The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-05-29
DAIRY PROFITS BIC
Splendid Returns From Farms In
Western Canada.
Production Of Butter and Cheese, Com.
mandino Highest Prices, increases
Steadily - Livestock Raisers
at Height OF Prosperity.

DNirNllg ~ rnTluly approaching one
OF the first positions In Western Can
ada agriculture. This does not apply
particularly to any II Of the three
Western Canada provinces, ms 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. II will be interesting 10
know that the average number Of mllch
cows per farm Is SO. The total pro-
duction Of creamery butter in the
provinces In 1918 was 9.1OO.OOO, as
against S.oi4,OO0 pounds In 1917.
No better evidence of the growth %
Western Gambia IAN be given than by
the fact that In ten years the produc-
ton of butter has Increased from
2,5O0,OOO pounds and Of cheese from
$3.50 pounds to 100000 pounds. When
II Is known that in the production of
grain 50 much energy was placed, rnd
through which bank deposits were
increased. homes made comfortable,
farms carefully titled, II will he real
lied that the increase in dairy produc-
tion has been remarkable. During the
past four years the price TO the pro-
Queer Increased - per cent.
Furthcr 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 III
was S2Il .O6: ut Calgary IA head
were sold, bringing an average price of
s2G9.13; while ut Lacomhe 10 bulls
brought an average Of Sl9l.3i. Sales
In Manitoba Il few days ago gave fully
as good an average. or better. The
sales were attended by farmers from
nll parts of the country. The high
prices paid show that good stock wnS
required. and. no matter the price. the
farmer had the money tn pay for II,
As evidence of this we find that at n
sale recently held AT Carman, Mani
toha. buyers were present from al
parts of the province, besides some
from Saskatchewan points. Five head
of Ilcrofords brought $500 each. A
Shorthorn bull was sold for 500 and
registered %Shorthorn cows brought
$500 each.
The establishment of crcamcric'
and cheese factories throughout thu
entire West Is on the increase, and !
will only he within the period of {
very few years before Western Can
ada will occupy II position In the frs
ranks in the dairy production Of thu
continent.
There Is complete government su
pervision over creamcrics II checs'
factories. The government takes cart
Of the sales, looks after the manufac
iurer and employs us heads Of the In
stitutions highly paid and eiiicien
managers.
II may we'll he said that the dair.
Industry In Western Canada Is rapid!
coming into It's own. At present II l
but an adjunct to the parent or fore
most industry Of the country-th'
growing of grain, but while an adjunct
II Is Il highly important one. The pric'
Of farm lands Is gradually increasing
out not In the rapid proportion tina
has been shown In other countries
This rise II price does hot MATERIAL,
Increase the cost Of production, no
lessen the profits that may be derive
from an acre of wheat. oats or barley
The advance In the prices of thes
grains has more than doubled the Us
of tractors has lessencd the cost.
The reports from government source
nre that the present year Will show
great increase In immigration over tn
past four or five years. The man VIII
has made Il tour of inspection OF IN
country will give you the reason. III
will speak of the fertile soil. of IN
good crops. of the attractive climate
OF compliance with the law, the spleI
did school system, the almost perfe,
social conditions that prevail. He "!
have visited settlements composed IA
most solely of Americans. who hay
built up their homes and villages. VIII
have brought, and are applying. Il
div, their experience In economic Ian
culture MS applied 10 large tracts wit
the result that he obtains yields q
$50 an acre land equal To that forme
IL produced on land that he had sol
for 500 IN mere. The story of h
success he has sent back To his frient
In his home state. They In turn folio
him, and so II goes on, ana iminigr'
ton to Western Canada Increases
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