CONTENTS 



PART I. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



Page. 



Introduction 1 



Explanation of terms used 1 



Description of types of farming studied in the different districts 2 



PART II. 

 THE DAIRY FARMING BUSINESS IN GENERAI;. 



Labour incomes as affected by size of farm 6 



How efficiency in the employment of labour affected labour income 8 



The effect of poor and good crops and livestock on labour income 9 



The butter-fat production of the herd as affected by the pure-bred sire. ... 10 



The comparative effect of breeding versus feeding as shown by labour income 10 



Rented versus owned farms 11 



The rate of interest on investment that the farms returned 12 



The effect of specialization in dairying on farms of various sizes 12 



PART III. 

 THE SPECIALIZED DAIRY FARMING BUSINESS. 



The effect of selling cash crops on labour income 14 



Labour income as it is affected by the percentage of tillable area of the 



farm used as pasture 14 



The cost of producing butter- fat 15 



The effect of yie size of the herd and the amount of butter-fat sold per cow 



on the cost of producing butter-fat 16 



The cost of producing butter-fat as affected by the pure-bred sire and 



efficient feeding 17 



The effect of the amount of farm business on the cost of producing butter-fat 17 



How the cost of producing butter-fat is influenced by good crops and the 



economical employment of labour 18 



Feeding versus breeding as a means of reducing butter-fat production costs 18 



SUMMARY. 



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