CANADA’S LIVESTOCK

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6890, 22 April 1929, Page 10

CANADA’S LIVESTOCK

The Canadian Bureau of Statistics at Ottawa recently issued its final report on the live stock and animal products statistics for 1827, the ninth of a series now covering the period from 1909 to 1927. The latest issue of this report contains, in addition to the usual annual data, a special historical sketch of the stock and kindred industries in Canada from the earliest times up to the present, including the salient figures of the several decennial censuses for the period since Confederation. This new feature is included in view of the fact that in 1927 the Dominion of Canada celebrated its diamond jubilee, and the statistics printed will prove of permanent value. The number of animals on Canadian farms in .Tune, 1927 showed increases in all classes as compared with the 1920 totals. The number of milch cows was J,594,011, of other cattle, 5,277/927, sheep 3/202,706. and swine, 3,694,789. The total number of poultry ou farms was estimated at 50.178,843. The total value of farm live stock was estimated at 591,621,000 dollars in 1927 as against 502,390,000 dolars in ''926. The report contains information respecting the marketing of live stock during the year, and also relative to slaughtering in inspected establishments, mentioning that the total value of all products of -packinghouses and abattoirs was 167,127.091 dollars in .1926. Particulars are also given relative to creamery, butter, and factory cheese production, interprovincial and foreign trade in animal products, consumption statistics, ct(i