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touch each other. The third year the four 

 center teeth are of equal length, and touch. 

 The fourth year there are six in the group; 

 the fifth year there is little difference, except 

 that the end teeth on each side, which com- 

 plete the goat's full complement of eight, 

 may appear a little longer and closer together. 

 The goat's best years for breeding are from 

 one to six, and the average length of life 

 twelve years. The ram should have a fairly 

 good-sized house and yard for his exclusive 

 use, and this should be some distance from 

 the cows' stable, as even with the Angora 

 breed, whose males are almost exempt from 

 the natural and objectionable odor which the 

 males of all other varieties possess, there are 

 seasons of the year when it is sufficiently 

 strong to taint milk, should he be kept in 

 close proximity to the cows' stable. There 

 is a belief among old-time horsemen that 

 a " billy " is a mascot around stables, and 

 though it may only be an old-fashioned su- 

 perstition, sprung from some accident, our 



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