Australia : The Dairy Country. 



There are cases which can be pointed to where a tenant farmer 

 after even paying for assistance, makes a profit of from $67,20 to 

 '.oo every month. 



It is not possible to state definitely the size of herd that any 

 individual can manage, but it is by no means uncommon to see a 

 herd of forty head, with from twenty-five to thirty cows in milk at 

 a time, managed comfortably by a man and his wife and one sturdy 

 boy or girl of fifteen or sixteen years of age. The average returns 

 from a fairly good herd, in the majority of districts, may be stated 

 at $4.80 per head per month, and as each cow will be milking for 

 seven to eight months at least, and there will be the calves and 

 ample separated milk for a good many pigs, it will be seen that 

 there is at least a fair living to be made, especially when it is 

 remembered that the share dairy farmer, under the ordinary arrange- 

 ments, is living rent free and under conditions which enable him to 

 keep household expenses at a minimum. 



The conditions regarding cropping and keeping the farm imple- 

 ments in repair and caring for the dairy herd are not onerous, and 

 are such as no good tenant could object to. 



An Extensive Milking Shed 



Men who contemplate undertaking this class of farming should 

 submit the fullest possible details of their experience and qualifica- 

 tion to enable the officers of the Government Information Bureau to 

 make arrangements which will permit of settlement immediately on 



