142 The 'Book of the Goat. 



The foods used in the experiments were green clover in 

 the one 'case, and clover-hay in the other, combined in 

 both instances with oat straw. 



As regards goats, however, the great secret in obtaining 

 a large yield consists in a constant change of diet. I 

 believe there exists no animal, if we except the pig, that 

 eats so great a variety of food as the goat. Yet, on the 

 other hand, there is none which sooner tires of one thing, 

 or is more fastidious in regard to the cleanliness and 

 quality of each article. 



Green Food. 



With regard to the variety of plants a goat eats, some 

 experiments were once made in Sweden and in France 

 which bear on this point, and I therefore give them for 

 what they may be worth. 



EXPERIMENTS IN SWEDEN. 



EXPERIMENTS IN FRANCE. 



