Western Canada presents strong sheep raisin g prospects
Readable产text outlines advantages for sheep farming in western Canada noting favorable soil climate and abundant waste lands. It highlights low initial costs for small flocks, potential December market lambs, dual wool and lamb revenue, and steady wool prices. It cites government reports and a 1918 expert view praising Canadian mills.
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Canada
Saskstchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Dominion
Gravinelal
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Alfred F. Baker
Leeds University
United States
Yorkshire
Canads
Canadian Moraes for Russiahorse herd purchase meeting notes
A clipped report notes the Alberta Provincial Horse Breeders Association meeting in Calgary where RE Wilson spoke on Canadian horses for Russia. The text mentions a government agent Prout Zita and a request related to spring herd buys.
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Russia
Alberta
Horse Breeders’ Association
RE Wilson
Calgary
Prout Zita Ty
Gomt Talker Sees Five Rood Listeners Delight
A gomt talker finds joy when five Rood listeners attend and engage in the conversation, signaling strong audience interest.
Mineral wealth of Canada and Ontario gold mines
The Porcupine camp has produced over 159 million dollars in gold, while Hollinger McIntyre and Dome mines in Ontario led 1924 output. An article by J. Murray Clark in the New York Times current history notes Canada’s rising mineral wealth and Holt’s prediction of a forthcoming leap forward.
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Ontario
North
Porcupine
Hollinger
McIntyre
Dome
Canada
New York Times
J. Murray Clark
K.C
Sir Herbert Holt
Pasture Sheep Profits Rise on Cheap Mountain Lands
Over five years the Cominion Government Farm proved pasture sheep on inexpensive mountain land yields strong returns. One herd numbering about 1,900 animals reportedly generated profits above $7,000 in the year, with four year average profits near $5,000.
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Cominion
Extraordinary London Fog Ranges From Sun to Mist Across City
A thick inventive fog swept through central London moving in two minutes from sunlit Throgmorton Street to a choking Aldwych and Piccadilly Circus. Traffic incidents occurred and Fleet Street and Kingsway experienced unusual fog movement while train service slowed nationwide.
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London
Throgmorton Street
Financial District
Bank of Hogland
Fleet Streets
Kingsway District
Aldwych
Piccadilly Circus
Weather forecaster predicts a grim grain year
Herbert Jarrin Browne of Washington warns in a recent address that the 1927 crop seasons in both hemispheres face grave dangers to grain interests. He cites solar radiation changes and shifting ocean temperatures as signs of a severe year ahead for grains.
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Herbert Jarrin Browne
Washington
Secarty
Orientals Hold Property in British Columbia Rise in Population
A provincial survey shows British Columbia’s Oriental population around 46 000 with rapid growth. It notes Orientals own real property valued at 11 590 000 and account for over 3 060 businessmen in the province. Oriental children now make up 2 3 percent of the public school population and attendance is rising much faster than overall rates. The report warns of a migration felt beyond B C into other Canadian provinces.
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Columbia
Department of Agriculture
British Columbia
Canada
Garnet Wheat Proves Superior Early Ripening
Federal experts report Garnet wheat proves itself equal to its reputation with yields high across northern latitudes. Minister Tren W. R. Motherwell notes farmers praise its ten day earlier ripening versus Marquis, making it ideal for the Wheat Belt north. One farmer with twelve acres harvested 64 bushels per acre worth 200.
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Federal
Department of Agriculture
Tren
W. R. Motherwell
Avery
Marquis
Vancouver man buys world record Jersey cow for thirteen hundred
Roy W. Brown of Vancouver buys the world's record Jersey cow from Foster Whitaker of Armstrong B C for about 1500 dollars. The cow’s record last year was 4952 pounds of milk and 872 pounds of butterfat. Also noted Swift Current building permits for 1926 reached 161755, up from 95020 in 1925. Scotland's Waverley station in Edinburgh handles over 1000 trains daily with a mile long platform.
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Vancouver
Pretoria
Oxford
Janet
Roy W. Brown
Foster Whitaker
Armstrong
B.C
Jersey Cart Club
Scotland
Waverley
Edinburgh
New Fashion Frock Pattern No 1413 Appears For Teens
Pattern No 1413 features a gathered bodice with a belt panel and front plaits on the skirt, back plain, collar optional, and gathered sleeves. Sizes 16 18 and 20 years, requires yardage of 2 1/2 or 2 1/2 yards of 14 inch material, priced 2 and 9 cents. The Fashion EBook offers the latest styles for home dressmakers at 14 cents per copy.
