CANADA'S DAIRY PRODUCTION

Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1689, 21 November 1925, Page 6

CANADA'S DAIRY PRODUCTION

TWENTY-FIVE MILLION STEELING

3000 DAIRY FACTORIES

The quantity of creamery butter made in Canada in 1924 was 184,290908 pounds, valued at 63.449,160 dollars. This production is the largest for any year in the nistory of the industry and exceeds the production of 1923 by over 21 million pounds. The value of the production shows an increase over that of the preceding year of six million dollars, and almost equals the value for the record year of 1920, the greater value in that year being due to high average price per pound—s 7 cents, compared with 34 cents, in 1924, says the Trade Bulletin. The production of cheese totalled 151,673,580 pounds, valued at 24,518734 dollars. Compared with the preceding year, an increase of 49,504 pounds is shown in the quantity, but a decrease of over four million dollars in the value. The average price per pound was 16 cents in 1924 and 19 cents in 1923. The total value of all condensed milk products of dairy factories in 1924 was 9,710,017 dollars, a decrease from the

preceding year of 330,301 dollars.

Comparisons with 1923 for the various items show increases in the production of condensed milk, milk powder, and skim-milk powder, and decreases in the production of condensed skim milk, evaporated milk and casein. The miscellaneous products of dairy factories comprise whey butter and ice cream, and cream, whole milk, whey cream and buttermilk sold. The total value of these products in 1924 was 26,465,559, an increase of nearly two million dollars compared with the preceding year. The total number of dairy factories in operation in Canada in 1924 was 2,998 and the total value of production was 124,143,470 dollars. This is a decrease of nine in the number of factories and an increase of 4,023,080 in the value of product compared with 1923.