for the purpose. Another factory was started in Hastings 

 county in 1866, and from that time forward the extension of 

 the industry forged rapidly ahead in Ontario. The first 

 cheese factory was established in the province of Quebec, in 

 Missisquoi county, about the same time as the first ones in 

 Ontario, but there was very little development of the industry 

 until after the year 1880. 



The dairy industry has not grown as much in New Bruns- 

 wick or in Nova Scotia as one would expect to find in districts 

 so well adapted for it. -Fruit growing, lumbering and fishing 

 have divided the attention of the farmers to some extent, and 

 dairying does not prosper unless it is made the special business 

 of the farm. There are, however, a number of successful 

 cheese factories and creameries in these two provinces, and 

 they supply the local demand for butter and cheese and have 

 a considerable surplus for export to the West Indies. I was 

 gratified to find, when I visited Bermuda and Jamaica a year 

 or two ago, that the ' Bluenose ' and liie ' Evangeline ' brands 

 of butter and cheese were the most popular of any sold in those 

 islands. 



Oo-operative or factory dairying was begun in Prince 

 Edward Island in 1902, under the guidance of my predecessor 

 in office. Dr. James W. Eobertson. In a few years there were 

 some 40 factories in operation and Prince Edward Island 

 became recognized as a successful dairying province. It has 

 been generally acknowledged that the prosperity of the island 

 has been wonderfully quickened by the adoption of systematic 

 dairy practices. 



Following the trend of events rather than geographical 

 sequence, let us now turn our attention to the West for a few 

 moments. In Manitoba, organized dairying began to make 

 headway about 1894, and there are now a fair number of cheese 

 factories and creameries in that province. In what was then 



