364 SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA 



all, as well as the largest in size, but is not hardy 

 in the colder parts of our country. Crosses of the 

 Nubian on other goats are hardier and good milk- 

 ers. It is remarkable that Africa should have given 

 us this animal, the sole representative of its breed- 

 ing that has come to us if we except the fat-tailed 

 sheep of Tunis. 



Doubtless these Nubian goats gave milk in the 

 days of Joseph and Pharaoh. 



