unusually favourable season there was an increase in the average milk production 

 last year of between 400 and 500 lbs. — due to better breeding and better feeding. 



In the syndicate dairy districts of Eastern Ontario, 400 additional silos were erected 

 last year. 



The dairy industry meant an income of nearly $15,000,000 to Eastern Ontario last 

 year aside from the whole milk and home-made butter trade. Dairying is a big thing for 

 Ontario — it is one of Canada's big things. 



DAIRYING IN ONTARIO IN 1915 



FRANK HERNS, Secretary, London, Ont. 



Prices for Dairy Products — The average price for cheese during the past season 

 was the highest ever received in Canada. A considerable amount of American cheese 

 was, we understand, exported to England during the past winter and early part of 

 the spring season. Had this cheese not been available prices would probably have 

 reached an even higher level. It is a source of gratification to know that the Canadian 

 cheese and butter industry is in a position to supply a large quantity of such excellent 

 food products for the soldiers of the Empire. 



The butter market assumed a high level early in the season and has been active 

 most of the year resulting in good prices to cream producers. 



The statistical position of both cheese and butter is strong and prospects for 1916 

 are encouraging. 



We trust that the increased price of rennet may not tend to induce some makers to 

 "skimp" the proper quantity; it would be a very shortsighted policy to risk the quality 

 of the cheese through a misguided sense of economy. Insufficient rennet means slow 

 and imperfect coagulation, loss in yield and possibly coarse textured cheese. 



After the war is over there may possibly be a temporary drop in the prices for dairy 

 products, especially during the readjustment period, but the hope is expressed that, 

 should prices decline for the time being, this may not to any extent influence milk 

 producers to decrease their herds but rather continue to make dairying a permanent 

 feature of their farming operations. Past experience has proven that there is no other 

 line of agriculture that will, over a period of years, pay better than dairy farming. 



There has never been a time when the prospects seemed better for a steady demand 

 for live stock. We do not know how long this world war is going to last, but when 

 hostilities cease, there is every evidence that a great demand for dairy products, live 

 stock and meat products will follow. Depleted European herds must be replenished 

 and our country is one of the natural sources from which to draw for this purpose. 



MANITOBA DAIRY PRODUCTS 



F. S. JACOBS, B.S.A., Professor of Animal Husbandry, Manitoba 

 Agricultural College. 



Notwithstanding the great increase in grain production in Manitoba during 1915, 

 the dairy industry did not suffer therefrom, but rather expanded considerably. The 

 prices for creamery butter, dairy butter and cheese all showed an improvement, and in 

 every case the quantities made were increased. The result was that the value of our 

 dairy products was increased by over 12}^ per cent, as compared with the year before. 

 During 1915 Manitoba exported between 50 and 55 carloads of creamery butter, part of 

 it going eastward and part of it to British Columbia. The fact that Manitoba is capable 

 of winning and holding a place as an exporter of butter is now becoming well recognized. 



During the past year, too, our rather small cheesemaking industry made encourag- 

 ing growth, and the big demand for eastern cheese caused by the war affords us a good 

 opening for our products. 



Professor J. W. Mitchell, Dairy Commissioner for Manitoba, says: — 



"During 1915 the dairymen of the Province made their contribution towards 

 increased production. We made over 1,000,000 pounds more creamery butter and 



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