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The family milk goat for small farms 



Milk Goats 



Breeding milk goats is a new industry in the United States, and 

 one that is becoming very prominent. With the tremendous produc- 

 tion of alfalfa in Runnymede it makes an ideal place for a goat ranch. 



Runnymede is a community of pure-bred stock breeders. To be 

 located in the colony is a broad advertisement. To be able to meet at 

 the Club House with keen men and discuss breeding problems is a 

 wonderful opportunity. Those desiring a location for breeding should 

 visit Runnymede, where more tons of feed grows to the acre than any 

 other place in the United States. 



The Family Milk Goat 



Isn't it strange how slowly the people of one part of the world will 

 take up and try out the experiences of a people in another part of the 

 world? Ancient civilizations may have their faulty customs, but they 

 may also have learned many truths in ways of living that newer 

 countries might profit by. 



The milk goat has been an aid to the family support in the older 

 countries for generations. It has its place among small land owners 

 where a cow could not be kept. In America we have had so many 

 broad acres, and so much feed, that the heavy consuming cow coulcl 

 easily be kept. But as the larger tracts of land near the large cities 

 become subdivided into smaller and smaller holdings, there is created 

 a place for the economical milk goat just the same as in thick settled 

 districts in the older countries. The milk goat is finding its place on 

 the small farms in America just as in European countries. 



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