Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-12-22
MA|lITOBA'S AGRICULTURAL
INDUSTRY
REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT IN
THAT PROVINCE DURING THE
PAST FEW YEARS.

Ire past year has shown that the
Province of Manitoba. the Premier
Province of Western Canada, stands
out prominently in point of wealth in
her agricultural productions Mani
toba had an excellent yield of wheat
IN 1914, the cat crop was not so good,
and with the high price received. every
farmer was placed in a good financial
position
For some years. as is probably the
case in all new countries, Manitoba
wen. largely into the growing of
grain, and while this paid well for a
time, &c was found that having to pur-
chase his meat. his milk and num-
Der of other daily requisites. the farm
did not pay as it should. Now, there
is another side to it. Fodder crops
are growa. cattle are being raised,
cheese factories and creaneries are
established, and the result is that the
nnancial position of the farmers of
Manitoba is as strong as that of those
IN any other portion of the continent.
scarcely farmer today but has real
lzeo that the growing of grains alone
mas a precarious side. and that posi-
tive security can only be assured by
diversified farming, and securing the
latest modern and most economic
methods. Therefore timothy, clover,
alfalfa, rye grass and fodder corn are
universally grown. Most wonderful
success meets the efforts of the farm
ers in the cultivation of these grasses,
ano the yields compare favorably
with those of many older countries,
while in many cases they exceed them.
Il is worth while recording the acre
age of these crops this season as com
pared with last, because the figures re-
fleet the remarkable progress that is
being made in dairying and In the
beef and pork industry. In 1913 bronze
grass was sown on 24,912 acres, rye
grass on 21,917 acres, timothy on
l1S,712 acres, clover on 5,32S acres, al
falfa on 4,709 acres and fodder corn on
20,223 acres. In 1914 the respective
acreage under those crops were 25,444
acres, 27,100 acres, 165, $50 acres, 1912
acres, and 10,250 acres and 80, 430 acres
Alfalfa particularly is coming into its
own, the acreage having been more
than doubled last year
1t is simply the natural process OF
evolution from the purely grain farm
ing which Manitoba knew as the only
method twenty years ago to the more
diversified forms of agriculture that
is responsible for the development
along these other lines in this Prov
ince. Alberta is coming to it at an
earlier stage than did Manitoba Sas
katchewan, too, is following rapidly
in the same direction.
Then, as her fodder crop and root
crop acreage indicate, there have beer
increases in the holdings of all kinds
OF live stock during the past twelve
months, according to the correspond
ent for the Toronto Globe. Reef cattle
number $4,000 head this year. as
against $4,000 last year; mich COWS
are 160,47 head, as against 1876;
head; pigs number $4,000 as agains
2iS,000; sheep number $4,000. al
against $4,000; and there are 325, 900
| horses, as compared with 100000 al
this time last year. These are the
latest Provincial figures, and they
show that despite the great effiux o.
! live stock to the United States since
the opening of that market to Can
/ n he rffoI I;,.o
mails has increased instead of hav
ing decreased through the extra de
raand
Dairyine the Principal Industry.
| Dairying is the industry, however
which is making dollars Cor the Mani
toba farmer. 1t is developing at a rap
| id rate in this Province for that par
ticular reason. The output of cream
cry butter last year was 4,000,00l
pounds, at an average price of o.;
cents per pound, which was an in
! crease over the previous year of
million pounds. The output of dair,
| butter was recorded last year at 4,2SS
! 276 pounds The Government depart
| bCllt says that AGAIN Jiio year SUI
:tantial increase in the dairy outpu
will be shown from this Province
From this same source of information
one finds that through the splendid
| growth in winter dairying, Winnipe,
now, for the first time in years, Il
able to obtain sufficient supply o
/ milk and sweet cream from its cit,
dairies to satisfy its demand through
out the year without having to impor
] large quantities of these products