Rust Resistant Wheat Nears Distribution in Western Canada
After a decade of research scientists developed rust resistant wheat with milling and baking qualities equal to Marquis and Reward. Trials on Dominion farms showed promising yields, with seed increases planned for 1937 to supply registered farmers and then general distribution.
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Western
Canada
Dominion
Morden
Dominion Rust Research Laboratories
Winnipeg
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Prairie Wheat Belt
J. N. Walsh
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Television Car Brings Live Broadcast From Germany
A German innovation installs a roof-mounted motion picture camera on a car with an internal dark room and fast chemical development. Exposed film is processed in one and a half minutes and converted into radio impulses for airborne reception, letting listeners observe events remotely with clarity.
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Germany
One Man Band Returns With 259 Instruments
At the Provincial Trade Museum in Stuttgart Germany the original one man band plays again after more than a century. The Pan harmonicum built in Vienna in 1805 by Maelzel inspired Beethoven to compose a special symphony for Vittoria's Duke of Wellington victory. Now called the Orchastreon it features 38 clarinets 37 lutes 36 hautboys 16 bassoons eight trumpets and a large drum with cymbals and triangle.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Panharmonicum
Vienna
Austria
Maelzel
Ratisbon
Beethoven
Duke of Wellington
Vittoria
Orchestreon
Hoarding Money In Homes In France Revealed
Official statistics reveal hoarders stash twenty seven billion francs in homes, mostly in 1000 franc bills. More than seven billion francs have disappeared from circulation, with a traditional French wool sock cited as a common hiding place.
Polar Winds Could Power Future Without Coal or Oil
Professor F Debenham told the British Association that frozen air rivers over polar regions may yield vast energy when coal and oil run out. He compared Niagara Falls output to a wide Antarctic air current moving from the plateau at about 50 mph, suggesting wind-driven power harnessing as a future resource.
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F. Debenham
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Prof. Debenham
Niagara Falls
Adebe Land
Debenham
H. G. Wells
Antarctic
War death tolls reveal heavy losses across nations
A May issue notes Great War statistics listing principal losses by Russia 2,762,064 Germany 2,050,466 France 1,427,000 British Empire 1,098,819 Austria-Hungary 1,200,000 Serbia 707,343 Italy 507,160. The figures may help explain Italy's current willingness to try again.
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Port Arthur News-Chronicle
Russia
Germany
France
British Empire
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Italy
Farm Shelter Belts Support Prairie Vegetable Supply
The 1935 wheat crop tests show protein contents similar to 1934 across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Dr. Archibald and Norman M. Ross study tree planting to reduce drought and soil drift, noting shelter belts aid gardens and farms by protecting crops, conserving moisture, and reducing wind and snow drift.
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Grain Research Laboratory
The
Board of Grain Commissioners
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Prairie Provinces
E.S. Archibald
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Committee
Norman M. Ross
Dominion Experimental Farms Branch
Dominion Forestry Station
Indian Head
Sask
Canada
Sutherland, Sask
Ross
Prairies
Canada Condensed Milk Output Rises in Seven Months 1935
The combined production of all concentrated milk items in Canada for January to July 31 1935 totalled 65 355 255 pounds, up 9 307 998 pounds or 17 percent from the same period in 1934. For the year ending June 30 1936 the federal allotment to the U S Department of Agriculture stands at 125 113 483 dollars.
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Canada
Federal Department of Agriculture of the
United States
How to Take Storytelling Snapshots of Children
A guide by John van Guilder explains how to capture candid memory album photos of children this summer. It stresses avoiding posed shots, shooting from eight feet with a box camera, using large lens openings, and timing to prevent blur and squinting while producing natural expressions.
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Billie
Jane
John van Guilder
Long Distance Paddle Seaborne Runner Finishes 300 Mile Trip
John Goetz of New York City paddled 300 miles from New York to Boston in 14 days. The 35 year old endured stiffness and blistered hands while losing 10 pounds during the journey.
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John Goetz
New York
Boston
Goetz
New York City
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