Part L 



FARM DAIRYING. 



CHAPTER I. 

 DAIRY FARMING. 



SUCCESSFUL farming is the basis or foundation of 

 successful dairying. To be successful, farming must 

 be profitable. Dairy farming has been and will be 

 profitable in Canada because it is a manufacturing 

 business, because it is less subject to adverse condi- 

 tions of season and weather than ordinary farming, 

 and because it changes waste or by-products into 

 valuable commodities. 



. The farmer who sells hay, straw, coarse grains, or 

 roots from his farm, sells his raw materials, and hence 

 loses some of his profits, as there is always more 

 profit in selling a manufactured article than in selling 

 raw material. The profits of the manufacturer may 

 be reaped by the dairy farmer. Grass, hay, corn, 

 coarse grain and roots are more certain crops than 

 wheat, fruit or other crops ; hence the dairy farmer 

 runs less risk of losing his crop in a bad season than 



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