Cooperative Plan To Build Up Livestock Industry In East Canada
A plan to boost Eastern Canada livestock and create a market for Western grain is devised by Western Wheat Pools Eastern livestock interests and packers. J H Newsome and S E Todd will work with governments to advance the plan during five months ending January 1 1931 with a feeder purchase policy paying travel and living costs for Eastern producers buying Western steers or feeder lambs. The program aims to make agriculture a cooperative venture with grain growers profiting in fat seasons and cattle breeders benefiting when grain is low.
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Canada
Western Wheat Pools
Eastern Livestock
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Ontario Agricultural College
Dominion Department of Agriculture
J. H. Newsome
Wheat Pool
Toronto
E. Todd
Industrial and Development Council
Canadian Meat Packers’ Association
George Weir
Dominion Livestock Branch
Eastern Canada
Dominion Branch
Why All This Discrimination in Deaths
A Christian Science Monitor note discusses American war fatalities at 37 568 and automobile deaths in 1929 at 33 061. It contrasts the tragic loss of seasoned wartime lives with reckless motoring, urging restraint and strong laws to prevent needless auto fatalities while noting possible benefits of the automobile. It also mentions soap efficacy and Sahara travel by car in four days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
J. N. Darling
Christian Science Monitor
Immigration Returns to Canada for First Four Months of Year
Immigration to Canada for April to July reached 58,2783, down from 4,214 a year earlier, a drop of 38 percent. Major groups show British 19,317 versus 41,054 last year, United States 12,075 versus 14,773, northern European races 11,109 versus 17,797, and other races 15,772 versus 20,590. From April 1 to July 31, 13,080 Canadians who had gone to the United States planned to stay but returned home for permanent residence. not included in immigration totals.
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Canada
Department of Immigration and Colonization
United States
Fashionable daytime dress with plaited bodice design
Black and white crepe silk daytime dress features plaits that flare the skirt while keeping a slim straight silhouette. White shawl collar ends at the left waistline, with a buckle bodice detail. Pattern No. 2564 offered in multiple bust sizes with various fabrics and a 25 cent pattern price.
Rainbow snake and global population figures noted
The rainbow snake is praised for its tinted skin in a brief description. The text also cites an estimated world population exceeding two billion.
Advantage Of the Solo Silos for Winter Feed Storage
The article extols silos as a dependable year round feed source for all stock. It outlines three silo types at Lacombe Alberta Dominion Experimental Station, detailing above ground wood stave, pit, and trench silos, their construction, advantages, drawbacks, and recommended dimensions for a herd of 15 cows.
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Prairie
Dominion Experimental Station
Lacombe
Alberta
British Columbia salmon pack hits multi-year high
The Chief Supervisor of Fisheries reports the current season's sockeye pack at 308000 cases in British Columbia, the largest since 1925 and above the ten year average of 304000 for the season. Separate note says preliminary drilling at Ceuta in Spain for the proposed Straits of Gibraltar tunnel will begin soon.
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British Columbia
Ceuta
Spain
Straits of Gibraltar
Beautifying Highways and the Good Roads Movement
The good roads push expands to highway aesthetics with aims to regulate ads on routes, remove junked cars, and promote tree planting. In Saskatchewan, where all weather roads are still needed, officials might begin by banning billboard blight and encouraging tree planting on busy rural highways near population centers. Motor clubs should study proposals to improve provincial road beauty, starting with plans on a major highway near a population hub.
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Canada
United States
American Automobile Association
Saskatchewan
National Parks
Saskatoon Star
Believe It or Not Letter Maps Hemlock and Canandaice Lakes
A Rochester angler wrote a postal note to the renter of boats on Canandice Lake near Hemlock New York. He drew a map on the envelope showing Hemlock Canadice and Honeoye Lakes with an arrow pointing to a spot labeled Here it is to guide the mail carrier to his man.
