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prevent these sure-footed little quadrupeds from walking 

 across, though the feat is performed with less rapidity. 

 Exercise of this kind, whilst highly entertaining to the 

 spectator, is most beneficial to the kid; it develops the 

 muscles, strengthens the joints, and by promoting circula- 

 tion encourages health, besides in cold weather keeping 

 the animal warm. 



*&) eights and Measurements of Kjds. 



A kid that promises well is usually unsymmetrical in 

 shape, its legs being long and thick and out of propor- 

 tion to its body. Showing this feature with well-sprung 

 ribs and a good development of chest, such an animal may 

 be expected to make a fine goat. 



Breeders are often desirous of getting some idea of the 

 merits of their young stock in the matter of growth and 

 development, and I am often appealed to for information 

 on this point. I have at various times taken the weights 

 and measurements of prize goats and kids at shows, and 

 have received reliable data from well-known breeders. 

 These have been published as a leaflet by the British 

 Goat Society, like other such publications, at 2d. It is 

 from this leaflet that the following particulars are 

 extracted. 



Mr. Rothwell-Jackson's Lancashire Witch, a famous 

 prize-winner, weighed the day after birth 6|lb., at 

 four weeks old i6Jlb., at eight weeks 25lb., at twelve 

 weeks 35|lb., at three calendar months she turned the 

 scale at 4olb., and she added lolb. to her weight every 

 month after until at six months she weighed yolb. 

 These weights were extremely good, as many she-goats 

 fully grown only turn the scale at 84lb. ; and yet Lan- 

 cashire Witch was by no means a large goat in the adult 

 stage. Another goat from the same stable was Sunshine 

 (Fig. 33, page 216), afterwards sold to Sir Humphrey de 



