General Questions The statement is often made that dairy farming isn’t what it used to be.Assuming this to be the case,just what is involved today? Why is it tough for young people to manke a go of a farm today? How much a part does good managemnt play in the success of the farmer--young or old? How much truth in the statement attributed to a dairyman: "the cows come first and the wife second." Is it true that farming is one big gamble? Is it true that farming has ceased to be a way of life and become a way of making a living.