CO-OPERATIVE DAIRYING. Ill 



Two years after the first factory was operated in 

 Western Ontario, factories were built in the counties 

 of Hastings and Northumberland, in eastern Ontario, 

 by Messrs. Graham and Wade. The following year, 

 1867, the Ontario Dairymen's Association, which has 

 been a very important factor in the development of 

 co-operative dairying in the Province, was formed at 

 Ingersoll. Nearly all the provinces now have dairy 

 associations for promoting the interests of dairying, 

 and they have been very helpful in developing what 

 is best of the dairy industry. In 1877 the first 

 Ontario Association divided into Eastern and Western, 

 with separate Boards of Directors. The Creameries 

 Association was formed in 1886, but it was disbanded 

 in 1897, owing to the withdrawal of the Government 

 grant. In 1898 the cheese and butter makers of 

 Western Ontario formed an organization for the pro- 

 motion of makers' interests. After two years they 

 amalgamated with the Western Association. The 

 Provincial Government gives a grant of about $8,000 

 yearly to the two dairy associations. The first Govern- 

 ment grant was made in 1874. This money is 

 expended in holding meetings, sending out instructors 

 to the cheeseries and creameries of Ontario, and in 

 giving prizes for exhibitions of butter and cheese at 

 the various fairs. The other Provincial Governments 

 also make similar grants, though usually not so large, 

 to the dairy associations of the various provinces. 

 The first cheese instructors employed in Canada 

 came from New York State. Now, Canada sends 

 men to act as cheese instructors in nearly every dairy 

 country in the world. 



