EARTH'S BOUNTY, 



FEEDING 



From April to November goats browse from 

 morning until night, really needing no other 

 food but a small feed at supper time. Encour- 

 age them to return to the fold at night, and 

 save much trouble. From November to April 

 the food is to be regulated by condition. If 

 the weather remains fine and dry the herd can 

 be turned out in the morning without break- 

 fast. But as nutritious herbage will be get- 

 ting scarce, supper ceases to be a mere decoy, 

 and hay must be put into the racks and oats 

 into the feed trough in the yard, in the pro- 

 portion of a pound and a half of hay and half 

 a pint of oats per head. If the mornings are 

 damp and stormy-looking, they should be kept 

 in, and receive the same rations as at night. 

 If the day clears before noon let them out, 

 but if discretion counsels their being kept in 

 the yard, they must receive a lunch of roots, 

 pea or bean haulm, or corn stalks. When con- 

 tinued bad weather necessitates keeping them 



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