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left being for goatlings, whilst others at a greater distance 

 contain the kids, and still further away the male goats. 

 In the interior (Fig. 19), on one side are the open stalls 

 and on the other the loose boxes, but the former can be 

 also enclosed when desired by light gates, which, when 

 not in use, are placed against the wall of the building. 

 The collars and chains are shown hanging against the 

 partitions of the open stalls. A new arrangement for 

 fastening and unfastening the collars has been designed 

 by the owners, which is extremely simple and most effec- 

 tive. The goats are all fed from the front, by means of a 

 movable frame holding the feeding and drinking pans, 

 the covers for which are seen hanging above. Their 

 position can be faintly detected in the illustration by the 

 fine white lines. At the far end on the left is the milking 

 lobby, fitted with milking-bench and the various dairy 

 utensils, some of which are shown. There is here a gas 

 cooking apparatus for warming the kids' food. Further 

 to the right, by the gangway near the wall, is the door 

 leading to the store-room for hay, corn, straw, &c. 

 The goat-house is also fitted with an arrangement for 

 measuring the height of goats, and a machine to obtain 

 their weights, whilst cards and milking scales are provided 

 in the lobby for recording the yields of each goat. Lady 

 Gertrude Crawford, who, I may mention incidentally, is 

 extremely clever at joinery and turning, and has been pre- 

 sented with the freedom of the Worshipful Company of 

 Turners for her wonderful handicraft, has kindly 

 promised to make a model on a small scale, but perfectly 

 complete, of this elaborate goat- house for exhibition at 

 the annual Dairy Shows at Islington. 



L,it1er for Goat-house. 



Several kinds of litter are available for goats, but this 

 is required more as a means of absorbing the excre- 



