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his own programme of operations in accordance 

 with his own experience and the capital at 

 his command, and decide what Lis equipment 

 should be. We would press home the point 

 that the experienced man needs few sugges- 

 tions with regard to the expenditure of his 

 capital for the equipment of his farm. We 

 would, however, point out that the cow affords 

 the simplest means of obtaining ready money. 

 Assuming that a small holder has got into 

 liis farm, on which he has plenty of grass, 

 the purchase of a single cow will enable him 

 to obtain an immediate return, both milk and 

 butter being easily sold. A flock of laying 

 hens, if young and healthy, will add to the 

 immediate income from the cow by the 

 production of eggs. It is for the reason given 

 that cow-keeping is so common among small 

 holders in all the countries of the world in 

 which modern agriculture is prospering. As 

 the milk from one cow is sold, a second can 

 be added, while additions can be made from 

 time to time as the demand is warranted, 

 and as far as the land is sufficient to feed 

 them. 



Pig-keeping, however, affords a less rapid 

 return. A man possessing little capital may 

 be compelled to buy a gilt and to wait until 



