200 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



ONTARIO GOVERNMENT CREAMERY. 



New Liskeard, Ont., November 10th, 1921. 



Honourable Beniah Bowman, 



Minister of Lands and Forests, 



Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Ontario. 



Dear Sir, — ^I beg to enclose report of Creamery operations for the year 

 ending October 31st, 1921. While the amount of business done in the winter 

 months was somewhat disappointing, nevertheless we had a nice increase in the 

 amount of cream received during the latter six months. We took in a great deal 

 more than a year ago. 



There was one noted difference in the past year after the first of May, 

 and that was the drop in the price of butter in one week of twenty cents per 

 pound. The difference between the lowest prices of fat last year and this year 

 was twenty-two cents per pound. The lowest last year was fifty-five cents, 

 and this year thirty-three. We had two hundred and thirty-six patrons the 

 past year, ranging in herds of cows from two to twenty. There have been a 

 few silos gone up the past summer, and prospects are for some more again this 

 coming year. There were some very good crops of corn and sunflowers grown 

 this year, and the second clover was exceptionally good, which kept the cows 

 in a good thrifty condition, and will no doubt help materially in giving extra 

 milk for the coming winter. During the past year, we received 297,567 pounds 

 of cream, and manufactured therefrom 96,981 pounds of butter, for which we 

 received $38,535.82 and paid patrons $32,716.96, at an average price for butter 

 fat for the year of 42.3 cents per pound. 



I enclose a summary report of cream received, butter manufactured, money 

 received and paid out since commencing operations in August, 1917. 



Lbs. Cream 1,135,743 



Lbs. Butter 364 878 



Value Butter $179,7^4.67 



Paid Farmers $159,179.48 



All of which I humbly submit. 



A. MacLachlan, 



Manager. 



Seed Grain, Section 2(1). 



The practice of providing seed grain for settlers in North and North-western 

 Ontario was continued in the spring of 1921. Acting in co-operation with the 

 District Agricultural Representatives, distributing stations were established 

 in the Districts of Rainy River (Emo), Thunder Bay (Port Arthur), Temis- 

 kaming (New Liskeard and Matheson), Sudbury (Sudbury), Kenora (Dryden), 

 Manitoulin Island (Gore Bay), Muskoka, Parry Sound and Nipissing (Hunts- 

 ville). The following quantities of seed were distributed: Oats, 4,568 bushels; 

 wheat, 378 bushels; barley, 428 bushels; clover, 5,870 pounds; alsike, 1,870 



