Cattle Shows in Denmark Set Strict Dairy Standards
Danish agricultural fairs require full milk and butter fat records for prize eligibility. Two to three year old heifers need 8000 pounds milk and 350 fat, mature cows 9000 and 400, while bulls prove ancestry with comparable records. Exhibitors may not travel between shows. local exhibitors face restricted entry rules and a state fair for proved sires. Bulls must pass inspection of offspring before acceptance.
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Denmark
Zealand
Funen
Signals Lights Target London Motor Bandits
Red flashing police telephone boxes expand to 800 in London under Lord Trenchard orders. When a bandit is reported, Scotland Yard alerts local stations and a switch-board triggers red globes across ten miles. Police circulate wanted details to about 80 key officers within ten minutes of an incident.
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London
England
Lord Trenchard
Scotland Yard
Canada potato crop sized at 7.1 million bushels for 1933
Canada s 1933 potato crop is estimated at 7 100 000 bushels from 520 800 acres yielding about 128 bushels per acre. Potatoes grown widely across provinces with Maritime Provinces Nova Scotia New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island leading commercial production.
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Canada
Maritime Provinces
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Royal Air Force Cadets Cost Government $2300 a Year
The report notes RAF cadets in England cost taxpayers 2300 dollars annually per trainee. It contrasts this with a hopeful sign that economic revival is near when customers say keep the change.
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Royal Air Force
England
Vigilance of Canadian inspectors against insect pests in imports
The Canadian Government Department of Agriculture inspectors at border points and ports guard imports to prevent pests. In 1832, 43,542,712 plants from 27 countries were inspected, with 11,160 inspections and 10,688 permits issued. Pests were found in 1,607 imports. 52 permits refused and 29 lots seized. Parcel post examined: 4,209 packages, 468,044 plants to 3,699 consignees. 123 imports refused entry from 104 shippers for irregular certification.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Winter Egg Production Requires Sunlight and Feeding Tips
Winter egg production hinges on direct sunlight or ultraviolet exposure and the green-feed equivalent. R M Bethke of Ohio Experiment Station reports vitamin D and green feed are essential for egg yield and hatchability, recommending glass substitutes to admit UV rays or cod liver oil as sunlight stand-ins, and legume days to supply greens.
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R. M. Bethke
Ohio Experiment Station
Prairie Pasture Crested Wheat Grass Shown Superior
The Dominion Forage Crop Laboratory at Saskatoon with the University of Saskatchewan reports Crested Wheat grass outperforms other grasses in drought tolerance, seed production, grazing recovery, and soil fibre restoration for Western Canada. Farmers have grown it widely and report excellent results in the past two years.
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Dominion Forage Crop Laboratory
Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Germany Sews Gloves Export Surges to United States
Germany shipped more than 5 million dollars worth of cotton gloves to the United States in the last year signaling strong postwar trade. The goods represent a sizable gain for German textile exporters amid evolving Franco British and American markets.
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Germany
United States
Canada’s Fish Industry Relies Heavily on Foreign Markets
The Toronto Mail and Empire notes Canada’s fishing sector has suffered in the current downturn. After wartime peak production of 60 million in 1918, output fell to 56 million in 1926 and 30 million in 1931, with 60 to 70 percent of annual catch exported. Domestic consumption remains small, and stronger advocacy could boost local usage.
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Canada
Toronto Mail and Empire
Old superstition shattered as Parma sails with women aboard
Alan Villiers, author and participant in the grain race from Australia to England on the bark Parma, declares the old belief that women bring bad luck to sailing ships is proven false. Seventeen ships completed the 15 000 mile passage, the most successful race in history, with five women competing and two aboard the Parma.
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Alan Villiers
Australia
England
Parma
Luxurious Mountain Retreat Established in Canadian Rockies
A partner of a renowned New York banking firm has created a private luxury mountain retreat near Yellowhead Pass in the Canadian Rockies, about 200 miles west of Edmonton. Former foothill ranch now features a central residence with panoramic valley and mountain views and other amenities. The owner invested close to $100,000 last summer to develop the Rocky Mountain summer quarters.
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Rockies
Yellowhead Pass
Canadian Rockies
Edmonton
New York
Rocky Mountain
Big Horn Sheep Decline in Rockies Warned by Banff Guide
Jimmy Simpson of Banff warns Canada’s big horn sheep herds in the Rocky Mountains are rapidly depleted by inroads from the Rocky Mountain goat whose meat could supply markets or relief camps. He says the two species cannot coexist and that hunters kill far fewer than winter losses. The piece also notes two kinds of businessmen, those selling out and those out selling.
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Rocky Mountains
Canada
Jimmy Simpson
Banff
Ridding Grain Of Insects In Storage
Guidance on preventing and treating grain moth and weevil infestations in stored grain. It covers cleanliness, airtight bins, and fumigation with propylene dichloride, best at about 70 degrees, plus alternate gas use with carbon disulphide and safety notes.
Pocket Knives Expand Roles For Golfers Cruisers And Travellers
The pocket knife now includes a Golfer’s Knife with blade pencil and score tablet for golfers. A Cruising Knife adds a silver blade nut crackers and nut pick. A Perpetual Calendar Knife carries a calendar and pencil. Some inventors add Yale keys to knives, with keys fit to locks and carried in decorative cases.
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British Isles
Yale
Risky North Sea Crossing By Young Sailors from Hamburg
Rudolph Udi aged 21 and his sister Inge 23 completed a hazardous solo voyage in a 21 foot sailing boat. They set from Hamburg to visit the Norwegian Fjords and major English and Scottish cities, returning home via Holland.
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Rudolph Udi
Inge
North Sea
Hamburg
Germany
England
Scotland
Holand
The Brandon Sun on a man measured by mild fever
The Brandon Sun quotes a proverb suggesting a man’s importance is reflected in how gently illness prompts a doctor to keep him in bed. The remark frames character through medical care standards and restraint.
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Brandon Sun
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U.S.S Macon
United States’ Navy
Sunnyvale
California
Lakehurst
N.J
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