. The Duck District of Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories of Canada [microform] : illustrated and described. Agriculture; Agriculture. THE FERTILE SASKATCHEWAN COUNTRY. ^., â '^< ⢠;r "t^^^'^'^^^-i^-^'*-*. AN INDIANS IIOMKSTKAD, NEAR DUCK LAKE. prices, the cost of production being small. In this branch there is ample room for extension and no danger whatever of over-stocking the iiinrkct. Dairying has been conducted hitherto in private dairies only, consequently on a comparatively small scale. Cheese is scarcely made for sale and butter only in moderate quantity. Owing to the richnes
. The Duck District of Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories of Canada [microform] : illustrated and described. Agriculture; Agriculture. THE FERTILE SASKATCHEWAN COUNTRY. ^., â '^< ⢠;r "t^^^'^'^^^-i^-^'*-*. AN INDIANS IIOMKSTKAD, NEAR DUCK LAKE. prices, the cost of production being small. In this branch there is ample room for extension and no danger whatever of over-stocking the iiinrkct. Dairying has been conducted hitherto in private dairies only, consequently on a comparatively small scale. Cheese is scarcely made for sale and butter only in moderate quantity. Owing to the richness of the pastures already referred to and the abundance of pure water, butler of the finest qual- ity is made, where proper methods are followed and the necessary care and cleanliness exercised, showing what might be done under the creamery system if it could be introduced. At present, how- ever, owing to the sparseness of the population, this cannot be accomplished, and this branch of the farming industry must be relegated to the future. Although the sheep industry may be said to be still in its infancy, small flocks are kept by many of the settlers, and Mr. Dichl and Mr. Carter have made a of sheep farming for six or seven years. Ilotli have been quite successful, and judg- ing, not only from their exi>crleiice, but from that of other in the Saskatchewan Valley, nothing is more certain than that this branch is a safe and paying one. Little feed is required in the winter and close stables are hurtful rather than beneficial. The Leicester, Shropshire, Southdown and Merino have been introduced, and all succeed well and multiply rapidly. Disease is al- most unknown, the mutton is of the finest and the fleeces heavy. The prairie wolf is a ral enemy of the sheep, but with ordinary care the loss from this or any other cause is insignificant. I'igs are raisc<l universally and yet not in great numbers, for there is not yet an
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