Marquis Wheat Emerges as Key Agriculture Advance
The article lauds Marquis Wheat as Canada's landmark agricultural achievement. Developed by Dr. Charles Saunders at Ottawa from Hard Red Calcutta and Red Fife, Marquis matured earlier, yielded more, resisted stem rust, and strengthened straw. By 1915 it led Western Canada and dominates U S spring wheat, reshaping regional farming and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Ottawa
India
Calcutta
Charles Saunders
Marquis
Acreage in Prairie Provinces Shows Net Increase for 1928
Crop acreage in the Prairie Provinces totals 16,205,570 acres for 1928, up 920,708 acres or 5.9 percent from 1927. Manitoba gains 536,774 acres, Saskatchewan 1,005,465, Alberta falls 621,581. Lawbreaking rises across provinces except Manitoba. summer fallow increases everywhere, while Alberta cuts fall plowing.
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Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Capadian Included In List Of US Holstein Judges
Canadian R M Holby named among official judges appointed by the Holstein Fric Association of the United States for 1928. He is the sole Dominion representative in the list. Construction of a 2 combination paper mill and box factory, costing $1 600 000, will begin in Winnipeg some time next year.
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Holstein-Friesian Association
United States
R. M. Holby
Ontario
Canadian
Dominion
Winniper
Note fragment quotes from Charleroi in speech
An archival snippet contains a dialogue fragment with lines about staying out late and vowing not to return home drunk, attributed to Charleroi. The text resembles a diary or transcript fragment with quoted speech.
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Charleroi
Nobility Flocks to Alberta Ranches Near Calgary
The Prince of Wales buys a ranch starting a noble migration to Alberta. Lords and counts, including Lord Rodney and Prince D Abro, establish ranches and schools for European titled youths. The Crown Prince of Denmark runs a large dairy farm nearby with other nobles as neighbors.
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Prince of Wales
Alberta
Calgary
Lord Rodney
Lady Rodney
Europe
Prince Charles Phillippee d’Orleany
Duke of
Dominion horticulture report lists top vegetable varieties
The Dominion Horticulturist report names high merit varieties tested across the Experimental Farms System. Vegetables covered include asparagus beans beets cabbage carrots celery cucumbers lettuce onions peas peppers pumpkins radish rhubarb and others available from the Ottawa Publications Branch.
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Dominion Horticulturist
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Cure for war urged by Dr Henry van Dyke in faith speech
The Rev Dr Henry van Dyke of Princeton cites original sin passion selfishness as causes of war and calls for three cures. Preventive hygiene of mind and heart and education is first, reduction of armaments second, and peaceful dispute settlement through diplomacy and new tools the League of Nations and the World Court as third. He warns America to join the League and Court for world peace.
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Henry van Dyke
Frinceon
United States
van Dyke
League of Nations
World Court
America
League
Afghan royalty in London failed credit shocks shopkeepers
Afghan Majesties Amanu Jah and Queen visited Berlin and Paris before London. Bond Street shops refused deliveries on credit after banks reported unpaid bills in Berlin and Paris. Paris and Berlin merchants avoided lawsuits, while Bond Street demanded cash for goods. British boy immigrants demand in Manitoba grows as farmers offer placements. Canada’s Rocky Mountain parks reach 88 percent Belgium size and two-thirds Switzerland.
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London
Iiing Amanujah
Berlin
Paris
East
Bond Street
Manitoba
Hon. Prefontaine
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Belgium
Switzerland
Interesting Facts About Siberia by Sir Bertram Windle
Windle describes Siberia at the University of Toronto talk, noting frozen ground for hundreds of yards, houses melting ground with hot stoves, and burial customs with cupboards and reindeer horns. He cites tribes in Northern Siberia and a southern steppe region with Icy Saints Days and harsh cold winds.
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University of Toronto
Bertram Windle
Siberia
Ontario
Windbreaks Prove Valuable Asset on Farms
A well grown windbreak shelters livestock and buildings from winter winds reducing fuel needs. It keeps drifting snow from yards and enhances farm appearance providing a pleasant, more productive home environment.
Good Cow and Saxpence Tale From a Lecture
A temperance lecturer keeps a glass of milk on the table and is tricked with whisky in it. He cups the tumbler after a long talk, then proclaims good cow. A Scotsman rings a doctor about his child who swallowed a saxpence. the reply notes the year 1894.
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Amir
Afghanistan
London
Yis
King George
Metropolis
England
Western Provinces Lead In Canada Per Capita Wealth
Canada’s tangible wealth in 1925 totaled about 25.67 billion dollars, or 2772 dollars per person. Ontario tops provincial wealth in total, but Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba lead per capita, with Saskatchewan at 3544 dollars and Alberta 3459, while Ontario and Quebec trail on per person basis. The agricultural wealth reaches 7.83 billion dollars, about 30.5 percent of national wealth.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
Quebec
Katchewan
Dominion
Western Provinces
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Three winners named in seventh annual Toronto typewriting contest
The seventh annual Toronto typewriting championship crowned three winners. Misa Marchese of Vancouver placed first in seniors, Irma Wright defended her Canadian title at 111 words a minute, and Elsie Keniston of Brockville led the intermediate class.
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Toronto
Misa Marchese
Vancouver
Irma Wright
Elsie Keniston
Brockville
One Piece Dress Pattern for Women with Plaits and Convertible Collar
The pattern No. 1127 features four plaits at each side of the front and back, a convertible collar, two patch pockets, and long dart fitted or loose sleeves. Available in sizes 40 to 48 bust with 44% of a yard for 40 inch or 3% yards of 54 inch material. Price 25 cents the pattern. The Fashion Book illustrating the latest styles sells for 10 cents a copy.
Pattern Orders and Debts Across Generations in Prairie Lands
The note discusses how civilization is defined as one generation paying the debts of the previous one by issuing bonds for the next. It references vast leased range lands in Saskatchewan and Alberta, estimated between five and six million acres.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Wheat Varieties By Cross Breeding Earlier Maturing Types
The article details Canadian and Russian wheat breeding from Ottawa experiments. Ladoga, from Red Fife crosses, sparked two lines Preston and Stanley earlier maturing but with poor baking. White Fife crosses yielded Huron and Percy, with Huron promising for eastern Canada. Early Rigs arose from 1891 crosses Gebun from the Himalayas and Onega from Archangel, yielding very early ripening wheat with fair baking but lower productivity than Red Fife.
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Ottawa
Ladoga
North
Russia
Preston
Stanley
Canada
Himalayan
East India
Pear Archangel
Ruaata
Riga
Canadian Postal System Delivers Vast Mail Volume Across Canada
The Canadian Postal System operates through about 12,449 post offices and over 200,000 rural mail boxes covering nearly 3.7 million square miles. It handles more than 600 million letters and 250 million newspapers annually along with 400 million circulars and 40 million parcels.
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Royal Oat
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Daniel
Dewart
Kelly
Collard
Royal Oak
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The
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
TNO
Addrede
McDermot Ave
Toea Ae
Tom
Garthpool
Luna Humor
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