STORY OF PROGRESS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2166, 3 June 1914, Page 8

STORY OF PROGRESS

AGRICUMCRAIi & PASTORAL STSBNGTH Riviw Bt Ira mm : NEW BUTTER AND CHEE&E I RECORDS. „ <By Tslf-grarii.— Press Ai&attaictf.) Bvmtßtt, Juna 2, Tho MM floji. W. F. Masse?, as . Minister of Agriculture, wndo effective i't'foreiiee during life speech at the opening of tire- Winter Show this iifteriMJui to l-lio Dominion's agricultural and. pastoral strength, and demon.strata! in a convincing nifuVMr how in l'fjconi years the value of varied yields -has increased steadily. Tho portion -.is to tlio jjriiioijjaf iDroiiucts and exports during the- past two years 'was very satisfactory. For tie year ending Mareli 31, 1918. the' principal products totalkd £21,166, 515, wbifo 'fof tiie year Muling March 31. 1914, the value was . £53,112,99e. IV im'scrflaneqiis c&ports were worth $1,40p00 and £1,877,044 respcetiveij, making o total of £22,660,545 for lf)13, and a total of £23,990,040 for 1914, an increasss of £1,439,495. Agricultural Exports. A comparative st-ateinent was mado rts to ttio total agricultural ©sports from 1863 to 1913, and afca tho l-Jwemv-tag» of agricultoral experts to total exports. While the percentage-'was oniy 25 per cent, iii 1863, tho proportion q! agricultural exports ti< tho total es■poffe increased temwteljiy dwring tiie next 3d years, and continued to .increase steiwlily 'tef ing the two stweeodhig dccados. the percentages : being :—s> Pfcr cent, in 1863; 76 pet tetit. in 1793) 77 pivr cent, in 1903; aiid 85 per cent, m 1818. Tho fo'toHis \tet6i-^i Total AgiicaHufal exports., expofts. Tear. £ £ . ■ 1863 3,483,405 849,961 ISS3 SJiSojSiH 6yßfll s GSB 1903 ... • 11,31.1,200 1913 ... 22,y0y,C?3 19.025,771 Crdwth of Primary Products, The Prime Miuistof also tlio fact that tlio growth of Kesv- Zc?a» [artfl's primary products »ad aeccssi- : toted tte opening af new iimrkets, Hβ cifett the foHpwiiig:—West Cflasfc of Canada, %'esf Coast of the limited fe'tates, juid in tlio near future tho Basfc Canst, via the Panama Cajaal. .B© also refetrwl to tte few coatraot with tho UuSon S'.S. Canipartiy as t-o services to VaMonycp and San Francisco, and tho provision of ferpjer and. faster steamers! and tho question ei cheaper freights. WoW Exports. Tho export at vvosl for the year"eirq* ing Marcii SI auicuiited .to 183.00(5,000 Ib., valued at £7,600,000. This shows as compared' Tvith the ciporfc of ten. .V'rars iigpi aji i»erea.so of 17$ per ecut. in quantity aiirl B7| -pei cent, in vako. Mr. Mnssey MioJiti.oned thrtt the prices oMained at the tli.ird swies of colofliaV ttTiOl sales recently in toitdon We;re abbnt §d. pw l.b. hifher for ijiwino TOols and Id. per Ib. higher for crossbreds, as emfflpai'od with p.rfees at tljo; Gajao time last scat.

