i8o AGRICULTURE 



Surely no profession embracing so many 

 "ologies" is to be lightly taken up! 



From the point of view of a woman wishing 

 to take up dairy farming and having no 

 previous knowledge of the subject, the 

 question of the most satisfactory method of 

 training is most important. 



For those who really intend to take it up 

 seriously, either to work for themselves or to 

 become teachers of dairying, two years is the 

 shortest time which should be devoted to it. 



The first year may be given to the 

 scientific part of the work, combined with a 

 certain amount of practice - T the second year, 

 the order of things to be reversed, with a 

 large amount of practice and very little 

 science. 



Where it is possible the best results are 

 obtained when the scientific and practical 

 farm work and dairying can be carried on 

 side by side, otherwise all or part of the 

 second year should be spent on a well 

 arranged dairy farm, where the student may 





