Alberta Coal Prospects Link to Eastern Canada Fuel Supply
Alberta holds vast coal reserves about 1 million million tons with 380 mines producing near 6 million tons annually. High production costs and labor disruptions, plus transportation rates, hinder market growth in Ontario and Quebec while U S coal dominates the Great Lakes region.
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Natural Resources Bulletin
Central
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
United States
D. B. Dowling
Geological Survey of Canada
Drumbieller
Lethbridge
CPR
Rocky Mountains
Canadian National Railway
Ernst
Great Lakes
Drumheller
No. 18
Cascada
Timberland in the North Gains Timber Resources
B. H. Segre Dominion land surveyor recently completed a government travers e from The Pas Manitoba to Fond du Lac Alberta. He compares 1892 Tyrell reports of barren country with today’s jack pine growth about 30 years old and spruce islands 26 inches in diameter. He notes vast timber potential and pulpwood value for future use if not destroyed by fire.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Pas
Manitoba
Fond du Lac
Lake
Athabasca
B. H. Segre
Dominion Land Surveyor
Calgary
Edmonton
J. B. Tyrell
Dominion Geological Survey
Ontario
Segre
Profitable Wheat Yields On 900 Acre Prairie Farm
T T Mydland operates Punxatawney Ranch at High River Alberta for George Mclrvine. A 50 acre winter wheat field yielded 2500 bushels of Turkey Red Wheat with high quality and color. Another 66 acre field remains to be threshed and should exceed the first field. Revenue from threshing already tops $3000, about $65 per acre. The farm overall covers 900 acres, with 70 percent in wheat and the rest in oats.
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T. T. Mydland
High River
Alberta
George Mclrvine
Preesni
Mydland
Hog Market Totals Rise Across Provinces in August
August hog receipts show Alberta up about 17 000 head Manitoba up 13 000 and Quebec up 4 500 while Ontario declines 3 506. Four provinces total rise 42 000. Year to date supplies reach 790 834 in stockyards and 1 136 130 in packing plants, up about 400 000 from 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Manitoba
Quebec
Ontario
Provinces
Mother publicizes daughter's typhoid surprise visit
A mother from the farm visits her city daughter and is shocked to see her bobbed hair. After greeting, she scolds Lizzy for not warning her about catching typhoid, noting the lack of prior news of the illness.
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Lizzy
Ancient Florida Man Unearthed by Amherst Scientist
Dr. F B Loomis of Amherst College reports evidence of a man living in Florida twenty five thousand years ago. The discovery points to early human presence in North America and adds to paleolithic timeline.
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Florida
F. B. Loomis
Amherst College
Andrew Preston and the Banana Industry Pioneer
Andrew W. Preston headed United Fruit Company and is credited with popularizing the banana globally. He built a vast business spanning ships, plantations, plants, hotels, and other properties, earning immense wealth and transforming the tropical fruit into a staple beyond the tropics. The text notes the fruit’s ancient origins and limited early export, with widespread growth only in the last decades.
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Massachusetts
Andrew W. Preston
Caribbean
United Fruit Company
Columbus
Hemisphere
Tropics
Equator
Americas
Canada
United States
Sunflowers Tested as Summer Fallow at Dominion Farm
An experiment at a Western Flustration Station in the Dominion Experimental Farms tested growing sunflowers 914 feet apart in rows as a summer fallow substitute to prevent soil drifting. The crop offered wind protection but grew too vigorously for easy harvest. eight pounds of seed per acre is advised with two harrow passes and horse rake to keep soil stirred. Cutting is recommended when sunflowers reach seven feet to avoid wind damage.
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Dominion Experimental Farms
Wainwright
Prince Helps Livestock Business Of Canada
Lethbridge Herald notes the Prince brings premier animals from the Old Country to boost Canada’s livestock industry. It cites an American buyer from Oklahoma paying top price at the E.P. sale as Pawnee Bill and highlights Alberta’s advertising advantage from the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Oklahoma
E.P
Alberta
Lethbridge Herald
Effect Of Silage On the Lamb Crop
A two week silage feeding trial at Lethbridge Alberta shows lambs from silage fed ewes are weak at birth and slow to stand, while ewes fed alfalfa hay alone fare better. The superintendent states ensilage is doubtful before lambing but aids milk flow after birth.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Grace Rogers Buys Louisiana Swamp for Wild Duck Preserve
Grace Rogers purchases 26 000 acres of Louisiana swamp land and presents it to national Audubon societies with a large endowment to preserve millions of wild ducks. Hunters will be excluded as part of the plan.