Manitoba Unoccupied Lands Totals Released
Preliminary survey and classification announced by the Manitoba Provincial Government estimates 4 349 289 acres of unused lands in the province. Of the total, 1 857 841 acres or 42 70 percent are held by the Dominion Government with other shares reported for Soldiers' Settlement Board Hudsons Bay Company municipalities provincial government local owners Manitoba owners Canada owners and foreign owners.
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Manitoba
Dominion
Soldiers’ Settlement Board
Hudson's Bay Company
Canada
Census of Turkey Counts Angora Population At 48749
Turkey's first national census begun at Angora reports a population of 48 749 in Antolia with 30 000 more men than women. Fear of taxes and military service caused natives to hide during sporadic counts under the Sultans. Camille Jacquart, Belgian, conducts the census.
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Turkey
Angora
Antolia
Camille Jacquart
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order notice from Winnipeg Union at 75 McDermot Ave. requests customers provide pattern number size and name for ordering.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avv
Winnipeg
Prairie universities to study damp grain problem in Canada
Three prairie universities and the Dominion Grain Research Laboratory at Winnipeg will coordinate under the National Research Council to investigate damp and tough grain. The plan includes surveying current drying methods, a comparative study of drying techniques, and tests across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta laboratories to establish an economical and quality preserving process.
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Western Canada
Dominion Urain
Winnipex
National Research Council of Canada
National Research Council
Winnipeg
Board of Grain Commissioners
Ofice of Qe Grain Board
Grain Board
Loyd, Robinson and Soow
Rathbone
Fr. Buchard
National Research
Council
H W. M. ‘Errs
Dir
Newton
University of Alberr
T. Thersaldson
University of Saskatchewan
T. J. Harrison
University of Manitoba
Grain Appeals Board
George Seris
Saskatchewan Wheat Tool
H. Marsh
Brooks Cotton
A. F. Sproule
W. A. MacLeod
Wheat Pool
Research Council
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Domainion
Tory
Canada
Alberta Reports Second Largest Wheat Crop in 1926
Alberta harvested 113,120,000 bushels of wheat in 1926, the province’s second largest crop, with 1925 yielding 102,935,000 bushels. The Peace River district averaged 20 bushels per acre, some fields reaching 30 to 40. Provincial agriculture value estimated around 264,000,000 dollars, up from 257,500,600 in 1926.
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Alberta
Peace River
Department of Agriculture
Colonization Association Settles 1661 Families in Western Canada
The Canada Colonization Association, under T. Go. F. Werzer, reports 734 families settled on 168,094 acres in Western Canada with 59,678 acres in Manitoba. Since 1925 CPR takeover, 1,861 families have been settled on 492,566 acres, worth $18 to $19 million, with 45 percent in Manitoba, 30 percent in Saskatchewan, and 25 percent in Alberta.
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Canada Colonization Association
Western
Canada
Province of
Manticobs
T. Go. F. Werzer
Canadian Pacific Railway
Manitobs
Saskatchewen
Alberta
Nlepee Built First Camera From Cigar Box
The pioneer photographer Nlepee crafted his initial camera from a simple cigar box and used lenses borrowed from his grandfather’s solar microscope.
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Nlepee
Excellencies Visit Montreal inFormal Ceremony at Windsor Station
Montreal hosts the first official visit of Viscount Willingdon Governor General of Canada and Lady Willingdon at Windsor Street Station. A 100 man Royal Highlanders guard and generals attend as the Royal Anthem plays and the Royal standard dips in greeting. The Governor General and Lady Willingdon pose for photos with Major Erskine Buchanan Brig General W E M King and other officers.
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C.P. Windsor Street
Montreal
Viscount Willingdon
Canada
Lady Willingdon
Royal Highlanders of Canada
Erskine Buchanan
Sialon
Highlanders
Willingdon
W. E. M. King
Military District No. 4
Lord
Alberta's 1926 agricultural output valued at 255.5 million
Alberta's agricultural production for 1926 valued at 255,500,000 dollars, according to a careful estimate by Hon. George Hoadley Minister of Agriculture as quoted in the Calgary Herald.
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Alberta
George Hoadley
Calgary Herald
Local Alaska Officials Walk 23 Miles for District Vote
Charles B. Kartak mayor and Jin Lewis postmaster of Lirchwood Alaska trekked 23 miles to Anchor Age to cast the two qualified votes of their district in the last general election.
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Charles B. Kartak
Jin Lewis
Lirchwood
Alaska
Anchorage
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Mineral Wealth of Canada
Swift Current la
Swift Current
Brown
Burrows
Prairie
Lacombe
Central Farm
Work of Colonization Association
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