Dairy Farming in Canada. 



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of butter on ocean steamships. The increase in value of the ex- 

 ports is shown in the following table: 



Butter exported: 



Year. 



1895 



189G 



1897 



Value. Tear. Value. 



$097,476 1898 $2,046,6S6 



1,052,089 1899 3,700,873 



2,089,173 1900 , 5,122,556 



In passing, let me say also that the increase in the whole 

 Dominion during that period, between 1891 and 1899, in the 

 number of creameries and cheese factories, has been from l,733l 

 in 1891, to 3,649 in 1899. The increase in the various provinces 

 has been as follows: 



1891. 1899. 



Maritime provinces 28 



Ontario 938 



Quebec 728 



Quebec (combined butter and 



cheese ) • 



Manitoba 31 



Northwest Territories 7 



British Columbia 1 



177 Cheese factories and creameries. 



1,409 Cheese factories and creameries. 



1,590 Cheese factories and creameries. 



307 Cheese factories and creameries. 



64 Cheese factories and creameries. 



32 Cheese factories and creameries. 



4 Cheese factories and creameries. 



The Bacon Trade. 



The bacon trade, which also is a branch of dairy farming, has 

 been developed very greatly in recent years. 



The growth of the export trade in bacon is shown by the fol- 

 lowing table: 



Bacon, hams, and pork exported — 

 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 



$4,446,884 $5,871,988 $8,092,930 $10,473,211 $12,803,034 



Canadian hogs are fed, as a rule, in a cleanly way. They are 

 fed on feeds suited for the production of what are known as 

 fleshy sides. Bacon with an excess of fat is not wanted except 

 in the lumber camps. Consequently the farmers of Canada have 

 been going into the breeding and rearing of a class of swine suited 

 for the production of bacon, having plenty of lean and firm flesh. 

 The great extension of the dairy business of Canada has fitted 



