Question
Compare mixed farming and dairy farming.
| Mixed Farming | Dairy Farming |
| (i) Mixed farms are moderate in size and grow mainly wheat, barley, oat, rye, fodder. Crop rotation, inter cropping etc. are practised to maintain soil fertility. | (i) Dairy farming is most advanced and efficient type of rearing milch animals. |
| (ii) It is highly capital intensive and high investment in farm machinery, building, fertilizer, manure and skill of the farmers. | (ii) It is labour intensive as it requires intensive care in feeding and milching. It is an activity requiring year round labour as there is no off season like in the cropping activities. |
| (iii) Animals like cattle, sheep, poultry provide main income along with crops | (iii) It is highly capital intensive. Animal sheds, storage facilities for fodder, feeding and milching machines are the areas of heaviest expenditures. |
| (iv) Equal emphasis on crop cultivation and animal husbandry. | (iv) Special emphasis is laid on cattle breeding, healthcare and veterinary services. |
| (v) Practised in highly developed parts of the world- North Western Europe, East and North America, parts of Eurasia and temperate latitudes of southern continents. | (v) Practised near urban and industrial centres for easy access to dairy market. The main regions of commercial dairy farming are North Western Europe (largest), Canada, South East Australia and New Zealand. |
Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.