SUCCESSFUL FARMING
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Your correspondent " Countrywoman " is amusing. Dairy farmers are to be envied, but why this mania for marketing ? And why that insistence upon the production of cheese—as a corrective, probably ? Personally, I am eager to learn a method of cheese-making that leaves skim-milk available for pig food, as I know whey is of little value as such.
Naturally there is competition for vacant holdings, whether dairy, arable, or mixed, although this is partly " new blood." We all hope to do better elsewhere, for, ignoring." Country- woman's " fatuity, dahry farmers, save perhaps the few. who command retail prices, are uncomfortable. That the " run "
on vacant farms proves the contrary is delicious. My wife insists- that the wife of the butcher, miller, or milk retailer wear her silk stockings and furs whilst riding in her car.—
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