74 Domestic Animals 



be petted. She is clean in her ways, and her milk 

 is rich and sweet. 



"She doesn't give much, a pint or a quart some- 

 times, but not much more, for she is a little animal, 

 you know, while a cow is large. She has a bag like 

 a cow and is milked in the same way a cow is. A 

 goat is not hard to milk. Sometimes a man will 

 teach Nanny to jump upon a bench, or he will sit 

 upon a stool and put her hind legs in his lap while 

 he milks her. 



"In summer the goat can be tied to a stake in the 

 yard and allowed to nibble the grass. She likes 

 leaves, too, green or the pretty colored ones that 

 we have in the fall, and will bite the bark from 

 trees and shrubs. Nanny likes a dry place to stay 

 in, especially at night when she goes to bed. If she 

 stays where it is wet it makes her feet sore. 



"A friend of mine had a goat and a Shetland pony 

 in the same stable. They never quarrelled, but ate 

 out of the same rack, though Nanny would eat some 

 weeds that the pony threw away. She was very 

 fond of lettuce and cabbage. 



"The children used to gather acorns for her. in 

 the fall and spread them in the barn to dry and then 



