The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-05-03
DAIRY PROFITS BIC
SPLENDID Returns From Farms IN
Western Canada.

Western Canada.
PreSvetien u Suffer and chssss, Gem.
mandins Highest Prices, Increase
Steadily Stock Raissrs
At height Of Prosperity.
Dairying Is rapidly approaching ons
Of the first positions In Western Can
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 milch
cows per farm 10 sc. The total pro-
ductIon of creamery butter 10 the
provinces In 1918 was 100000. a.
against 8,944.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
2,GOO,OOO pounds and Of cheese from
$3.50 pounds to $50. 600 pounds. When
1t IL known that In the production Of
grain NO much energy was placed, and
through which bank deposits were
Increased, homes made comfortable.
farms carefully titled, II will be real
ICED that the Increase In dairy produc-
tIon has been remarkable. During the
past four years the price 10 the pro-
ducer increased Is per cent.
Further evidence Of the great Inter-
est taken 10 the dairy and livestock
Industries Is found In recent bull sales.
At Edmonton the average price OF LII
wus $231!O0: at Calgary 784 head
were sold. bringing an average price OF
S2@13: while at Lacombe IT'D bulls
brought an average Of &l01.S4. Sales
in Manitoba few days ago gave fully
ms 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 mntter the price, the
Turner Ind the money to pay for 1t.
Az evidence Of this we ind that at q
xale recently held at Carman. Mani
tOla. buyers were present from all
parts Of the province. besides some
from Saskatchewan points. Five head
Of Herefords brought $500 each. A
Sborthorn bull was sold for 500 and
registered Shorthorn cows brought
$500 each.
The establishment Of creamertes
and cheese factories throughout the
entire West 10 on the increase. and 1t
will only lie within the period Of .
very few years before Western Can.
ada will occupy 4 position In the first
ranks In the dairy productioo Of the
continent.
There Is complete government su-
pervision over crealueries and cheese
factories. The government takes caro-
Of the sales. looks after the manufac-
turer und employs AZ heads OF the In.
stitutions highly paid aud efficient
managers.
1t nay well be said that the dairy
industry In Western Canada Is rapidly
coming into its own. At present 1t Is
but an adjunct to the parent or fore
most industry Of the countryside
growing Of grain. but while an adjunct,
1t Ii highly Important one. The price
Of farm lands IL gradually Increasing.
hut 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
hn th.k 10
from on acre of wheat. oats or barley.
The advance 10 the prices Of these
grains has more than doubled; the use
Of trnctOrs Inns lessened the cost.
The reports from government sources
are that the present year will show q
great increase in immigration over the
past four or five years. The man who
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 splcn.
did school system, the almost perfect
sOcinl conditions that prevail. lie will
have visited settlements composed nl-
most solely OF Americans. who have
built up their homes and vIllages, who
have brought, and are applying, to.
dny, their experience In economic lnnd
culture MS applied to large tracts with
the result Tint he obtains yields on
$sO m mere land equal to thut former
ly produced on land that he had sold
for 500 m acre. The story Of his
success he has sent bnCk to his friends
In his home state. They In turn follow
him. and 30 it goes OH. ind immigra-
ton to Western C:nada increases.-
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