Natural resources of Quebec

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Identifikator:: 1796289558

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-181093

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Natural resources of Quebec

Edition:: Rev. ed.

Place of publication:: Ottawa

Publisher:: Natural resources intelligence service

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: 132 p; illus., maps

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter III. The leading industry - agriculture

Collection:: Economics Books

AGRICULTURE tuted 47 per cent. Fodder corn and alfalfa were valued at $3,659,000 ° and root crops at $3,359,000. The adaptability of the soil and climate to the production of fodder crops is the reason for the prominent position of the dairy industry. Since the development of grain-growing on a large scale in the Prairie Provinces, eastern Canadian agriculture has concentrated more particularly on the 35 A farmer's residence frequently seen throughout the Province of Quebec profitable dairy industry. Quebec, especially the Eastern Townships, is noted for its excellent herds of Ayrshire cattle, and for its dairy school at St. Hyacinthe. In 1927 there were 1,644 cheese and butter factories in the province, most of them run co-operatively by the farmers, pro- ducing butter and cheese to the value of $27,459,570. The improvement in the plants and in the packing processes has greatly contributed to the development of the dairy industry in the province. Other branches of live stock raising flourish in Quebec. The province is famous for its beef cattle, and as a by-product of the dairy industry, large numbers of hogs are profitably raised. Poultry raising is in a pros- perous condition. Chantecler breed, produced to withstand the severe climate of winter, was originated by the monks at Oka. The province produces large quantities of apples of the hardier varie- ties, of which the Fameuse is perhaps the best known. Small fruits do vell, although the cold of the winters prevents the growing of many varie- 38105—33

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