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प्रश्न
Compare mixed farming and dairy farming.
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| Mixed Farming | Dairy Farming |
| 1. Mixed farms are moderate in size and grow mainly wheat, barley, oat, rye, fodder. Crop rotation, intercropping etc. are practised to maintain soil fertility. | Dairy farming is the most advanced and efficient type of rearing milch animals. |
| 2. It is a highly capital intensive and high investment in farm machinery, building, fertilizer, manure and skill of the farmers. | It is labour intensive as it requires intensive care in feeding and milking. It is an activity requiring year-round labour as there is no off-season like in the cropping activities. |
| 3. Animals like cattle, sheep, poultry provide the main income along with crops | It is highly capital intensive. Animal sheds, storage facilities for fodder, feeding and milking machines are the areas of heaviest expenditures. |
| 4. Equal emphasis on crop cultivation and animal husbandry. | Special emphasis is laid on cattle breeding, healthcare and veterinary services. |
| 5. Practised in highly developed parts of the world North-Western Europe, East and North America, parts of Eurasia and temperate latitudes of southern continents. | Practised near urban and industrial centres for easy access to the dairy market. The main regions of commercial dairy farming are North-Western Europe (largest), Canada, South East Australia and New Zealand. |
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