THE MILCH GOAT 



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and has a remarkable Roman face with depressed nostrils. The 

 lower jaw extends beyond the upper, showing the teeth. The 

 ears are frequently very large, long, and droopy, or they may 

 be short and pointed. The color is very bright brown or black. 

 The hair is short on some specimens and long on others. The 

 udder is large and the lobes are deeply divided, with very good- 

 sized teats. This is one of the highest types of milch goats, is 

 credited with as much as 

 ten to twelve quarts of 

 milk a day, and is said 

 to rarely give less than 

 four quarts per day. This 

 breed has been crossed 

 on other goats to special 

 advantage. Nubian goats 

 are very docile. They lack 

 hardiness, being quite un- 

 able to withstand cold. 



There are numerous 

 other breeds of milch 

 goats found in various 

 parts of the world. 



The American Milch 

 Goat Record Association 

 was organized on Novem- 

 ber 12, 1903, to promote 

 the establishment of a 

 milch-goat industry in 

 America. At the second annual meeting of this association, in 

 December, 1905, it was decided that milch goats imported here- 

 after must be accompanied by a certificate satisfactory to the 

 secretary as to their breeding and country of origin, and that 

 from the year 1906 the qualification for native milch goats should 

 be one quart of milk a day to entitle them to registry. 



The period of lactation of the goat varies according to the 

 breeding and care. The common goat of this country produces 

 milk from three to five months. In Europe, with the distinctly 

 milking breeds, the period is more extended. There the plan is 



FIG. 218. Phyllis, an imported Toggenburg 

 doe, showing a very great development of 

 the udder. Photograph from Professor F. K. 

 Cooke, Winnetka, Illinois 