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Louisiana
Grace Rogers
National Audubon Societies
English driver breaks speed record at French autodrome
Elfridge drives five kilometres in 1 minute 29.5 seconds at Mémilhery near Paris, averaging 201 kilometres per hour or 424.9 miles per hour, a figure said never to have been approached before.
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Elfridge
Mémilhery
Paris
If There is Pig in a Man's Nature It Surfaces Traveling
A terse proverb notes that a man's true character shows when he travels, suggesting travel exposes habits, pretenses, and temperaments in the traveler.
Four letters jailed but twelve in the penitentiary
A quip contrasts the idea that only four letters have ever been in jail with twelve letters serving long terms in the penitentiary, highlighting a linguistic pun on letters and confinement.
Netherlands Peat Industry Reaches Over One Million Tons
The Netherlands produce more than 1,000,000 tons of peat each year, reflecting a large-scale extraction and processing sector. Peat is used for fuel and horticultural compost, with long standing extraction sites across the country.
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Netherlands
Farmers Use Header to Improve Wheat in Saskatchewan Territory
Farmers west of Saskatoon test a header system for self binders elevating grain into ventilated stacks. Grain dries in the stack, improving sample quality and reducing dockage. Proponents claim 50 percent higher threshing capacity, saving labor and materials, with yields increasing two to eight bushels per acre. The method draws scrutiny from Dominion and Provincial governments.
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Saskatoon
Daminion
Manitoba Wheat Crop Grading At About Ninety Percent
Manitoba's new wheat crop is grading around 90 percent No. 1 Northern according to Canadian Pacific Railway officials. The high share of prime No. 1 Northern grain has been consistent in inspections, with 100 cars checked showing 90 first grade and 15 second grade.
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Manitoba
Northern
Canadian Pacific Railway
Cyclone Causes Peculiar Freight Pile Up in Arkansas
A cyclone at Payetteville sucked six freight cars from a fast moving train and stacked them in a heap by the tracks. The wind tore them loose so swiftly that the remaining train stayed intact and no wreck occurred.
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Arkansas
Payetteville
Welfare Of Our Children Is Question Of Vital Concern To The People Of Canada
The Dominion Department of Agriculture outlines thirty insect varieties harming shade trees in the prairie provinces and promotes a pamphlet on identification and control. It warns on borers and damage and urges tree removal if infested. The piece stresses child welfare as Canada’s greatest resource and cites 1922 mortality among children aged one to four, maternal deaths, and infant mortality, urging public health education and free literature to reduce death rates.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Prairies
J. J. DeGryse
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Conishian Bureau of Statistics
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
England
Wales
New Zealand
Department of Health
Feeding Trials Compare Oats and Mixed Dry Mash in Hens
In 1923 at Lethbridge Dominion Experimental Station two pens of ten hens and a cockerel were fed dry mash of crushed oats or a mixed mash of bran shorts middlings beef meal corn meal and ground oats. Fertility and hatchability were higher with the mixed mash 78 percent fertility and 53.5 percent hatch compared with 71.8 percent fertility and 44.9 percent hatch for crushed oats. The report notes oats may fatten birds and reduce exercise, affecting results.
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Lethbridge
Alto
Dominion
Saskatchewan Creamery Butter Production Surges in September
Dairying in Saskatchewan shows strong progress with September creamery butter output at 1,556,291 pounds, up from 997,435 the prior September. The gain is the province’s largest monthly increase on record, signaling a potential yearly total near thirteen million pounds, against 1922’s peak. By end of September, year-to-date production reached 11,060,350 pounds, higher than 9,081,063 at the same point in 1925.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Breeders Directory 1924 issued
The Saskatchewan Livestock Association released the 1924 Breeders Directory to aid pure-bred stock breeders in the province. It lists provincial livestock association officers and all paid-up members across breeds and classes, useful for buyers or traders of pure-bred stock in Saskatchewan.
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Saskatchewan Livestock Asociation
Saskatchewan
Conventional compliments outshine borrowed umbrellas
A brief note observes that giving compliments is more conventional and preferable than offering borrowed umbrellas, highlighting social ease and warmth in everyday exchanges. The line contrasts practical help with polite praise as better social lubrication.
The Kind That Stretches Storekeeper
A storekeeper is asked for candy by a boy seeking ten for a cent to give his little sister. The exchange highlights a child’s desire for affordable treats and a simple market moment.
Train race ends at crossing dead stop phrase
The fragment describes a race to a railroad crossing ending in a dead stop at the stop line, using terse, dramatic wording. It mentions Lis and a train race leading to a halted moment with implied danger at the crossing.
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Port Arthur
Fort William
Vancouver
Seattle
Banana Industry
Helping Livestock Business of
H. R.H
Victoria
Empress Hotel
B.C
Vancouver Island
Manitoba Wheat
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