“SIDE LINES” IN FARMING.
AN EXPERT’S OBJECTION.
From time to time famers are heard to say that they are doing this, that, or the other as a bit of a sideline; but, frankly, remarks an English .writer, 1 do not like the word when it is applied to agriculture, as it suggests something which is not given much attention, and it mav or may not turn out satisfactory, according to circumstances. To mention a specific case, poultrykeeping has too long and too often been treated as a mere sideline on many farms, just as if the production of eggs and table birds was something whhb did not call for serious considers or much attention.
But surely this and similar ideas of sidelines are wrong, and if any cron-is worth keeping it becomes a part oi tho whole scheme of the farm, and is deserving of as much attention as any other. There is a good deal to be said for tho mixed farmer who hasn’t got all his eggs in one basket, but assuming that each branch is worth doing there should be no question of any one being treated merely as a sideline.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1930, Page 23
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