Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1916 — DAIRYING IN WESTERN CANADA [ARTICLE]

DAIRYING IN WESTERN CANADA

Accompanying Industries Also Prove Highly Profitable.

The cheese industry throughout western Canada today Is in a highly flourishing condition and is bound in a vpry short time to become much more important. The war has created a great demand for that article, and its use abroad has given it a lot of useful advertising. The article known as Canadian cheese 1b now Bought .not only by the soldier in the trenches, but by the ordinary civilian consumer, who, having used it, is quick to appreciate its value. This means that alter the war there will be a demand created for it that would not otherwise have been. Up to the present the war needs have limited the local supply, but with the increased effort that is now being put forth it is hoped that this will be met. As a matter of course the prices are high, and the farmers who contribute to the cheese factories are making money. The cheese season is now fully open and there is every prospect of an excellent year because the high price which obtained last year will undoubtedly be maintained this season. Western Canada has all the natural resources for the making of cheese, the feed and the cool nights, two things essential, and in time it is bound to become one of the finest cheese countries of the continent. The lower foothills of Alberta, used only at the present time as ranges or for no purpose, will in time produce cheese in great quantities, and doubtless will soon equal the famous uplands of Denmark. The cool nights mean the better keeping of milk and cream and cheese, and that is a great thing for the industry, especially when combined with possibilities of cattle feed such as exist on the long slopes from the Rockies eastward. The hog market, which may be classed as an adjunct of farming, la an exceedingly good one, and the low cost at which the feed can be produced, coupled with the high prices realized, make this industry very profitable

One of the first thoughts that occur to the mind of the average prospective settler is the likelihood of suitable markets. In this connection the following table will be illuminating. It is supplied by the P. Burns company, packers and exporters, of Calgary, and Bhows the average monthly price paid for hogs for the six years 1910 to 1915 inclusive. When one considers the low initial cost of the land and the small overhead cost of maintenance and feed, these prices challenge comparison. ' .

1910 19111912 1913 1914 1915 January. . 7% 8 8 7% $6.71 Feb 7% 8% 8% 8 6.96 March. • 7% 8 By a 7% 7.16 April .... 7% 8% 8% 7% 8.06 May 7% 9 8% 7 8.26 June 7 8% 8 6.85 8.30 July 7% 8% 8 8 8.12 August ..8 8 8% 8% 8% 7.93 Sept 8 9% 9 8% 7% 8.86 Oct 8 8% 8% 7% 6 9.02 tfov. .....7% 9 8% 7 6Mi 8.36 Dec 7% 8% B*4 7% 6% 8.70% A farmer of Monarch, Alberta, claims the distinction of being the first in the province to sell a carload of hogs at the high price of eleven cents a pound, live weight. The sale was made a short time ago at Calgary, and at that time was a record, although prices have since gone as high as $11.12% P er hundredweight. With such prices available for hogs the farmer has a market for everything his farm produces, as there is practically no farm product which cannot be converted into good hog flesh. The uncertainty of results which attends train farming even under most favorable conditions is removed when the settler goes in for raising hogs, beef and dairy products. With Western Canada’s cheap lands, heavy crops, and climate free from diseases of stock, the stock farmer is as sure of success as anyone can be.^—Advertisement.