Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-05-08
DAIRY PROFITS BIG.
Splendid Returns From Farms in
Western Canada

Production of Butter and Cheese, Com
mandins Highest Prices, Increases
Steadily Livestock Ratser4
at Height Of Prosperity.
Dairying is rapidly approaching one
Of the first positions In Western Cam
ada agriculture This does not apply
particularly to any one OF the three
Western Canada provinces. as they all
participate In the distinction
A report recently published by the
Alberta Department of Agriculture
shows that in 1918, In spite of adverse
conditions of labor and the high cost
of feed, there was no decline in the
industry. It Will be interesting to
know that the average number OF mflch
cows per farm is SO. The total pro-
duction of creamery butter In the
provinces in 1918 was 100000. as
against S,944.OOO pounds In 1917.
No better evidence OF the growth OF
Western Canada can be given than by
the fact that In ten years the produc-
ton of butter has Increased from
100000 pounds and of cheese from
$3.50 pounds TO $50 900 pounds. When
1t is known that in the production OF
grain much energy was placed, and
through which bank deposits were
increased, homes made comfortable.
farms carefully titled, it 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 IS 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 al
was 1921 .O6; at Calgary 7S4 head
were sold, bringing an average price OF
$269-13; while at Lacombe 179 bulls
brought an average of $1o1-34. Sales
in Manitoba a few days ago gave fully
as good an average, or better The
sal Id H. Gov, 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 a
| sale recently held at Carman, Mani
| 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 Shorthorn cows brought
| $500 each.
The establishments of creameries
| and cheese factories throughout the
| entire West is on the increase and 1t
| will only be within the period OF a
| very few years before Western Cam
| ada will occupy position in the first
ranks in the dairy production OF the
| continent.
There is complete government SUI
| pervfsfons over creameries and cheese
| factories. The government takes care
| of the sales, looks after the manufac-
| turer and employs as heads of the in
stitutfons highly paid and efficient
| managers.
/ 1t may well be said that the dairy
industry of Western Canada is rapidly
coming into it's own. At present it Is
| but adjunct to the parent or fore
| growing of grain, but while an adjunct
| it 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
This rise in price does not materially
increase the cost of production, MOI
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 1essened the cost.
Il The reports from governm ent sources
are that the present year will show 6
great increase in imm1 grafton over the
past four or five years. The man who
has made tour OF inspection Of thu
country will give you the reason. HI
will speak of the fertile soil, of tht
| good crops, of the attractive climate
of compliance with the law, the sp1en
did school system, the almost perfec
social conditions that prevail. He viii
| have visited settlements composed al
most solely of Americans, who hav'
built up their homes and villages, VIII,
have brought, and are applying, to
day, their experience in economic Ian.
culture as applied to large tracts witt
the result that he obtains yields OIL
$50 an acre land equal to that former
+ " produced on land that he had sol
for $500 an acre. The story of hi
success he has sent back to his friend
: | in his home state. They in turn foIloy
him, and so it goes on, and immigra
; ton to Western Canada Increases
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