Building for All Insect Parasite Investigations at Belleville
The Dominion Department of Agriculture opens a modern parasite laboratory near Belleville Ontario to study biological control of insect pests. Aramount of eleven entomologists and staff moved from Chatham to Belleville, site purchased in 1923, lab aims to advance economic entomology and parasite research. Manure trials at Kapuskasing show significant crop yield gains over ten years with manure application, valued at $1.65 per ton.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion
No. 2
Belleville
Ont
Bow
St. Thomas
Ontario
Chatham
Enter
Kent
Essex
Baird
Belleville Laboratory
Dominion Experimental Station
Kapuskasing
Timothy Meadow
Timothy Bay
Soviet计划推动埃及棉田在塔吉克沙漠地区扩展
1936年消息称在塔吉克共和国瓦赫什河谷建设大规模埃及棉田。未来四年将开发约12万英亩埃及棉地，已挖掘运河灌溉约4万英亩，拟居住约3万人。
Bloom Is Tausua in Tilbury Garden Fairies Rumor
Local readers question if fairies inhabit T Graham's garden near Tilbury Ontario as tales of unusual blooms spread. The news note mentions a gladiolus spike year and a peony with 121 flowers and buds. It also warns to check tires for air at stated periods to save wear.
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Tilbury
Ontario
Birs. T. Graham
Russian cattle market could aid Western livestock
Jack Byers of the Western Stock Growers Association urged Hon. W D Euler to seek a contract with Russia to buy a large number of Canadian cattle this year. He said western ranchers hold a vast surplus of plain steers and top grass cows that could be delivered via the Pacific coast to compete with other suppliers.
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W. D. Euler
Jack Byers
Western Stock Growers’ Association
Pacific Coast
State Of Mind Youth Quote From United Drug Paper
The quote defines youth as a state of mind not a time of life or age. It argues that aging comes from deserting ideals, and that worry doubt fear and despair drain the spirit. It links aging to inner attitude and faith, urging confidence and hope.
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United Drug Paper
Retired Major Plans Lifelong Ocean Life Aboard Bar Raboo
Major William Long, a retired British army officer, will spend his remaining years at sea. He has booked a permanent passage on the P and O liner Bar Raboo sailing London to Australia, after completing his second voyage on the vessel.
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William Long
Italy Sees Wheat Needs Met Despite Adverse Weather
Agriculture Minister Edmondo Rossoni told the permanent wheat committee meeting chaired by Premier Mussolini that Italy will meet its wheat needs this year using reserves despite weather harming crops.
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Italy
Edmondo Rossoni
Mussolink
Salt Turns Roads Into Self Repairing Surfaces
Salt mixed with clay sand and gravel on roads forms tiny workmen that keep the surface moist smooth and dense. Studied at Cornell during Sigma XI centennial celebrations the mechanism remains mysterious but results show rock salt in the top three inches with two pounds per square yard dries and sets to resist erosion.
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Cornell University
Sigma XI
H. Ries
First Annual Saskatoon Feeder Show Offers 2000 Prize Money
The event runs September 30 to October 1 in Saskatoon with four classes for two year olds yearlings steer calves and heifer calves offering five prizes per class ranging from 150 to 25 dollars. Additional prizes come from breeders associations and buyers from Eastern and Western Canada and the U S are expected. A shellfish species in the Indian Ocean makes a low flute like sound.
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Saskatoon
Canada
United States
Forecast of New Human Type Predicted by Ear Bone Study
At an AAAS meeting in Rochester New York Thomas Horace Evans of Long Island College of Medicine described ear bone changes signaling distinct human lines. He warned existing variation already splits the race and future forms may emerge, with jaw elements and cranial changes indicating several evolving lines.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Rochester
N.Y
Thomas Horace Evans
Long Island College of Medicine
Evans
Canadian Fire Marshals Weigh Arson Penalty at Ottawa Conference
At Ottawa the fire marshals conference urged graded sentencing for arson. They argued the current life imprisonment maximum is too severe and that juries may hesitate to convict knowing the deathly outcome.
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Ottawa
Red Sea History and Suez Role Echo Through Times
The article surveys demographics and marriage patterns in rural and urban Canada, noting Elmer and Maude age groups and bachelor trends, then shifts to a National Geographic mis about the Red Sea and Suez canal. It highlights Mecca’s Islamic heritage, Moses and the Ten Commandments, Egypt’s ancient culture, and the canal’s impact on trade with references to Port Sudan and Souakin in Sudan.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Elmer
Maude
Red Sea
National Geographic Society
Mecca
Mohammed
Sipal Peninsula
Israel
Promised Land
Moses
Egypt
Arabia
Rub al Khall
Suez Canal
Aden
British Somaliland
India
Orient
Nile River
Arabian Desert
Nile
Libya
Soudan
Kipling
Port Soudan
Souakin
Eritrea
Khartoum
Victory For A Tree Lovers of Maine New York
In Maine New York C V McGregor owns a maple tree about 200 years old that towers eighty feet over the roadway. Experts say it could live another century and a half if treated well but a highway blueprint threatened to cut it down. The plan was changed to spare the tree, illustrating how altering blueprints can protect valuable trees rather than removing them for progress.
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Maine
New York State
C. V. McGregor
Kingston Whig-Standard
Dickens–minded drivers flock to Budapest sparrow haven
More motorists drive like Dickens to a Budapest street famed as the home of about 50,000 sparrows. The piece notes the odd destination and its notable avian population.
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Budapest
Hungary
A Haughty Peacock in Humble Stitch Pattern 5587
Pattern 5587 offers a peacock embroidery transfer with two motifs and reverse motifs for cross stitch. Includes floss colors, material notes, and attachment details, with a request to send 20 stamps to the Arts Dept in Winnipeg for purchase.
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Broa Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Peculiar Collision in Lindsay Involves Horse and Car
A horse and an automobile collided in Lindsay Ontario when the horse swung its head as the car moved. The car handle speared the horse through the nose and the animal was freed with great difficulty.
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Lindsay
Ont
Great Orange Eaters Survey From Lisbon Finds Brits Top Orange Eaters
The P L A Monthly reports a world survey on orange consumption. It shows Great Britain averages 20 pounds of oranges per person per year, while France and Germany reach under half that and Poland about half a pound annually.
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Great
P. L. A. Monthly
Portugal
Lisbon
Great Britain
France
Germany
Centenarian Belgian Woman Keeps Fit With Four Pipes A Day
Madame Roselle Dequidt of Poper inghe Belgium, now a hundred, remains alert and high-spirited. She observes a rule of four pipes daily though occasionally five. Her pipe is described as a business-like item with a thick stem and large bowl.
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Madame Roselle Dequidt
Poperinghe
Belgium
Mush room mischief unseats 83 pound paving block
In Basingstroke England two mushrooms lifted a cemented down block weighing 83 pounds.
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Basingstroke
Eng
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