Abstract
As to dairy farming, Hyogo stands at the top of the prefectures in Western Japan and the fifth in all Japan. The life-pattern of dairy farmers' wives is different from that of ordinary housewives and characterizes the dairy farm household. However, there are many problems arising from this, and we made a fact-finding survey so as to search for the causes of the difficulties dairy farms have in common, hoping to get a clue to the problems.
The survey showed that there are problems in the routinized dairy life of the family members. The following suggestions are made to improve the situation toward attractive dairy farming business : decrease the working hours of the housewives, increase household care, promote healthy food and clothing, and finally, rationalize dairy farming. Also they are advised to learn agricultural book-keeping by utilizing their leisure time.
