THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY 



J. A. RUDDICK, Dominion Dairy Commissioner. 



1. The total number of milch cows in Canada in 1911, as given in the Fifth Census, 

 was 2,594,179. The following table shows how they were distributed by provinces as 

 compared with 1901. 



2. TABLE I. 



Milch Cows in Canada 



1901 1911 



Ontario 1,065,763 1,032,979 



Quebec 767,825 753,134 



New Brunswick 111,084 108,532 



Nova Scotia 138,817 129,302 



P.E. Island 56,437 52,109 



Manitoba 141,481 155,337 



British Columbia 24,535 33,953 



Saskatchewan 56,634 181,146 



Alberta -. . . 46,101 147,687 



Totals for Canada 2,408,677 2,594,179 



Increase in 10 years 185,502 



3. TABLE II. 



Total Value of Dairy Products by Provinces in 1910 as compared with 1900 



1900 1910 Increase 



Ontario $34,776,330 $43,332,047 $ 8,555,717 



Quebec 20,207,826 31,663,220 11,455,394 



New Brunswick 2,260,537 3,998,742 1,738,205 



Nova Scotia 2,885,997 4,618,108 1,732,111 



P.E. Island 1,111,614 1,607,672 496,058 



Manitoba 2,792,606 6,077,982 3,285,376 



British Columbia... 1,159,993 2,620,495 1,460,502 



Saskatchewan 729,574 7,566,007 6,836,433 



Alberta 546,476 7,855,751 7,309,275 



Totals for Canada. . . $66,470,953 $109,340,024 $42,868,981 



4. Increase in number of cows 7 per cent. 



5. Increase in value of total products (butter, cheese, condensed milk, and milk 

 and cream consumed) 60 per cent. 



6. In 1900 the value of the total product per cow was $27. In 1910 it was $42, 

 due partly to higher prices. The figures for 1914, if known, would be still higher. 



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