THE ANGORA AND MILKING GOATS 357 



in about 5 bucks to the hundred does and leaving 

 them, with the result that nearly all the kids come at 

 one time. This may be a good practice if the breed- 

 er can manage them in that way. 



The kids must not come before warm weather. 

 After the leaves start in the spring is the proper 

 time. The does should be sufficiently well nour- 

 ished to be strong at kidding time, though one must 

 not overdo this kindness, else the kids will come 

 weak. Abundant exercise for the doe with sufficient 

 food will make a successful kidding. 



Angoras must have care and attention at kidding 

 time, much more than ewes require. The little kids 

 are delicate and cannot endure cold or wet. They 

 are not hardy and must not follow their mothers 

 out to graze before they are six or eight weeks old. 

 Should they attempt to follow they will become 

 weary and lie down to rest and become lost. There- 

 fore, they are kept in the corral and a board put 

 up over which the mother must jump. When the kid 

 can also jump out it may follow her. 



A better scheme is the " bridge. " This is an in- 

 cline ending abruptly in the air, the high end at 

 the corral side. The does jump up on this to go out 

 and the weaklings run under where they cannot get 

 through. Thus they are removed from danger of 

 being stepped upon by their mothers or other does. 



When the kid is born it should be placed with its 

 mother in a small pen. Care should be taken not 

 to handle it unnecessarily nor to rub it against the 

 other kids, else the mother may become confused 



