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Receipts.
Mrom:salerotegesn ric ie oar tne recor ss $375 .00
From ‘sale-of chicks..2.°6.- aca. eo chs si. 50.00
From increase of flock).7 2 225: fice 5s 25.00
$450 .00
Expenses.
100 bushels wheat at $1.05 per bushel.... 105.00
50 bushels barley at .60 per bushel..... 30.00
Sundries recuse 228 6 aon aiecisie tise 10.00 145.00
INGE Rr Ofte arrtieci cigs Bice qaustsieg, ated. oe oe $305 . 00

_ The whole of British Columbia is, from the nature of its soil and
climate, particularly suitable for raising poultry in commercial quantities. »

DAIRYING.

Dairying gives good returns and the prospects of the Province were
never brighter for the dairyman and the dairy industry in general, the
rapidly increasing population causing a general increase in the consumption
of dairy produce. This is particularly applicable to fresh milk, cream and
~ butter, all of which command a high price, these prices ranging about one-
third higher than the prices paid in the eastern provinces. The natural
conditions of the Province are eminently suitable for dairying. The season
for cows staying out of doors is very long, indeed in some places they are
able to pasture every month of the year. Fodder of all kinds grows luxur-
iantly on the low, damp plains of the delta country, hay can be grown at the
rate of four tons per acre; and roots of almost every description are pro-
duced abundantly. In the higher and dryer sections alfalfa and fodder
corn are being produced with equal success. Grains can be produced in
large quantities in almost every Section. This gives the dairyman a chance
to grow abundant fodder and a good proportion of his concentrated foods,
thus greatly facilitating and lessening the cost of production.

During 1910 the creameries of the province produced in the neighbor-
hood of 2,000,000 pounds of butter and it is estimated that this figure was
more than doubled by the amount of butter imported. This shows the
possibilities for increasing the home production, the population calling
for a better product and the vast mining regions to the north, being always
open, cannot get sufficient dairy produce to fill their needs.

The Provincial Government aids financially and otherwise in the
erection and establishment of dairy concerns for the manufacture of either
butter or cheese, by a liberal loan on very easy terms, payment of which
extends over a period of seven years.

The dairyman has the advantage over his brother agriculturist by
conducting a 365 day per year business and is therefore able to secure help
by the year and at more moderate prices and with no difficulty during the
rush seasons. At present there are no cheese factories in operation. There
was produced throughout the country generally, 179,500 pounds of cheese
which found a ready sale at an average price of 13144 cents. There is a
good showing for this branch of dairying in the province and the country
to the north of the C. P. R. Main Line is admirably adapted to this buisness.

All particulars with ceference to live stock and dairying can be had
toe Mr. M. A. Jull, Live Stock Commissioner for the Province, Victoria,