yields Eastern Arctic specimens and reports no depression
Terence M Shortt of the Royal Ontario Museum notes a prosperous year in the Eastern Arctic for fox and Eskimo happiness. He brings 38 bird specimens from Somerset Island and Fort Ross for the museum, including a yellow tailed loon and a duck hawk. British statisticians rank London as the city with the lowest death rate among the world’s largest cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terence M. Shortt
Royal Ontario Museum
Hudson's Bay Company
Arctic
Shortt
Somerset Island
L. A Learmuth
Fort Ross
London
Berlin
New York
Paris
Tokyo
Rome
Huge Glacier Systems Unveiled By Harvard-National Geographic Expedition
Bradford Washburn leads a Harvard and National Geographic team revealing Alaska’s vast glacier field west of Mount St Elias. The system ranges up to seven thousand feet high and nearly reaches the sea, with evidence of melting but still immense ice sheets dominating the landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard University
National Geographic Expedition
St Flies
Alaska
Maritimes
New England
Antarctic
Greenland
Alaska- Yukon
Prairies
Mount St. Alias
Pacific
Duke of the
Abruzzi
Bradford Washburn
Mount St Elias
China cannot win declared by Chinese educator A C Koo
A C Koo told Detroit business men that China cannot win the declared war Japan forced upon it. He cited Japan's superior material, troops, food, and materials and warned China lacks these. He argued a Japanese victory would not permanently conquer China and urged faith in China's centuries long resilience to reclaim eastern Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Koo
Detroit
China
Japan
Dr. Koo
Hankow
The Black Cobra as a Symbol of Slander in Our Dumb Animals
A satirical piece compares the black cobra to a slanderer, noting its venomous spit can blind, then extrapolates that people blinded by lies may lose sight of truth. The tone mocks exaggerated claims and uses the animal allegory to critique falsehood.
Prolonging Life Tied to Avoid Shortening It
A A Bogomoletz, president of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, argues life should extend to 125 to 150 years. He cites his book Prolongation of Life and research from Soviet and foreign scientists. The text also notes balsa wood as the world's lightest wood, found in Caribbean swamps and along Central American coasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Bogomoletz
Academy of Sciences of the
Ukraine
Bogomoletz
Cuba
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Trinidad
Central America
Fish From Goldfelds Closes Lake Athabaska Season
The commercial fishing season on Lake Athabaska ended September 15 at Cracking Stone Point near Goldfields. Trout catches near a million pounds were sent to Chicago markets. McInnis Products employed 12 tugs with three-man crews to fish on contract and deliver to the Cracking Stone warehouse for refrigeration and shipment south by barge and rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Athabaska
Big Lake
McInnis Products
Cracking Stone Point
Goldfields
Chicago
Cracking Stone
Waterways
Alberta
Edmonton
Rhodesian baker wins at international exhibition
D. McIntyre of Bulawayo flew 1000 miles to Capetown and sailed 6000 more to Islington for the wedding cake contest. He arrived with two minutes to spare before judging and returned home with the first prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Bakers’ and Confectioners
D. McIntyre
Bulawayo
Rhodesia
Capetown
Royal Agricultural Hall
Islington
Overseas Daily Mail
Health warning urges simple foods during influenza peak
In 1937 Canada reported 63 147 influenza cases and 5254 deaths. Health Minister C G Power advises plain nourishing foods from November through March as best protection at first signs. Canadian cattle exports to Great Britain reached 25 792 head by September 1 1938, up from 7 200 in the same 1937 period. The Pacific golden plover makes a nonstop fall flight from Alaska to Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Hon. C. G. Power
Dominion
Great Britain
Pacific
Alaska
Hawaii
Spell As You Like at Stratford Conference
Learned men at Stratford-on-Avon discuss spelling with Professor Dover Wilson noting that English spelling was not fixed in Shakespeare's era. He cites Tudor era forms such as Ralph spelled Rafe and Raleigh shown as Rawley in Sir Walter Raleigh's signature, arguing spelling varied by speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford-on-Avon
Dover Wilson
Ralph
Rafe
Raleigh
Sir Walter
Rawley
London Times
Night lighting boosts egg production in poultry farming
Night lighting is used to extend hens feeding time during fall and winter to increase egg output. Producers may light for twelve hours or use a late evening lunch period, with electricity kerosene or gasoline systems. Bossed birds gain better intake and higher production through adjusted light schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wideawake
Bride Asks For Dress Money From Timid Husband
The bride of three months timidly asks her husband for funds for a new dress. He replies with generosity giving five dollars and adds buy a hat too.
Lifeboat Volunteers and Bodleian Growth Highlight Coast News
The coast of Britain operates about 290 life saving stations with 4 000 volunteers in lifeboat brigades alongside the regular service. Oxford's Bodleian Library adds between 20 000 and 25 000 volumes annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Oxford
Germany and allies gain steel output lead in long war
Steel magazine cites 1915 totals of Germany and Austria Hungary at 15.65 million tons and UK Russia France at 13.65 million. Now central powers at 20.82 million while allies reach 38.24 million. Germany up 50 percent, Russia 333 percent, UK 51 percent, France 613 percent. Germany's ore imports totaling about 7.2 million tons under a France trade pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Germany
Austria-Hungary
United Kingdom
Russia
France
Steel Magazine
Toronto
Two Visitors Fall Short of Poultry Congress Dates
Two men from Philadelphia and Akron tried to enter the World Poultry Congress fare in Cleveland but were turned away by ticket takers who noted the year on their passes read 1939 instead of the current year. The right place and week could not compensate for the incorrect year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poultry Congress
Philadelphia
Penn
Akron
Ohio
Cleveland Horticultural Gardens
London war time mother vows porridge aid again
Miss Jenny Morris, mother of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, said she would feed the troops if another war breaks out. She estimated she had made at least 90 000 bowls of porridge for her boys during the Great War, noting it would be worth the effort again despite the dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny Morris
London
Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry
Delicate balance in diamond weighing hinges on eyelash
The article notes how finely tuned scales used for diamonds can be tipped by an eyelash, illustrating extreme precision in jewel weighing and the tiny margin for error in the industry.
Wintering Bees and Steps to a Strong Spring Crop
The article outlines autumn foundation for next summer’s honey, stressing strong colonies with healthy young bees and ample stores. It details Kapuskasing’s Northern Ontario station guidance, wintering conditions including hive protection, ventilation, and snow, plus the role of quiet surroundings and pest control for successful winter survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kapuskasing
Dominion
Ontario
M. J. Rowland
They Really Exist Steps at St David Cathedral
C M Turner of the Associated British and Irish Railways notes that the famed steps from John Buchan’s story exist not on the North Sea coast but at St David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire. Ecclesiastics joked about them for centuries as their number matches Elizabeth I's 39 articles. Since 1920 Welsh clergy may walk them, following disestablishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Buchan
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Britain
C. M. Turner
Associated
British and Irish Railways
North Sea
St. David’s Cathedral
Wales
Pembrokeshire
Ecclesiastics
Tailor Merchant Cuts Dress For Four Men
A general merchant who sews in spare time was asked to let out a dress for a friend. He hesitated but tried. A week later the owner checked progress and learned the tailor had let the dress out to four men already.
British workers lose billions annually to illness
British workers lose 25 million pounds a year due to illness with the common cold blamed for about 40 percent of that total. The report highlights the economic impact on labor, productivity, and workplace health costs.
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Eastern
America
Harvard
Koo
Asia
Detroit Free Press
Black
Point Harbor
Boston
Goldfelds
Baker
Cleveland
de Haviland
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