Diversified exports urged to stabilize Canadian farms
Dean A M Shaw of Saskatchewan urged diversified Canadian agricultural exports at the Saskatchewan Agricultural societies convention. He argued exporting six or seven high grade products would stabilize revenue, reduce costs, and encourage regional farming shifts. He noted domestic freight rates hinder livestock growth and suggested eastern Canada switch to western grain for livestock feeds, boosting output and nationwide prosperity.
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Canada
A. M. Shaw
Saskatchewan College of Agriculture
Saskatchewan Agricultural Societies
Dean Shaw
Seaboard
Saskatchewan
Liverpool
Copenhagen
Quebec
Ontario
Maritime Provinces
United States
Argentina
Canada as 4 Leader in Engineering Achievement
The Ottawa Journal asserts Canadians possess an inferiority complex about achievements compared to the United States, yet argues Canadian engineering ranks with or surpasses the Republic and matches the best done by any nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Ottawa Journal
Butter Plant At Alix Sees One Million Pounds Output
The Central Alberta Company at Alix produced one million pounds of creamery butter in the past year and expects a 50 percent rise this year. A joke exchange follows about a son’s contracting business, with a pun on debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Alberta
Alix
Prospecting Rush Looms for Belcher Islands Iron Ore
Wealth on Belcher Islands attracts global mining interest as Royal Canadian Air Force surveys near completion. Sam Sainsbury and Harry Harcourt figure in early holdings with Crown land disputes resolved. Lieut. W. M. Emery leads the aerial mapping, with C. H. Ney assisting Geodetic work as maps approach readiness for worldwide inquiries.
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Belcher Islands
Royal Canadian Air Force
Moose Factory
Hudson Bay
Sam Sainzbury
Toronto
Harry Harcourt
Sainsbury Holdings
Wall Street
W. M. Emery
C. H. Ney
Geodetic Survey
Friendly Attitude Toward U S Shown by Canada
The Canadian tariff is not hostile to the United States. Canada sacrificed an estimated 7 million dollars in excise taxes by prohibiting liquor exports to the U S to help uphold a law Canada did not support. Canada also backs the St Lawrence waterway project, showing cooperation despite obstacles, preserving friendship amid differences.
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United States
Dominion
Canada
St. Lawrence Lake-To-Sea
Grand Rapids Press
Dairy Herd Profits at Indian Head Saskatchewan
The Dominion Experimental Farm annual report for 1930 notes a dairy herd profit over feed cost of 1408.02 dollars, equivalent to 140.80 per head. Feed cost per cow averaged 42.73 dollars, with the low producer milking 118 days for 49.63 dollars profit and Tullochgorum Dorothy milking 355 days for 2317.51 dollars. Butter-fat averaged 4.34 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Indian Head
Sask
Fashion patterns for youth dresses and patterns
The text promotes new youth friendly fashion features in crepe silk and cotton fabrics including eyelet batiste and printed voile. It highlights Style No. 318 in sizes 12 to 38 bust inches, claims easy assembly, and notes fabric needs for size 16 with 314 yards of 39 inch material and 644 yards of binding. Price is 25 cents in stamps or coin.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern order guide from Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave lists Pattern No. seeeaeenae and Size Name Town for customer requests. The itemized form indicates how readers may request patterns and specify size and town.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Mixed farming gains in Swift Current district
Officials from Saskatchewan Government noted at a Swift Current meeting that many farmers in the district are shifting from sole grain growing toward diversified farming. They intend to grow and use products on their own land for home use. A British professor claimed a mosquito can fly seventeen hours without resting. the remark prompts skepticism.
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Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Grey Owl to Promote Beavers in Riding Mountain Park
A feature on Grey Owl, a Canadian bush Indian and wildlife advocate, now in Riding Mountain National Park Manitoba. He campaigns for beaver conservation, studies animal personalities, writes wildlife pieces, and assists film projects while attracting nature lovers and tourists to Canada’s protected parks.
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Canada
Rocky Mountain
Grey Owl
Riding Mountain Park
Manitoba
H. G. Wells
Montreal
Great Northern
Dominion
Riding Mountain National Park
Salt Resources Highlighted in Canada and Nova Scotia
Canada ranks rich in salt with 1930 production at 271,695 tons worth 1,694,631 dollars. Nova Scotia hosts the Malagash deposit with 60,000,000 tons of pure salt and 300,000,000 tons of lower grade. Potassium salts may add future value. Domestic uses span table dairy to chemical works.
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Canada
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Getting More Milk From Dairy Herd Testing
The Dominion Department of Agriculture reports cow testing at Illustration Stations improving dairy yield. Records from 19 herds totaling 255 cows in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec show 1926 output of 4 944 pounds versus 7 073 pounds last year, a near 50 percent rise, with supervisors offering feeding and stock selection guidance.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ontario
Quebec
Safer Pedestrian Zones Named in Department Census
The Commerce Department report lists Spitzbergen Oman Yoman and the Solomon Islands as the safest places for pedestrians based on a world motor car census. Spitzbergen has one car, Oman nine, Yoman eighteen, and the Solomon Islands fourteen.
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Spitzbergen
Oman
Yoman
Solomon Islands
Commerce Department
Washington
Arabia
Minister and Oswald Exchange Quiet Night Talk
A brief dialogue portrays a pastor asking Oswald about nightly prayers and sleep. Oswald replies he sometimes skips prayers when nothing appeals to him. The exchange turns intimate with affectionate lines and a casual jab about a saw mill near a German town.
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Poor Litt Lion
Kasper
Stockholm
Jones
Smith
Hudsosm Bay
United
By Annette
Motherland
A. Winnington-Ingram
London
Betty Nuthall
England
Oswald
der Brummer
Beriin
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