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of which about one-half will probably be does. These 

 half-breed does should be bred to the thoroughbred 

 buck, and the next generation will be three-fourths pure, 

 which Miss Richards assures us is pure enough for all 

 practical purposes. In fact, she says that very often 

 it will be hardly possible to distinguish between the 

 three-fourths grade in appearance or other qualities. 



In this way an entire community could be supplied 

 with splendid milch goats, and thus solve one of the 

 most important problems of the garden home. The 

 drawback about this plan is that it would require about 

 three years to bring it to fruition, and during that 

 period most people would have to depend on the milk- 

 man. Of this aspect of the matter, Miss Richards 

 says: 



"A long time to wait for results, do you think? Not 

 so long as you wait for your orchard to come into 

 profitable bearing, and you have some by-products as 

 you go — enough milk to balance the books, at least; 

 a lot of fertilizer of exceptional value; several roasts 

 of the most delicious meat ; a soft fur rug or two ; and, 

 finally, the sale of the scrub doe herself, when her grade 

 daughter is ready to take her place — not to speak of 

 the fun !" 



Apparently there is no other way to meet the de- 

 mand, except, perhaps, by importation, and that has 

 been hampered by law in recent years ; besides, that 

 would involve an expense beyond the reach of the many 

 who will be engaged in building and stocking their gar- 

 den homes. After all, three years is not long to wait 

 for a dependable and permanent supply of milk at a 

 cost of one to two cents per quart; and milk, too, so 