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Rochester
Canadice Lake
N.E. Shore
Hemlock
N.Y
Canadice
Honeoye Lakes
Australian dredging gear moved by air to site
Twenty-five hundred tons of heavy machinery and field supplies for a dredging company in Australia are to be transported by aeroplanes to the scene of operations.
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Australia
Coal Problem Survey Reveals Anomalies In Canada Fuel
A Canadian coal survey highlights that Canada uses 33 million tons of coal yearly with 20 million imported, despite holding substantial reserves. The report, The Fuel Problem of Canada by Martin Nordegg, cites wasteful industry control, duplicated mines, railway inefficiencies, and weak marketing as key causes and proposes a Dominion fuel commission, merged mines, low temperature carbonization plants, and coordinated provincial measures to push toward national fuel development.
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Canada
Martin Nordegg
Ottawa
Nordegg
Nordégg
Canada rubber and paper trade show early July uptick
Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes July gains in imports of raw rubber and exports of rubber goods, with newsprint and other paper exports holding steady. Dairy product exports rise, especially cheese and butter, to China and Britain/Ireland, while fresh milk shipments to the United States increase.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
China
Great Britain
Irish Free States
United States
Wheat shipments from Vancouver crown 1929-30 world totals
During the 1929-30 crop year ending July 31 at Vancouver port a total of 465 ships loaded 49,673,282 bushels for world ports. An average of more than one ship per day. Of the total 39 ships took full cargoes. British Isles and European ports received 314 ships with 42,828,497 bushels. The Orient 99 ships with 5,617,228 bushels. Central and South America 34 ships with 817,920 bushels. Australia and New Zealand 11 ships with 121,264 bushels. South Africa 7 ships with 288,363 bushels.
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Vancouver
British Isles
The
Orient
Central and
South America
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Mild Winter Predicted For North America By Forecaster Browne
Herbert Janvrin Browne of Washington told delegates to the International Apple Association in Grand Rapids Michigan that North America will experience a mild winter with light snow and sharp brief cold spells. He forecast a hurricane would strike Florida late in September and said no serious drought would grip the country next summer.
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North America
International Apple Association
Grand Rapids
Mich
Herbert Janvrin Browne
Washington
Florida
British farmers aided by Ovaltine producers plan egg farm
To help British farmers the Ovaltine proprietors pledge to use only British milk in daily production and rely on British barley. They aim to secure an adequate British egg supply by establishing a 300 acre egg farm.
Prairie Harvesting Carbines Used Across North Wheat Belt
Prairie harvesting carbines are used to reap wheat oats barley spring rye flax sweet clover and brome from Winnipeg to the foothills of the Rockies and from the International Boundary to the Peace River district.
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Winnipeg
Rockies
International Boundary
Peace River District
Costs Of Harvesting Plan To Study Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan plans to study harvesting costs for the 1930 grain crop using different methods. University of Saskatchewan Department of Agricultural Engineering and Farm Management promote cost tracking for harvesting and threshing. Free cost recording cards are distributed to farmers to log harvesting and tractor operation costs.
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Saskatchewan
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Farm Management Department
The
University
Macaroni Factories Canada Output Declines in Ottawa Data
Ottawa reports Macaroni Factories Canada operates twelve plants with annual production valued at about 2.5 million dollars. The figures reflect the country’s macaroni industry status and regional manufacturing capacity.
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Canada
Ottawa
Tin Content Affects City Whistles and Bells Tone
A British specialist in metals states whistles and bells in cities sound softer when more tin is used in their manufacture. The remark links tin alloy composition to acoustic properties of urban chimes and tones.
Scientists Find Lichens Near South Pole During Byrd Expedition
Scientists of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition report lichens growing within 200 miles of the South Pole, marking a notable botanical discovery in extreme polar conditions. The finding underscores the expedition's broader search for life and ecosystems in remote regions.
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South Pole
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Bouttgarter Mustrierte
Stuttgart
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Annebelle Worthington
ArcDermot Ave
Big Salmon
Real Postal Service
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Princess Elizabeth
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Lustige Korner Zeitung
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