Saskatchewan Prosperity From Growing Grain and Livestock
Saskatchewan's ten year crop boom shows 104 million bushels of grain in 1915 from 16 million acres, with per acre yields rising in wheat and oats while flax declined. Livestock, creameries, mills, and railways expanded, turning agriculture into a provincewide prosperity built on 11 million acres under crop.
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SaskatcheWan
Canada
Western Canada
East
Shaw
United States
Canadian West
Atlantic Seaboard
Barney
Horse Sense in Farmers Bulletin Outlines Business Farmer Rules
The piece stresses business ability as essential for farmers to succeed. It says a modern farmer must adapt plans to weather and markets, judge crop disposal options, price crops against local offers, and ensure grading packing and marketing meet market standards for top prices. Marketing expertise is highlighted as the key challenge.
Water polo on the front inspires British soldiers at sanitary meeting
Lieutenant R R Hebblethwaite told the Institute of Sanitary Engineers that the sanitary force in the Expeditionary Force operates on a colossal scale. In France canals become battlegrounds with soldiers swimming and diving boards and nets along the banks. Civilians are rarely seen in the water while onlookers marvel at the scene.
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Institute of Sanitary Engineers
England
R. R. Hebblethwaite
France
Farm Help Question Aimed at Breeders Gazette Readers
Mr Wm D Pinit argues for more farmers and farm help across North America. He urges generous wages and comfortable homes to attract men and women to agriculture, stresses improved livestock, and encourages workers to stay with kind employers to build lasting families and steady production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. D. Pinit
Breeders’ Gazette
North American
Great Britain
Les Domé
The Brown Move novel urges rural school reforms
Herbert Quick’s The Brown Move spotlights outdated rural curricula and advocates practical agricultural subjects. The tale shows obstacles to changing courses and argues for schools better adapted to country youths’ needs and realities.
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Herbert Quick
Quick
Ey Wes
Lessons From War Show Need For Scientific Industry Drive
A London Daily News editorial argues Britain fell behind in commerce and industry due to gaps in science, equipment, and enterprise. It calls for coordinated action by government banks universities and firms to build a stronger scientific industrial system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
London Daily News
Rioting in Berlin Palace Windows Shocks Montreal Letter
An immigrant observer describes Berlin's unrest with shattered palace windows, scarce butter, closed wholesalers, and rising prices. Kaiser allegedly ill, at Potsdam, and crowds demand peace as munition output falls. British air power and aerial warfare discussed amid war weariness.
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Berlin
Manchester
Daily News
Potsdam
Streeis
England
Good Roads Change a Town Through Simple Dragging
A community saved by hard labor and faith in road dragging. A man from a better road region starts with a dirt stretch, proves it dries, and old skeptics yield. Persistent dragging turns muddy lanes into dry racetrack like surfaces, bringing commerce, mail delivery, and new energy to the township.
No Halfway House in German War Aims
Westminster Gazette argues the German war is driven by aggressive aims to expand territory and power. A peace that avoids plunder and forces repayment would discredit the Kaiser and the civil leadership, likely hastening their downfall amid public anger.
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Germany
Westminster Gazette
Fragmentary wartime note from a dressing station
A wounded speaker recalls being picked up by a fine lad at a crowded dressing station. The staff called headquarters for a stretcher and hearing aid devices to assist the injured.
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All Canada
Farmers
Britain
Henry
Topeka Journal
Lord Northcliffe
Teutons
Lalbach
Kaiser Foverbg
Commercia
Henry Dalby
Montreal Star
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