THE ANGORA AND MILKING GOATS 363 



the same person. They should be taken to a clean, 

 odorless place to be milked. Previous to milking the 

 udder and teats should be wiped quite clean. No tu- 

 berculous person should milk either goats or cows. 



Milch goats are very prolific, having many pairs 

 of twins and triplets. A Nubian goat, one of the 

 best milking kinds, is said to have dropped 11 kids 

 in one year. The period of gestation is about 155 

 days. 



Just how to manage the kids when their mother's 

 milk is needed for human consumption the writer 

 does not see. Probably to wean them after the age 

 of ten days, feeding them with the bottle a portion 

 of their mother's milk and by substituting other 

 foods, as bran with a little oilmeal in it, oats and 

 good hay, or grass in summer would solve that 

 problem. 



It must be confessed that the interest in milch 

 goats in America is mostly speculative at present, 

 since there are so few here and the source of sup- 

 ply being Germany, Switzerland, France, and per- 

 haps Malta or Italy, where because animal diseases 

 prevail our customs regulations forbid the impor- 

 tation of goats or other cud-chewing animals. There 

 is hope that some way may be opened to the impor- 

 tation of these animals and that an industry may 

 spring up here. The, best adapted to our climate 

 would seem to be the goats of Switzerland and Ger- 

 many, the Toggenburger and Saanen breeds being 

 especially desirable. 



The Nubian goat is the greatest milker of them 



