Abstract: The study was conducted on randomly selected 220 sons of dairy farmers of Dholka and Dhandhuka taluka of Ahmedabad district. 5 villages were selected from each taluka. Sons of dairy farmers selected for the study to know their knowledge about dairy farming. Pre-structured Gujarati version interview scheduled was prepared and used for the data collection. Ex post facto research design was used for statistical analysis. More than four fifth (82.27 per cent) of the farmers sons had very high level knowledge about dairy farming. The knowledge of farmers' sons about dairy farming was positively related with herd size, extension contact, father's education and attitude toward animal husbandry whereas negatively related with age of son, education of son, family occupation and farm literature media exposure.
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