existing as workmen in some of the large cities on a mere pittance, 

 but who now, with their families, can live in comfort. 



lint in all this, one must not go away with the idea that dairy- 

 ing is easy work. In one sense it is, but it is very binding work- 

 also night and morning, wet or dry, hot or cold ; Sundays and 

 during the week the cows must be milked, and milked at regular 

 hours. Want of regularity interferes greatly with the yield of 

 milk, and to get the best returns the temper of the master, and all 

 who come about the cattle, must be kept in check. A good dairy 

 cow is a delicate fragile machine in the hands of man, that very 

 little will put out of order and destroy its utility. 



In this country at the present time, with the thousands of acres 

 available in the southern districts that can be obtained on the most 

 liberal terms ever offered anywhere, with a good soil and a good 

 rainfall, any man, married or single, with the desire to make an 

 independence for himself, can do so, and with a less amount of 

 hard work than could be done on the land in any other part of the 

 world. With the rapidly growing population it will be many years 

 before the supply here will be equal to the demand, and those who 

 go in for dairying in the early days of the colony's prosperity are 

 the ones who will obtain the " cream." Owners of large properties 

 in the southern districts could not do better than to sub-divide 

 them and let them on a sharing system, supplying the cattle and 

 farm, and getting so much per cent, of the gross returns from the 

 dairy produce. The calves could all be reared, and would be quiet 

 and lay on tiesh better than if reared in the bush. In the other 

 colonies this is looked upon as by far the most profitable way of 

 dealing with the land in many districts. 



As to whether a person should go in for dairying solely 

 and on a large scale depends upon many things the district 

 in which he is situated, the amount of his capital, and on 

 the quality and quantity of the land at his disposal, and also on his 

 taste and judgment for cattle. But it may be safely said that there 

 is no farm in the southern district of Western Australia on which a 

 moderate amount of dairying would not pay, and in conjunction 

 with it, poultry and pigs would help considerably to swell the yearly 

 income. 



One important fact should constantly be kept in mind in 

 dairying, that a few cows, well looked after, will pay much better 

 than double the number neglected. 



