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splendid milkers ; both butter and cheese are made 

 from their milk. They are good breeders too, 

 and cost but little to keep, although they need 

 a herder and require shelter at night. The aver- 

 age price for a pair of Angora goats is $7.50; 

 the male $5.00 and the female $2.50. A man 

 who took up government irrigated land in Si- 

 rocco County, California, put nearly all his sur- 

 plus cash, $100, into Angora goats, and soon 

 owned all his land, built a house and started a 

 bank account which is steadily increasing. 



Swiss goats also are money makers. George 

 L. Cook, of Winnetka, 111., had a buck and six- 

 teen does selected for him in the Saanen valley 

 and brought to this country. It has proved a 

 paying investment. Each doe gives from four 

 to six quarts of milk a day, and the cost of 

 keeping is very small. It is possible to build up 

 a good trade in goats' milk in big cities, as it 

 resembles mother's milk more closely than cow's 

 milk does, and is better for babies. In Swit- 

 zerland peasants drive the goats to the doors of 

 their customers before milking them. 



Of course goats are a venture, but they are 



