FARM MANAGEMENT 



CHAPTER I 



THE STUDY OF FARMING 



Farming demands a wide knowledge of many- 

 things before success can be achieved, and he 

 who has elected to get his living out of the 

 land can advance his fortunes to no small 

 degree by arranging his training from the out- 

 set on judicious lines. So many take up the 

 study of agriculture with but a vague idea of 

 the particular kind of farming they will 

 ultimately adopt that, when they come to farm 

 themselves, they find that much they have 

 learnt is useless, and that there is a great deal 

 they require to know but have not learnt, as 

 every farm is necessarily intended for some 

 particular kind of farming, and must be 

 managed accordingly to be profitable. 



The student must realise at the commence- 

 ment of his training, that farming is a broad 



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