The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-05-01
DAIRY PROFITS BIG
Splendid Returns From Earns =
Western Canada.

S,aE SSANU 4T
productisn 81 Butter and chssss. eorss
mandln6lstFA sIheyts Prices, INCREASES
Steadlly-LNe-steek Raissrs
at Height o. prospsvity.
Dairying is rapidlysapproachins ono
of the first positions In Western Can
ada agriculture. This does not apply
particularly to any one OF the TIRES
Western Canada provinces. as they all
participate insthe distinction.
A report recently published by the
Alberta Department of Agriculture
shows that In 1915, In spite OF adverse
conditions of labor and the high cost
Of feed. there was no decline in the
industry. 1t Win be interesting to
know that the average number of milch
cows Per farm is SO. The total pro-
duction OF creamery butter In tho
provinces in 1918 was 9.1OO.00O, as
against S,944,0OO pounds in 1917.
No better evidence Of. the growth OF
Western Canada can be given than III
the fact that in ten years the produc-
ton of butter has increased from
100000 pounds and Of cheese from
$3.50 pounds to 65O,OOO pounds. When
1t 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 titled, 1t 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 rs 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 $231.O6; at Calgary 784 head
We're sold, bringing an average price OF
$269.13; while at Lacombe ITO bulls
brought an average Of $191.34. Sales
In Manitoba a few days ago gave fully
as good an average, or better. The
sales were attended by farmers from
all parts of the country. The high
prices paid 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 q
sale recently held at Carman, Manf-
toba, buyers were present from all
parts of the province, besides some
from Saskatchewan points. Five head
of Herefords brought $500 each. A
Shorthorn bull was sold for 500 and
registered S%horthorn COWS brought
$500 each.
The establishments of creameries
and cheese factories throughout the
entire West is on the increase, and It
will only be within the period Of a
very few years before Western Cam
ada will occupy a position in the first
ranks in the dairy production Of the
continent.
There is complete government SUI
pervisions over creameries and cheese
factories. The government takes care
of the sales. looks after the m%anufac-
turer and employs as heads Of the in
situations highly paid and efficient
managers.
1t may well be said that the dairy
industry of Western Canada Is rapidly
coming into its own. At present it is
but an adjunct to the parent or fore
most Industry of the country-the
growing Of grain, but while an adjunct,
1t is a highly important one. The price
Of farm lands is gradually increasing.
but not in the rapid proportion that
has been shown in other countries.
Thi. rise in price does not materially
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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 lessened the cost.
The reports from government sources
are that the present year Will show a
great increas,, in immigration over the
past four or 1--WE years. The man who
has made a tour of inspection of the
country VIII Give you the reason. He
will speak of the fertile soil, of the
good crops, OF the attractive climate.
of compliance with the law, the splen-
did school system. the almost perfect
social conditions that prevail. He will
have visited settlements composed al.
most solely OF Americans, who have
built up their homes md villages. who
have brought, and are applying, to-
day, their experience in economic land
culture as applied to large tracts With
the result that he obtains yields on
$50 an acre land equal to that former
~ produced on land that he had sold
for 5000 an acre. The story of his
success he has sent back to his friends
in his home state. They in turn follow
him and so. II Goac IN and j,nooiura