Western Agriculture Defies Drought In Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan minister J G Taggart asserts farming will continue on western Canada plains despite drought. The talk, at Edmonton, favors grain and dry farming, larger farms, reserves, and cooperative seed and fodder stocks. Prof H Grant calls for new land-appraisal methods amid mortgage pressures. federal plans for southern prairie rehabilitation total $1.25 million in early stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
J. G. Taggart
Saskatchewan
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculture
Edmonton
Taggart
Alberta
H. ©. Grant
University of Manitoba
Farmers
Grant
Manitoba
Dominion
E.8. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms
Archibald
Feld
Prairie
Hopkins
Dominion Agricultural Husbandman
Ottawa
Ration For Pigs Pasture Boosts Growth At Lacombe
Experiments at Dominion Experimental Station Lacombe Alberta show pigs fed a barley oat grain ration with access to a pasture plot gain faster and more cheaply than dry lot pigs reliant on grain. Pasture provides succulent feed and improves protein minerals and vitamins. Inside feeding with tankage and cod liver oil further increases gains. For breeding stock and growing pigs pasture and exercise are valuable, though not always necessary for bacon-type production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Experimental Station
Lacombe
Aberta
Lacombe Mao
Ins
Yorkshire
Anitary
Dickensan Names Born in Holborn Parish Register
The parish register of St Andrew Holborn contains names used by Dickens such as Twist and Oliver from 1613. Verger A Jones has catalogued over 60 names likely tied to Holborn residents from 1735 to 1859, including Comey Rigaud Todd Minns Mobbs Wicks Taplye Heep Brass Badger Harmon.
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Holborn
Oliver
Twist
Church of St. Andrew, Holborn
Ames Twist
Baldwin Gardens
Charles Dickens
St. Andrew's
A. Jones
Dickens
Lst
Comey
Rigaud
Todd
Minns
Mobbs
Wicks
Taplye
Heep
Brass
Badger
Harmon
Enviable Alberta Record in Municipal Debentures
Alberta shows a strong municipal finance record with the treasurer noting defaults at only one half of one percent. By comparison Ontario faces 18 percent, Manitoba 13 percent, while British Columbia and Saskatchewan report 8.43 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
J. R. Love
Ontario
Manitoba
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Wild mustard proves hard to eradicate on Canadian lands
The Dominion Department of Agriculture warns that wild mustard is a prolific and injurious weed. A single plant can yield up to 20,000 seeds, while tumbling mustard may produce 1.5 million seeds. Seeds buried years earlier can remain viable, and germinate after decades, complicating eradication efforts. A free pamphlet outlines control methods and notes mustard matures before grain crops. Radium discoveries in Russia and Kurdistan prompt Lovell institutes to study potential commercial exploitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ancient Iron From Pyramid and Egyptian Axe Found
The British Museum displays an iron fragment believed from the Pyramid of Gizeh dated around 400 B.C. along with an Egyptian made axe head dating to 1370 B.C. The items highlight early metalwork and antiquity in a curatorial exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
Pyramid of
Gizeh
Grass Fish Cleanse Weedy Lake By Grazing Plants
A lake long plagued by weeds was transformed when the business department introduced grass fish. These vegetarian fish nibble worms flies and weed growth, rapidly reducing aquatic vegetation. Their voracious grazing cleared the waters in a surprisingly short period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busiess Department
Books Shape Lives and Seals on Pacific Coast
Books influence life as refuge or daily bread guiding thought and action. They are an integral part of our being whether a quiet garden for the spirit or fuel for the militant mind. A leopard seal on the Pacific coast is a harbor seal variety, more spotted than its Atlantic counterpart.
Vacation Snapshots and Light for Better Photos
John Van Guilder explains how warm weather invites outdoor life and vacations. He stresses planning for snapshots, the lasting value of vacation photos, and handling varying light conditions with standard exposures for four picture groups. He notes cameras vary in versatility and speed, advising judgment over reliance on gear.
Tuberculosis control and crop disease notes from era report
An agricultural bulletin discusses fungal diseases in wheat and barley including spot blotch net blotch and leaf stripe with control methods such as seed treatment with Ceresan burning diseased debris and crop rotation. It then shifts to public health remarks by Dr H E Kleinschmidt on tuberculosis control stressing screening with tuberculin tests and X rays, family transmission, and lung collapse treatments as not universally curative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Botany
Dominion Experimental Farms Branch
H. E. Kleinschmidt
National Tuberculosis Association
New York
Klein‘schmidt
Kleinschmidt
Sho
Conrum
Proper Answer singer and Bennett anecdote at New York Herald
James Gordon Bennett, head of the New York Herald, often traveled abroad and surprised staff. During an unexpected visit he encountered a boy rushing out of a corridor. Bennett stopped him, asked what was happening, and praised the boy for his errand, giving him a coin as a reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Mr. Bennett
Christian Science Monitor
St Kilda Gift to King Reported for Jubilee
The island of St Kilda off Scotland plans a jubilee gift for the King. A length of tweed woven from wild sheep wool is to be presented. The Earl of Dumfries, son of the Marquis of Bute, is to wake the presentation after purchasing St Kilda as a bird sanctuary a few years ago.
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St. Kilda
Scotland
Earl of Dumfries
Marquis of Bute
New York Typist Takes World Champion Title
Alpert Tangora, 42, of New York, won the International Commercial schools open typing contest with 40,585 strokes in one hour. He averaged 128 words a minute to claim the world champion typist title, besting George Hossfeld of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpert Tangora
New York
Tangora
George Hossfeld
Rural auto crashes rise faster than city incidents
Fire departments note accidents in rural areas are increasing more quickly than urban areas. Firemen describe multi-vehicle blazes with color coded terms such as two bagger for two alarm fires and three bagger for three alarm Marm fires.
Firemen in Bavaria Lose Hose At Fire
Firemen in Katisnon Central Bavaria rushed to a recent blaze with a modern fire engine but forgot the hose leaving the building to burn. The owner threatens to sue municipal authorities for damages. The alert crew arrived promptly but had nothing to do but watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katisnon
Bavaria
New Window Glass Eliminates Indoor Shadows
A newly marketed window glass claims to distribute sun rays evenly, removing indoor shadows. It allegedly blocks heat and cold, creating stable indoor conditions with uniform light. The claim suggests a revolutionary material that differs from ordinary glass.
Lions in Captivity Grow Noticeably Better Manes
A report claims captive lions develop fuller manes than their wild counterparts, noting the influence of environment and diet on physical traits observed in controlled settings.
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Drouth
India
Russia
Flendort
Narimanov
Azerbeidjan
Kurdistan
Lovell Research
Mets
John van Guilder
Saxony
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