The Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1918-1919, 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 Ra'sers r.!
at Heioht Of Prosperity.

Dairying is rapidly approaching one
of the first positions in western ,an
ada agriculture. This does not Apply
particularly to any one OF lile lhlee
Western Canada provinces, as they All
participate in the distinction.
A report recently published oy Tie
Alberta Department OF Agriculture
shows that in 1915 in spite OF ADVERSE
conditions of labor and the hlgh cost
Of feed there was no decline in the
industry 1t will be interesting ~
know that the average NUMBER OF naich
cows per farm is Sc. The totai pro-
duction of creamery butter IN the
provinces in 1918 was 100000, as
against s.944,OOO pounds in 19l1.
No better evidence of the growth or
Western Canada can be given than by
the fact that in ten years the produc-
tion of butter has increased from
?. 10000 pounds and of cheese from
$3.50 pounds to 100000 pounds. When
It is known that in the production or
grain SO much energy was placed, and
through which bank deposits were
increased, homes made colnfoftaDie'
farms carefully tined, it will be real
lied that the increa in dairy produc-
ton has been renal &able. 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 or I4l
was So31 O6 at Calgary 7S4 head
were sold, bringing an average price of
S26a.13: while at LacOmbe 179 bulls
brought an average of Sl91.34. Sales
in Manitoba 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 n
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. ~
! Shorthorn bull was SOLD for 500 aiaJ~
registered Shorthorn cows brought
! $500 each
| The establishment of creameries
and cheese factories throughout the
entire West is on the increase. and it
will only be within the period of q
very few years before Western Can
ada will occupy Il position in the first
ranks in the dairy production of the
continent
| There is complete government SUI
pervision over creameries and cheese
factories. The government takes care
of the sales, looks after the manufac-
turer and employs, as heads of the in
situations highly paid and efficient
managers.
1t may we'll be said that the dairy
| industry in Western Canada is RAPIDLY
coming into its own. At present it is
but an adjunct to the parent or fore
most industry of the countrywide
growing of grain, but while an adjunct,
it is 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, nor
lessen the profits that may be derived
| from an acre of wheat oats or harley
The advance in the prices of tlSngs
grains has more ,han doubled: the l.
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
OF compliance with the law, the splen-
did school system, the almost perfect
social conditions that prevail. He will
nave 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 as applied to large tracts with
the result that he obtains Yields on
Soo an acre land equal to that former
| ~ produced on land that he had sold
for $500 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 it goes on. and immigra
ton to Western Canada increases
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