Alberta : a survey of the topography, climate, resources, industries, transportation and communication, and institutional services of the Province of Alberta . 8,702 1919 336,596 Total Value of Dairy Products 1910 $ 7,855, 1911 12,971, 1912 12,646, 1913 13,405, 1914 14,611, 1915 15,895, 1916 18,466,311. 00 1917 24,794, 1918 27,500, 1919 , Production of Creamery Butter 19;i0 Lbs. 2,315,000 1911 « 2,543,368 1912 « 3,010,755 1913 4,115,587 1914 5,444,806 1915 « 7,544,148 1916 « 8,521,784 1917 8,944,171 1918 9,053,237 1919 ,000 Prod
Alberta : a survey of the topography, climate, resources, industries, transportation and communication, and institutional services of the Province of Alberta . 8,702 1919 336,596 Total Value of Dairy Products 1910 $ 7,855, 1911 12,971, 1912 12,646, 1913 13,405, 1914 14,611, 1915 15,895, 1916 18,466,311. 00 1917 24,794, 1918 27,500, 1919 , Production of Creamery Butter 19;i0 Lbs. 2,315,000 1911 « 2,543,368 1912 « 3,010,755 1913 4,115,587 1914 5,444,806 1915 « 7,544,148 1916 « 8,521,784 1917 8,944,171 1918 9,053,237 1919 ,000 Production of Cheese 1910 Lbs. 220,000 1911 100,000 1912 40,000 1913 70,716 1914 70,581 1915 381,632 1916 745,122 1917 1,274,905 1918 552,834 1919 500,000 Horse-breeding.—The raising of horses has always beenof importance in the province. Thejhorse constituted the workingequipment of early cattle-land. He is a necessity for the cowman,and on account of this very obvious necessity and the feature ofeducation and steady use and companionship the cowman becameskilled and wise in the horse business and always took an interestand pride in a good animal. 39. 40 There were horses in the countn,- before there were commonly came under the general name of bronco which isthe term originally given to the half-wild pony of Western Canadaand the United States. This species is known as the mustangin Mexico and as the Indian pony or cayuse in Western ponies that were found among the Indians on the arrival ofwhite settlers in Western Canada no doubt originated in the Indian ponies as a breed are becoming very rapidly eliminatedbut it is probably the case that not less than ninety per cent, of thehorses of the province are grades of the improved breeds such asClydesdales, Percherons, Shires, Belgians, Hackneys, thoroughbredsand standardbreds on cayuse mare foundation. The native ponyis not commonly a ver\^ sightly animal though some of the tribesof Indians h
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