Confidence was at once restored and under expert supervision 

 the business grew and prospered so that the Department of 

 Agriculture was able, at the end of 1905, to give up the active 

 control of a large number of creameries which had been 

 assisted to a position of independence and stability. New 

 markets had been found for the butter in the Orient and in 

 the Yukon, and a reputation had been established that is of 

 great value to the industry in that part of the country to-day. 

 The money which was advanced to the creamery associations 

 has all been repaid except a few trifling amounts. 



The new provincial governments are following the policy 

 adopted by the federal authorities, and with a modified plan, 

 continue to foster the industry. Knowing the circumstances, 

 as I do, I have no hesitation in asserting that this action on 

 the part of the government, call it paternalism if you like, 

 saved what was then known as ' The Territories ' from a most 

 serious setback, and carried the early settlers over the most 

 critical and trying period of their experience. 



Crossing the Great Divide into British Columbia, we find 

 a successful creamery business established at different points 

 in the fertile Okanagan valley, along the Lower Fraser river, 

 and on Vancouver island. 



Thus we see that the dairy industry is well established in 

 every province of the Dominion from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 

 The total number of cheese factories and creameries in Canada 

 at present is 4,355. Of this number, 1,284 are in the pro- 

 vince of Ontario, and 2,806 are in Quebec, leaving 265 fairly 

 evenly distributed among the other seven provinces. The 

 factories in Ontario average much larger than those in the 

 other provinces. 



The first cheese was exported from Canada to Great Britain 

 in 1864. The shipments grew year by year and reached the 



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