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by proper fattening. The flesh of well-fattened older goats 

 may be rendered very toothsome by smoking and drying. 

 Kid meat is esteemed as a popular delicacy in Europe and 

 elsewhere. 



The skins of milch goats are important articles of com- 

 merce, furnishing, as they do, the raw material for the 

 finest leather (kid, morocco, saffian and the like). At 

 present, most of the hides used for this purpose are im- 

 ported. This may very readily be made an important 

 source of income wherever goats are kept in numbers. It 

 is a means of profit that has been underestimated in this 

 country. 



500. Organizations and records. In November, 1903, 

 The American Milk Goat Record Association was organ- 

 ized to care for the interests of milch goats in America, 

 and to promote the importation of good types. A regis- 

 try is maintained, entrance being based on milk-produc- 

 tion and satisfactory ancestry and individual qualities. 



Literature. Prof. Anderegg, Die Schweizer Ziegen, Bern (1887) ; 

 Fr. Dettweiler, Die Bedeutung der Ziegenzucht, etc., Bremen 

 (1892) ; Huart du Plessis, La Chevre, Paris, 4me edition ; Felix 

 Hilpert, Anleitung zur Ziegenzucht und Ziegenhaltung, Berlin 

 (1901) ; Bryan Hook, Milch Goats and their Management, London 

 (1896) ; N. Julmy, Les Races de Chevres de la Suisse, Bern (1900) ; 

 Dr. Kohlschmidt, Untersuchungen ueber die Milchergiebigkeit des 

 im oestl. Erzgebirge verbreiteten Ziegenschlages in Landw. Jahr- 

 buecher, Bd. XXVI; S. Holmes Pegler, The Book of the Goat, 

 London (1886) ; Dr. F. G. Stebler, Ziegenweiden und Ziegenhaltung 

 in Alp und Weidewirtschaft, Berlin (1903) ; G. F. Thompson, Angora 

 Goat Raising and Milch Goats, Chicago (1903) ; G. F. Thompson, 

 Information concerning Common Goats, Circular No. 42, Bureau 

 of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture 

 (1903) ; G. F. Thompson, Information concerning the Milch Goats, 

 Bulletin No. 68, Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture (1905). 



