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CHAPTER X 



SPECIALISED AND MIXED FARMING 



Among the ranks of farmers there are many 

 who speciaUse, and who in consequence make 

 larger returns. Thus, the profits which are 

 derived from the breeding of pedigree stock 

 are much larger than those which are obtained 

 by breeding and feeding for meat. The 

 production of stock, however, for breeding 

 purposes demands both experience and skill 

 at the hands of the farmer, but these qualifica- 

 tions must be supplemented by sufficient 

 capital to enable him to buy specimens for 

 crossing from time to time, and to cultivate 

 a sufficiently large area of land. A glance at 

 the catalogues of our horse and cattle shows 

 will be sufficient to enable any one to realise 

 the fact that there is no variety of the live- 

 stock of the farm in which tenant farmers do 

 not specialise, and in which they have not 

 failed to achieve success which is sometimes 

 of a remarkable character. The Shire, the 