Frozen Moat staMstlos. ; The statistics of the todo in.frozen; meat nfeo revealed satisfying grogtess, thus:— ' ' MiJtroN. , ; ; Year- «vt. £ i9ieJ3 ..... 1,544.230 ' ■ 15)13-14 ... 1,'272,50S . 1,003,503, This sv.ts 411 iiiwe-ase of 17@,51&cwt., valned at £361,25?, aad was ihe high* ■ ; est for ten. years. LAMS. ; 1018-13 mU4S 1,823,542 , im-U 1j1365638 ' 5.,545.,*J44 Tlits was an incfease tS SSS^QSetvt.. 'vahrn £723.608, cofiiDftrod With ion years ago. the figures ■' aa in- ; crease of SO per cistit. iii ami : 183 per teat, in value, 'Bβ beef figures fe 1913-1 J wte:— BEE]?. 1913-14 ...... '328,988 {, Compared witli tea yeart ago, there] was ail increase of SI per cent, in quastity *i?d 109 pet sent, a value-. Hides and 1913-14 fst> ■fraliio exported Was £530,683, in 19:12-13 £1.095,517. and to 191344 £1,214,196, j 'I'ho inCreitso for last yeaif wSs £118,679., i while the- increase for-' 10 years was 12.9 per efcatfc 'ftllew.«-In 1903-1 Hio exprjrts were valued al £472.398, in 191243 £572,&t9, aad }n HES-I4 £701,055. The , iijcftaso for tlio yew iras £55,338, and tlte increase for IS years £228,695, ntyj. Butter and Q.hßese fteiOMs. Kew rqcorija faj - biitter and eftecsfe woh& ostatjisbed, tlie iiguws 'beiftfe; Year Gwt, £ 1903-Qi 314,313 1,416.484 181S-18 359J33 a^afiiffiS 103,3-li ....... 895,163 2,140,019 3'li© jiicreasD for tiro- year was 2&038 wvt,, (Htnal to £83,591 the mcmßo i'or ten years was over: 25 per cent, in quantity, 3.11 c! over 50 per Cotrt. in valTui . CHEESE. Tlife quantity of cheese exjioriiefl was: Year. {J, v fc. ' £ " isms -©1,179 i.ssa,m 1913-14 '?4 x l 5 37 l s;iflS,273

The aliorc gjwo an increase of 108,198 cttt aud of £336,094 in value. Cornpafed with ten years .ftgo, w> arc now exporting wore tjian eight aiid a half times Uio qttatttfiy for wtiris than 10J times tho faloe. For tlve first tiara flw ralwo-,of tfto olieese exported eseee'd* Hint of frutte. It was ■safe to predict a continuance of tho present exodlfent market for cheese, an.J lie bvli&ccd tjiiti krfero long our exports it! chbesa trsuM "roach tlio enormous total of 50,900 tows annually. Jtor ttio yea? ending March 31, 1013, Sfigeft-t. o.f liono.v, valued at £1182, was exported. Ifor ilio juijg mouths ending December 8L 1013, ijic quantity was 1690 <wt., valued at £3298.

The Fruit Industry

Rtigardinst the frtjit aiiifctry,. Hip Eom. ' Mr. Massey, .wlio. takes a lfreiy iutifrcst ill H-5 dwelopflieiiti garc so'i.sio intetesting pa'rtieubi'S. In 1913 the arpa, of orehayejs was 56.967 states* The foilovvirtg year thto arfia incrtasccl ie 38,78/ acres, wliile ibis year, mthitHrig tho acreage to to planted tlife wiijtcr, the area, is 41/46 iteres. The cspai-t of ffiiit in 1912 was UM9 cases, in 193.3 33,000 cases, and S.OffO oasos tWs year, jreturna tlmt bear tefcintony te the rapid tfevolopiiroHt of Uio iiidiisi-Fy. Fear tile twelve months oftctcd J.fareii 31 liist, flbonfc 25,000 cases isf ftppfes. were cx» ported'to Jiotitc YiMen, and atowt 2000 rases to Bio do JftJiioro. This year MOD case's <rf pyafS *oro oxnori(?d to VflMtouvci 1 , a«i 538 eases of po«« and 501 cases of pciebes i<t San.Ftafteisco,. tfiis part oi t3io Priffie JUntstcif's addrnss was Tccenwft frith approciatiaii by |iis niiitenci?.