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been given by breeders from time immemorial, inferior 

 milkers being killed and eaten, and only the good ones 

 kept for breeding. This process of selection was still 

 further carried out in all the specimens that have been 

 imported into England, for the best prices were paid and 

 only the creme de la creme were brought over. Hence it 

 is comparatively rare to find a bad milker amongst the 

 pure pedigree stock in England. In the Herd Book of the 

 British Goat Society a separate section is devoted to this 

 breed, one of the conditions of entry being that the parents 

 are imported or directly descended from imported stock. 



More recently some Toggenburgs in the herd of Mr. 

 Sam Woodiwiss, as also in that of Mrs. Handley Spicer 

 both of whom have taken up the Swiss breeds of late have 

 shown some wonderful performances at the milking bench. 

 Mr. Woodiwiss's Martha gave at Tunbridge Wells in 1906 

 5^ pints in two milkings; Mrs. Spacer's Trima at the 

 same show in 1908 rather over 9 pints in three milkings. 

 At the Dairy Show, 1907, Sedgemere Capella, ex- 

 hibited by the same lady, who won with her the first 

 milking prize and Baroness Burdett-Coutts's cup, gave in 

 two days over i7lb. of milk, or an average per day of over 

 7 pints, the goat having been milking 183 days. These 

 yields were given at shows, where goats have not the same 

 chances of milking well as at home. 



THE APPENZELL. This is practically a white Toggen- 

 burg, the type being exactly the same, and only the colour 

 different. Prof. Julmy regards it as simply a small variety 

 of the Saanen, yet it is sometimes treated as being a dis- 

 tinct breed. Crepin, however, makes no reference to it in 

 his book, so it is probable that he includes it amongst those 

 referred to in the sentence quoted on page 38. An 

 illustration of the Appenzell, from a drawing of an 

 imported specimen at one time in the possession of Mr. 

 Hook, is given on page 230. 



