Part L 



FARM DAIRYING, 



CHAPTER I. 

 DAIRY FARMING. 



SUCCESSFUL farming is the basis of successful 

 dairying. To be successful, farming must be profit- 

 able. Dairy farming has been and will be profitable 

 in Canada because it is a manufacturing business, 

 because it is less subject to adverse conditions of 

 season and weather, and because it changes waste or 

 by-products into valuable ones. 



The farmer who sells hay, straw, coarse grains, or 

 roots from his farm, sells his raw materials, and hence 

 loses some of his profits, as there is always more 

 profit in Selling a manufactured article than in selling 

 raw material. The profits of the manufacturer may 

 be reaped by the dairy farmer. Grass, hay, corn, 

 coarse grain and roots are more certain crops than 

 wheat, fruit or other crops ; hence the dairy farmer 

 runs less risk of losing his crop in a bad season than 



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