The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-05-01
DAIRY PROFITS BIC.
Splendid Returns From Farms In
Western Canada.
Production Of Butter and Cheese, Com
handing Highest Prices, Increases
steadily Livestock RaIsers
at Height Of Prosperity.

Darying Is rapidly approaching one
of the first positions In Western Can
ada agriculture. This does not apply
norticuarly to any one of the three
western Canada PROVINCES, as they all
participate in the distinction.
report recently published by the
Alberta Department of Agriculture
shows that In 1913, In spite of adverse
conditions of labor and the high cost
NJ feed there was no decline in the
industry 1t will be interesting to
tnow that the average number of mich
COWS per farm Is sc. The total pro-
duction Of creamery butter in the
nroylnces I'm 1918 was 100000, as
against S,944OO0 pounds in 1917.
No better evidence of the growth OF
Western Canada can be given than by
the fnct that In ten years the prOduc-
ton of butter has increased from
100000 pounds and Of cheese from
$3.50 pounds to 65O,0O0 pounds. When
II is known that In the production OF
grain so much energy was placed, and
through which bank deposits were
Increased homes made comfortable,
farms carefully TILED. ii will be real
lied that the increase in dairy prOduc-
ton has been remarkable. During the
past four years the price to the pro
Queer increased ~ per cent.
Further evidence of the great inter.
est taken in the dairy and livestock
Industries Is found In recent bull sales.
AT Edmonton the average price of 141
was S231.06 mt Calgary 7S4 head
were sold. bringing an average price Of
S26o13 while at Lacombc 10 bulls
brought an average of Sl9134. Sales
in Manitoba few days ago gave fully
as good IN average. or better. The
sales were attended by farmers from
all parts Of the country. The high
prices pail show that good stock was
required, and, no matter the price, the
farmer had the money to pay for it.
As evidence of this We find that at n
sale recently held ut Carman. Mani
toba, buyers were present from all
from Saskatchewan points. Five head
of Herefords brought $500 each. a
Shorthorn bull was sold for 500 and
registered Shorthorn cows brought
$500 each.
The establishments of crcamcries
and cheese factories throughout the
entire West Is on the increase, and II
will only be within the period of
very few years before Western Can
ada will occupy n position In the first
ranks in the dairy production Of the
continent.
There Is complete government SUI
pervision over creamerics and cheese
factories. The government takes care
of the sales, looks after the manufac-
turer and employs rs heads of the in
situations highly paid and efficient
managers.
II may well be said that the dairy
industry Of Western Canada Is rapidly
coming into Its own. At present II Is
but an adjunct to the parent or fore
most industry Of the country-the
growing Of grain, hut while nm adjunct.
II Is highly important onc,. The price
of farm lands Is gradually increasing.
hut not In the rapid proportion that
has been shown In other countries.
This rise i'm price does not materially
Increase the cost of production, nor
lessen the profits that may be derived
from an acre of wheat, oats or barley
The advance In the prices of these
grains has more than doubled the use
of tractors has lcsseHad the cost.
The reports from government sources
are that the present year Will show
great increase in immigration over the
past four or five years. The man who
has made tour Of inspection of the
country will give you the reason. lie
VIII speak of the fertile soil, of the
good crops, Of the attractive climate.
OF compliance with the law, the splcn-
did school system, the almost pcrfcct
social conditions that prevail. He VIII
have visited settlements composed al
most solely Of Americans, who have
built up their homes and villages, VINO
have brought, and are applying to-
day, their experience In economic land
culture as applied to large tracts win
the result that he obtains yields on
$50 an acre land equal to that former
ly produced on land that he had SOLD
for 5000 an acre. The story of MS
success he has sent back to his friends
In his home state. They In turn follow
him, and so II goes on. and immigra-
tion to Western Canada increases
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