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first week, she is to be put into One of the 

 small pens. There is really no necessity to in- 

 terfere with natural events, but after the kids 

 arrive some persuasion may be necessary to 

 induce them to nurse. Mother and babies are 

 kept in a small pen three or four days, and 

 then turned into the main compartment with 

 free access to the yard, unless the weather hap- 

 pens to be wet, in which case a board eighteen 

 inches high is put across the opening, which 

 allows the does to go out if they wish, but re- 

 tards the babies. Male kids should receive a 

 veterinarian's attention before they are three 

 weeks old, for the sooner they are " trans- 

 mogrified " into wethers the finer will be their 

 fleeces. Males to be retained for sale as ma- 

 ture rams must not remain with the does after 

 they are five months old under any circum- 

 stances. We anticipate this time by a month 

 or six weeks, as experience has convinced us 

 that the kids are just as strong and develop 

 as well when weaned between three and four 

 months old as later, and breeding is materially 



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