"SIDE LINES" IN FARMING.
—e»> —- AN EXPERT'S OBJECTION., From tir.no to timo farmer!: are hoard to say they are doing this, (hat, or tha other as a bit of a sideline; but, frankly, remarks an Llnglish writer, I do not lika tho word when it is. applied to agriculture, as it suggests something which is not given much attenticn, and !.t may o? may not turn, out satisfactorily, according to circumstances. To mention a specific en'", poultrykeeping has too long and too often beau treated as a v-.-:ra side line on many farms, just as if lhe production of eggs and table birds was something which did no* call for borioufe consideration o;r much attention. . ~ . But r-urelv I his and Mini!?:- ideas ot sidelines are wrong, and if ny crop IB worth keeping it becomes a part of ma vvholo se.heme of Ihfl farm, and is dosarvw ing of as much attention as any ©theft I" ero is a -rood deal to he said for the mixed farmer who hasn't f ot _ all hM era in one basket, but assummif thrt each branch "is worth doing ti'iere «bo iW 'b 3 no question of e.ny onn beinsr Urates, merely as at sideline 1
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20604, 1 July 1930, Page 3
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203"SIDE LINES" IN FARMING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20604, 1 July 1930, Page 3
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