CHAPTER X 



SYSTEMS OF FARMING 



The word farming covers a wide variety of differ- 

 ent agricultural systems, and as it is very neces- 

 sary, as stated in Chapter I, that anyone entering 

 on farming should decide at the outset what type 

 of farming he will go in for, we will consider 

 the different methods of farming there are. 



Farming may be divided into the following 

 divisions : — Arable Farming, Stock Farming, 

 Dairy Farming and Mixed Farming. Arable 

 farming may have wheat or potatoes as its main 

 object ; stock farming may be devoted to cattle, 

 sheep or horses ; dairy farming is really stock 

 farming, where the production of milk instead 

 of meat is the prime factor ; mixed farming 

 explains itself. A consideration of each in 

 further detail now demands attention. 



The bulk of arable farming has the growth 

 oi corn, usually wheat, as its prime object, 



