202 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



Appendix No. 48. 



NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT BRANCH. 



Statements for Report for the Year Ended 31st October, 1922. 



Section 1 (D). 



THE ASSISTANCE OF SETTLERS. 



Re Feed Shortage. 



The indifferent growing season of 1921 necessitated assistance being given 

 to the farmers of Manitoulin Island and in the neighbourhood of Mattawa 

 during the summer of that year; and during the succeeding fall and winter 

 the same shortage of feed became evident in those parts of Northern Ontario 

 west of Mattawa, and extending along the main line of the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway to Sudbury, and along the Soo Branch as far as Walford; north from 

 Sudbury along the Canadian Northern Railway to Hanmer; south from Sud- 

 bury along the Canadian Pacific Railway to Rutter; and south from North 

 Bay along the Grand Trunk Railway to Powassan. This territory embraces 

 numerous excellent farming communities, the produce from which, in normal 

 seasons, is sufficient not only to provide for local requirements, but for consider- 

 able sale to outside points. The poor growth during 1921, however, produced 

 such a reduced crop that fodder was not available in sufficient quantity to feed 

 the stock which the farmers had on hand. The assistance which had been 

 provided by the Branch to the farmers of Manitoulin Island was, therefore, 

 extended to meet the additional needs. Sixteen distribution centres were 

 established in the area of the shortage, at Mattawa, Eau Claire, Rutherglen, 

 Bonfield, Rankin Siding, Warren, Markstay, Nairn Centre, Webbwood, Massey, 

 Walford, Blezard Valley, Hanmer, Rutter, Callander and Powassan; to these 

 points hay was shipped for sale to farmers, from other sections of the Province, 

 at a considerable saving in cost over the prevailing local rate. The total quan- 

 tity supplied amounted to 1,307 tons of hay, and 3,070 bushels of corn. Part 

 of this was paid for in cash; the remainder was sold on guaranteed promissory 

 notes payable in 12 months, with interest at 6 per cent, per annum. The feed 

 supplied was of great benefit to the farmers, as it enabled them to retain their 

 stock during the winter, instead of being compelled to dispose of them at sacri- 

 fice prices, as would otherwise have been the case. 



Refunds were received during the year for cash sales and for feed previ- 

 ously supplied on promissory notes to the amount of $24,287.08. 



Section 1 (E) — Creamery. 



New Liskeard, Ont., 



November 10, 1922. 

 To. The Honourable Beniah Bowman, 

 Minister of Lands and Forests, 

 Parliament Buildings, 

 Toronto. 

 Dear Sir, — I beg to enclose report of the operations of the Government 

 Creamery for the year ending 31st October, 1922. 



For the past year we took in 347,856 lbs", of cream, made 119,278 lbs. of 

 butter, and paid farmers for cream delivered $35,896.83, at an average price 

 of 38.6 cents per lb. fat. The quantity of cream received in 1922 represents an 



