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e : : ® ! | supply the fresh milk trade. ;ment of National Health and | ‘Milk production There are about 70,000 ‘manu- | Welfare enforce standards for verage milk sales were| HONOR WOMAN PREMIER

facturing milk producers. who’ grading, composition and pack- ; : supply the processors who man- | aging. Inspection and licensing bout 183,000 pounds per fluids wy. tone has sent $2,000 te

oe) LG, | h d ufacture casein, milk powder, of manufacturing establishments milk farm in 1963 while manu-|tndia for relief work as a trib- “dis te | os unc al ige butter and cheese. \is handled by provincial authori- facturing milk shippers andjute to Prime Minister Indira ‘i . And there are about 165,000 \ties and the Federal Govern- cream shippers together averag- Gandhi as ‘one of the most out: cae | : bias cream shippers whose product is ment registers these factories ed 40,000: pounds. | ‘+ standing women of. our age.” | OTTAWA — Total milk pro-|vestment in equipment. Others made into butter. | | after they have complied with ja - a ; | duction in-Canada has remained |have switched to enterprises, Considerable numbers of provincial requirements virtually ‘unchanged since 196t. such as beef farming or have ¢ream producers are switching Provincial authorities are able In that year production was 18,- taken off-farm jobs. ~~ | to shipping whole milk. This is to set producer prices for fluid 339,200,000 pounds and in 1965 it DAIRY. FARM GROUPIN%S — happening for a number of rea- milk at levels considerably was 18,321,891,000. | Im the 10 years between 1954 sons which includes. availability | ahove those obtainable for man- During this period only On-| and 1964 the number of milk of cheaper commercial feeds to | ufacturing the mechanisni by ‘Htario raised its milk-output, go. | cows | _dropped from 3,121,000 | substitute for feeding skim milk | which supply is controlled is | from 6,271,347,000 pounds in -head ‘to’ 2,906,000" but™ milk” pro-~-to~tiv

ing , k;-increased--demand--quite~complex~but—usually~invel-}- 1961 to: 6.896.717,000 in 1965. Que- | duction during the same period by procedgors for the non- fatives establishing marketing quo- E lgex dropped from * 6,191,166,000 | actually rose from 16.5 ‘billion portion of THe~mpilk, higher pric- tas for each producer. Any milk |

‘pounds to 6,101,064,000; the Prai- pounds to 18.5-billion pounds, re- es paid for w milk as com- | which is marketed by ‘fluid pro- irie Provinces from 3,980,445,000 flectinga dramatic increase in pared with creami, improved qucers’ in excess of fluid re- ito : 3:549.497,000; the Maritimes | production per cow. transportation, and introduction | quirements is diverted into the ; from 1.020, 248,000 to 929,897,000 In the short period between of bulk tanks ° | market for mamofacturing milk, | and British Columbia frem 875,- | 1961. and 1965, preduction per JURISDICTION |494,000 to 844,734,000 pounds. {COW in Canada increased from The Federal and provincial INCOME FROM MILK

' ulati ot | 40 pounds per year to 6,350 governments share the respon-| Taking 1963 as a typical ex. |

Meanwhile the pop eaad't s. Thisrepresents an in- sibility of administrating legis- ample, fluid milk produeers Canada has risen and demeny |erease.of 4 quarts of milk, nine lation for the dairy industry. jwere estimated to have earned for dairy products has { to |pounds of butter or about 19 The provinces have exclusive | $263,000,000, or 51 per cent of |” accordingly. The situation today | hounds of cheese for each cow. — jurisdiction over the fluid milk |total cash income, from the sale | f jis one of production and ar Igpreased output per cow is | trade. Provincial fluid milk leg-'of milk and cream. This meant sumption being barely in bal- the “result of widespread use of | islation varies amon: the prov- that 12 per cent of the farmers |

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ance. ~~ : artificial insemination which | inces but common features are: |who keep milk cows earned |

