416 DOMESTIC ANIMALS, DAIRYING, ETC. 



of breed, the age of the animal, etc., have an important bearing upon 

 the quantity of milk produced. 



A doe that yields less than a quart a day is not considered a 

 good milker; if she yields two quarts a day she may be regarded as 

 profitable, provided lactation may be maintained six or seven months. 

 Pegler says that a doe yielding 3 pints a day with her first kid "need 

 not be set aside as an indifferent animal, as she will, in all probabil- 

 ity, give twice that quantity on subsequent occasions." The German 

 literature is full of instances of goats that yield 4 and 5 quarts per 

 day, and it appears that the average in Germany and Switzerland 

 must be not far from 3 quarts. 



Goats Not Worried by Dogs. Dogs do not worry goats to the 

 extent that they do sheep ; but the failing is not with the dogs. The 

 goat is better able to take care of itself and is more inclined to do so. 

 However, it will never be entirely safe to expose kids where there are 

 worthless curs in the neighborhood, for this is the class of dogs that 

 usually worries sheep. It is not often that a well-fed dog of good 

 blood is guilty of worrying sheep. Kids are not able to take care of 

 themselves. Grown goats will offer fight, and a sheep-killing dog 

 never wants to encounter any other animal that fights; and yet a 

 hungry dog may do considerable damage to a goat that offers fight. 

 Whoever is familiar with the common goats that are so often found 

 about livery stables has observed that dogs always give the goat the 

 right of way; these goats have been trained to fight, and this has 

 made them masters. A goat does not need much training to make 

 him fight a dog, and this little should be given to a buck for the 

 benefit of the whole flock. (Dep. Agr, Bu. An. Ind. B. 68.) 



