Chapter XI. 



The Goat=house. 



THOSE contemplating keeping goats will find the interest 

 and pleasure in their management doubly increased if they 

 have a clean and comfortable place in which to attend to 

 the animals. Persons having an empty stable need, of 

 course, no further accommodation, and only require to 

 make the necessary alteration in the position of the manger 

 or other arrangement for feeding to suit the height of 

 the animals, and the thing is done. A horse's manger 

 in an unused- stable is best boarded over completely, when 

 it serves very well as a sleeping-place for a goat. 



There are few residences in the country that have not 

 some kind of outbuilding which, with a little contriving, 

 could be made into a comfortable goat-house of a more 

 or less substantial character ; but to those who have not 

 such advantages, and are obliged to construct one for 

 themselves, the following hints- will doubtless prove 

 serviceable. 



The cheapest form of building will be a " lean-to," 

 advantage being taken of the angle of a wall against 

 which to erect it, if such presents itself ; by so doing extra 

 shelter and warmth, besides a saving of material, will be 

 effected. The dimensions I am about to give will suffice 

 for two goats, the cost of making being little, more 

 than for one, and I have already stated that advantage 