Butter production for_the year’) makes the very best herd sires 1. Licensing and. inspection of | about half the farm cash income | A @ Fi ending March 31, 1966 is estim- | available at reasonable cost, of processing facilities. ifrom dairying. The fluid milk @ Auto re ated at 333 million pounds; con- | better feeding and management! 2. Regulation of the fluid milk shippers produced about 39 per @ Lif @ Liability sumption ‘ing this period is | practices, and of year-round | trade by quality standards. | cent of the total milk suppl. 6

estimat 356—-million_pounds. | production- pf milk. __3___Supervision_of marketing |... The other half of farm cash

oi ae . “| Stocks of butter, built up dur-| During the 1954%4—period, the. quotas and powers to administer |income from the sale of milk | EXAMINE FORAGE CORN —ting years of surplus production, number of farms with milk cows producer and Wholesale prices|and cream was earned by about have thus far staved off any 35 per cent from 416,000 and in some instances retail | 88 per cent of.the farmers with |

Fast, Efficient Claims Service Leo P. McIsaac, Mermaid, RIGHT these gentlemen. Mr. McIsaac, who | sharp rise in the consumer |in 1954 to 270,000 in 1964. The. prices. It is this power which |dairy cows who, as a group, | He

grew this corn last year.’Both Mr. operates a farm machinery business |price. But stocka_om hand are | number of milk cows per farm |sets this segment of the dairy/sell the remaining 61 per cent of | -.Melsaae—and Agriculture Minister | —it includes silos—in Charlottetown {only sufficient te carry through | rose from 7. to 10.8 and milk |industry apart from the manu-|the milk. | Insurance Andrew MacRae who is with him ~ fntends to lant 100 of : to the season of heavy produc-/| production per farm rose from | facturing milk sector. On farms shipping to thé fluid | e 2 “hae Is ’ Le p acres COT ition in spring. and early sum- | 40,000 to 68,000 pounds. ; The Federal Government has |milk market, dairying is usually Se j are well over six feet tall. But the this year, mer. : Dairy farmers can be grouped | jurisdiction over the marketing |the main or only enterprise. rvices

| dave earlier in maturing. Seed| maintained at present levels, |turing milk producers, and provincially and into export regard dairying as a sideline to | there. will definitely be a short- | cream producers. ~ markets. other operations such as grain,

= : : ight : ’ : Ke Produce oats with CUT WAITING ee | age of butter by this time next| There are about 35,000 fluid The Canada Department sh crop, or beef farming. Sane ae

Meanwhile, research scientists | Year. a8 : ue |at the Ottawa station are work-| In an attempt-to beat the cost- y ing on techniques that will en-| Price squeeze many.dairy farm- O g Ing TESSIS TAN Ce rie the straw strensth of a new ers have enlarged their units by ie : oe strain Se be estimated Telia. | increasing cow numbers and in- bon i i : cnvint, Dly at the seedling stage. It) © ’ oe tke be ae a . ae re wee ee veri jcould be made at any time with |strawed varieties have lower ots in heir whrte Os ec i |Stormont which was released in| seedjirgs in | greenhouse and seed yields, has seriously hamp- ~~“gat--varieties that ae rosistant (Ontario last spring. The variety, | growth chambers, eliminating |ered breeding programs, Dr. to lodging, says Dr. F.J. Zillin. developed at the Ottawa - Re- |the wait for field trials to deter- |Zillinsky points out. — — i sky, an oat breeding specialist search Station and- recommend.- | mine strength of straw. Results from the project s0 with CDA's Ottawa Research jed for growing under high fer-| The techniques would speed | far ‘are very encouraging, re- Station. tility conditions, consistently has research work on new varieties ports the researcher who is con- Lodging is a major cause of | proved superior to other varie-|by eliminating ~ the prolonged | fident that the research reduced oat yields and it occurs ‘iS i resistance to lodging, Dr. period required to obtain the |will pay future. dividends: in the frequently in crops grown on_| Zilinsky says. [amount of seed needed for field |form of new. oat varieties w i th soils of high fertility. Resistance It is slightly shorter than Rus- trials. This problem, complicat- |bigger yields. and greater resis- ; | sell and Garr and is two to three ‘ed by the fact that short, strong- tance to lodging.

to it has been an objective in oat breeding programs for) Many years. : 1 “If oats are to compete with d I] ¢orn and other eine wens un- | A e a __..der_high fertility management, “varieties suited to these condi | ; tions are needed,” the research-4 ‘ ‘ a er says. ‘ ae : :

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