DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



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Habits. Goats are browsers by nature, and live on weeds and 

 brush where most other animals would starve. They pass by grass 

 and clover to fee'd on thistles, briers, and thorns, which other stock 

 will not touch. They kill weeds and brush, and give native grasses 

 a chance to spread, fertilized by their manure. 



ANGORA GOATS 



Food and Care. Except in winter, when they should be given 

 a little sheaf oats, corn fodder, or good hay, goats find their own 

 food. They should have salt once a week the year round. Their 

 heavy fleece should be sheared early in spring. 



Goats are hardy, easily managed, and free from disease except 

 when confined to low, marshy places. They are as profitable as 

 sheep and less expensive, being also free from most diseases to 

 which sheep are subject. 



EXERCISE 



Name three points in favor of goat keeping. Can you think of any 

 objections to it ? 



