1. What percentage of first grade butter produced in Canada is classed as 39-92?

2. What percentage of first grade butter produced in Canada is classed as 40-93?

3. What percentage of butter classed as 39-92 was produced by milk processing plants?

4. What percentage of butter classed as 39-92 was produced by independent creameries?

Mr. W. H. Jorgenson (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture):

Mr. Speaker, the answer is as follows:

1. 64.20 per cent.

2. 31.27 per cent.

3. 20 per cent.

4. 80 per cent.

1. Will the provincial government be paying any portion of the moving costs or costs of new buildings that will result from the shifting of immigration and customs facilities from the border crossing located at Pigeon River, Ontario, to a new site at High Falls?

2. If so what portion of costs will be borne by the provincial government?

Hon. Noel Dorion (Secretary of Slate):

Mr. Speaker, the answer to part 1 of this question is no. The answer to part 2 is, not applicable.

1. How many cases of hog cholera were reported in Canada in 1960?

2. Did the Department of Agriculture determine the source of infection?

3. Have any steps been taken to ensure that such infection does not recur?

Mr. L. E. Cardiff (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture):

Mr. Speaker, the answer to the first part of the question is that 106 cases of hog cholera were reported

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in Canada during 1960. The answer to the second part of the question is yes. The answer to the third part of the question is that there can be no positive assurance against a recurrence of infection, but all practical control measures to guard against it are being taken.

1. Has the federal government contributed to the cost of a flood control project in the Fairford river in Manitoba?

2. If so, under what authority is the contribution being made, and what is the federal share?

3. Has the project actually been started, and, if so, what progress has been made, and when is it expected to be completed?

4. Is the work being performed by contract, and, if so, what is the amount of the contract?

Mr. W. H. Jorgenson (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture):

Mr. Speaker, the answer to the first part of the question is that the federal government has undertaken to contribute to the cost of a flood control project on the Fairford river.

The answer to the second part of the question is that this was authorized by governor in council on October 28, 1960. The federal share is 50 per cent of the cost to the province of Manitoba, not to exceed $300,000, to be charged to the parliamentary appropriation in the main estimates for land protection, reclamation and development.

The answer to part three of the question is that the work is more than half done and will be completed in 1961. The answer to part four is that the work is being performed by contracts let by the province. No claims have yet been submitted to the federal government.

What is the cost of grain storage for each of the years 1957-58-59-60?

Mr. W. H. Jorgenson (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture):

Mr. Speaker, the question is rather ambiguous. It is rather difficult to estimate the total cost of storage if you take into consideration all the people who are involved in the storage of grain. I presume, however, that the hon. member is asking for the storage cost under

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the Temporary Wheat Reserves Act. I do have those figures here, and they are as follows:

Crop year Storage paid by

by government

1955- 56

$31,486,1871956- 57

28,816,7661957- 58

35,553,5091958- 59

39,825,3041959- 60

43,604,073

1. What quantity of chicken broilers, fowl, turkeys and parts, have been imported for the calendar years 1959 and 1960?

2. Are turkey and fowl placed under import control?

3. If so, how many import permits have been issued for turkey broilers, turkey heavier weight, turkey parts, fowl and fowl parts, and chicken broilers imported from the United States during the year 1960?