The Dolores star., 1919-05-02
DAIRY PROFITS BIC
CpIendid Returns From Farms in
Western Canada.
Production Of Butter and Cheese, Com.
mandino Highest Prices, Increases
Steadily Live. Stock Raisers
at Height Of Prosperity.

MI Da1rylnE is rapidly approaching one
55;pf the first positions in Western Can.
ada agriculture. This does not apply
particularly to any one of the three
;sNestern Canada provinces. as they all
5participate in the distinction.
S8 A report recently published by the
|Alberta Department of Agriculture
Sshows that in 1918, In spite of adverse
4conditions of labor md the high cost
.%Of feed there was no decline In the
4 industry. 1t will be interesting to
z know that the average number of milch
\ cows per farm is Sc. The total pro-
duetion of creamery butter in the
provinces In 1918 was 100000. as
against S,944,OO0 pounds in 1917.
Z No better evidence of the growth of
y Western Canada can be given than by
h the fact that in ten years the produc-
4 ton of butter has increased from
42.5OO,OOO pounds and of cheese from
$3.50 pounds to G5O, 900 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 TILED, 1t will be real
sfzed that the increase in dairy produc-
Izfion has been remarkable. During ths
spast four years the price to the pro
siducer increased 10 per cent.
"a Further evidence of the great inter
$est taken In the dairy and livestock
K industries is found in recent bull sales
BAt Edmonton the average price of 141
%was S231.O6; at Calgary 7S4 head
swere sold, bringing an average price of
&$269.13; while at Lacombc ITO bulls
brought IN average of S191.34. Sales
Sin Manitoba few days ago gave fully
8as good an average, or better. The
sales were attended by farmers from
NIL parts of the country. The high
spriceS paid show that good stock was
srequired. and, no matter the price. the
Farmer had the money to pay for 1t.
s AS evidence of this we find that at
ssale 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 $3.50 each. A
Shorthorn bull was sold for $700 and
Registered Shorthorn cows brought
$500 each.
~ The establishment of creamcries
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 position in the first
ranks in the dairy production of the
continent.
There is complete government SUI
y naryiSiOu oyar rrnu mpriac nnl cbpaSa
factories. The government takes care
of the sales, looks after the manufac-
turer and employs ms heads of the in
stitutions highly paid and efficient
q managers.
1t may well be said that the dairy
s industry in Western Canada is rapidly
i coming into Its own. At present 1t is
but an adjunct to the parent or fore
most industry of the country-the
growing of grain, but while an adjunct,
9 1t is highly important one. The price
s 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
a 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 lessened the cost.
The reports from government sources
are that the present year will show a
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. He
will speak of the fertile soil, of the
good crops, Of the attractive climate.
1 of compliance with the law, the splen-
did school system, the almost perfect
1 social conditions that prevail. He will
i have visited settlements composed al
\ most solely of Americans, who have
built up their homes and villages. who
have brought, and are applying, to-
day, their experience in economic land
culture rs applied to large tracts with
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 his
success he has sent back to his friends
In his home state. They in turn follow
him, and so 1t goes on, and immigra-
ton to Western Canada Increases
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