Gold mining safe as nations drop gold standard says Ontario minister
Hon Charles McCrea Ontario Minister of Mines in Toronto declares the prospect of gold mining suffering from the world shift away from the gold standard is extremely remote. He argues gold remains desirable and predicts continued or accelerated mining activity with exports earning extra exchange profits for Canadian producers.
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Charles McCrea
Ontario
Toronto
Great Britain
United States
Ottawa
Canada
Dark Skin Outruns Sunlight In Tests Of Indians
Dr Forest Clements of the University of Oklahoma reports in the Journal of Physical Anthropology that darker untanned skin shows less color change from sun exposure. He finds heavier pigment provides insulation from rays and may explain higher rickets in darker races despite similar diet and environment. Red skin changes less than black on exposure.
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Forest Clements
University of Oklahoma
Journal of Physical Anthropology
Clements
Silver Mining In Canada And A Kiel Navy Gala Day
Silver occurs with other metals in Canada, with lead and zinc or cobalt nickel arsenic and in gold ores. As thanks for kindness to British sailors at Kiel a hundred Kiel school children enjoyed a gala day aboard the cruiser Norfolk. An etiquette authority warns Never break your crackers or roll in your soup. Has the professor had his breakfast.
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Canada
Kiel
Germany
Norfolk
Women Launching New Business Ventures at New York Exposition
At the tenth annual Exposition of Women's Arts and Industries in New York, women showcased a range of ventures from pié baking to mink farming and rabbit breeding. Mrs. Oliver Harriman chaired the event, highlighting persistent female entrepreneurship despite a somber mood, with 65 inventor exhibitors of designs awaiting market.
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New York
Oliver Harriman
Frederick Fox
Country Place
Westerchester Country
N.Y
Francis D. Gilbert
Westfield
N.J
Differing Uses of the Term Bacon in Trade
The article explains how bacon terminology varies between exports and domestic markets in Canada and the United States. It notes that bacon can refer broadly to cured hog products in some contexts, while domestically it more strictly denotes belly and sometimes back cuts. A chart is provided to clarify these distinctions for export versus domestic trade.
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Canada
United States
Finishing Hogs Practice to Stabilize Market
A. A. MacMillan of the Dominion Live Stock Branch criticizes selling light-weight unfinished hogs to beat prices. He urges finishing hogs to about 200 pounds to steady marketings, improve quality, and align Canadian prices with domestic and export conditions.
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A. A. MacMillan
Dominion Live Stock Branch
MacMillan
First Direct Grain Shipment From Western Canada Arrives
Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas sent a cable to Prime Minister R. B. Bennett congratulating Canada on the Farnworth reaching London with the first direct shipment via the Hudson Bay route. The note notes the inauguration of a great Canadian enterprise and hopes for increased trade and prosperity.
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J. H. Thomas
Dominion Affairs
R. B. Bennett
Churchill
Canada
London
Farnworth
Hudson Bay
United Kingdom
Saskatchewan Potatoes Set for Historic Northern Exodus
Saskatchewan Relief Commission plans a major potato shipment from the north with over a hundred cars of potatoes and carrots to relieve dried areas. Yields average 150 bushels per acre as grading demonstrations spread from Nipawin to Prince Albert, with growers’ associations formed at multiple points.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Relief Commission
Nipawin
Edam
Frenchman's Butte
Salvador
Traynor
Senlac
Glenbush
Fairholme
Fielding
Borden
Humboldt
Birch Hills
Prince Albert
Top Grades Ram Lambs On E P Ranch Of High Quality
The Prince of Wales support for Canadian agriculture is reflected in the grading results from the KE P ranch in Alberta. Of 22 ram lambs, 21 were rated top grade. The E P ranch has focused on Hampshire flocks, improving breeds and selling graded ram lambs to raise Alberta standards.
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E. P
Prince of Wales
Canada
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Hampshire
Freight Rate Concessions And Other Forms Of Assistance In Connection With Feeder Cattle
Policy details 50 percent freight reductions on feeder cattle moving among western Canada stockyards and feeder shows, valid through December 1931. Includes one way travel for eastern buyers, conditions on fattening and resale, and separate rules for breeding heifers and purebred cattle with rebates or free freight after health testing.
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Robert Weir
Western
Canada
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Fort William
Seaboard
Western Canada
Eastern
British Columbia
Dominion Livestock Branch
Prairie Provinces
Old Harvest Ceremonies and the Harvest Mare Tradition
Old customs tied to harvest in the West of England describe rites to scare witches and honor the grain. The last wisp of corn housed a sacred horse eaten at harvest supper, and the mare was passed along as a taunting prize by swift messengers to other fields.
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England
Why Burn Straw Stacks Reconsidered for Manure Value
The Ottawa Department of Agriculture argues against burning straw stacks, noting straw can yield valuable artificial manure when treated with 100 pounds of ammonium sulphate and 100 pounds of lime per ton and thoroughly moistened. Over three to six months, organic changes create a fertilizer with similar value to barnyard manure.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Long-lived Birds Include Falcon Parrot and Raven
Among birds believed to reach a century or more, falcon, golden eagle, parrot, and raven are listed. The airship Akron will use open flames for cooking aboard.
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Akron
Placer Mining Revives in British Columbia
Reports of renewed placer mining activity across British Columbia surface in recent weeks. In the Lardeau River a tractor and dredge operate on the gravel bed seeking gold deposits. A London horse show featured sixty South Wales colliery ponies insured for about $15,000.
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British Columbia
Lardeau River
South Wales
London
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