Ontario's Southern Core: A Dense Industrial Agricultural Power
In a strip from Oshawa to Grand Bend and across to Windsor, southern Ontario hosts about 400 people per square mile, outpacing India's national average and rivaling the Netherlands. Ontario dominates Canadian manufacturing including autos, machinery, and chemicals while leading in agriculture, fisheries, furs, and minerals, with a population nearing six million and growing rapidly.
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Timbuctoo
Tippe
Tahil
Tasmania
Canada
Lake Ontario
Ontario
Oshawa
Toronto
Oakville
Burlington
Hamilton
St. Catharines
Niagara Falls
Welland
Port Colbourne
Windsor
Holland
India
Iistics
Cold Roots Slow Growth
Scientists report that cold soil temperatures slow plant growth not only by reducing water and nutrient uptake but by hindering root production of proteins and key organic compounds. Wheat shows more resilience than corn. farmers should ensure ample phosphate to mitigate damage.
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Canada Department of Agriculture
K. F. Nielsen
Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Century span for apple trees despite age limits
R P Longley of the Kentville Nova Scotia agricultural research station finds some apple trees live long, nearly a century, but overall tree loss rose to 29 percent in the decade to 1911 and varied in later decades from 30 to 59 percent. He advises keeping young trees at about one third of the orchard to sustain operation, noting higher yields and dwarfing rootstocks may alter tree numbers.
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R. P. Longley
Federal Agricultural Research Station
Kentville
Nova Scotia
Longley
Textile roots thread through language in daily speech
The Canadian Textiles Institute traces textile origins in common words. Spinning and weaving language link to terms like spinster and bombast, showing how fabric history shaped English, from fleece and vest to home spun and dyed-in-the-wool, reflecting culture and industry.
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Canadian Textiles Institute
Fostat
Noth
Britain
Textiles Institute
Canada
Gems of Thought Criticism Quotes Analyzed
A compact critique discusses criticism as directing attention to the excellent and warns against barren critique that merely states what a thing is not. Attributed quotes from Jean Paul Richter Christian N. Bovee and Rufus W. Griswold frame the debate.
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Jean Paul Richter
Christian N. Bovee
Rufus W. Griswold
Quirky Reflections Sparked by Everyday Life
A humorous column muses on wealth after vacations, youth pressures on parents, prize produce at fairs versus stores, a wife living on her husband’s income plus his own, public speaking nerves, and a groom lamenting a wife’s breakfast lack of cooking. Local voice underscores ordinary moments with light social satire.
One third of Canada's 1963 apple crop from BO
A Saskatchewan climate report notes that one third of Canada's record 1963 apple harvest, totaling 21.8 million bushels, was produced by the BO region, reflecting its strong growing season and high yields.
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Canada
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Madeleine Ceyasow
Gems of Thought Criticism
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