as much as possible, and pure water should be easy of access to them at 

 all times. The same will apply to the bucks and kids. 



Besides fresh, clean water, a perfectly clean pail should be used. A 

 vessel in which water stands almost continuously becomes very foul. Sim- 

 ply rinsing with water is not sufficient. Scalding occasionally with borax, 

 saleratus, washing soda, or in a bad case chloride of lime is necessary. The 

 latter is the most effective agent for killing the yeast plant and other 

 slimes which cause the putrid smell of stagnant water. Emptying the pail 

 and keeping it dried out most of the time will keep it sweet. 



'SWISS TOGGENBURG MILCH GOATS," by Peer, 

 Bulletin No. 68, B. A. I., U. S. Dept. of Agri. 



People who have never had the care of a milk animal often do not 

 realize the importance of regular watering. When a goat is giving a goodly 

 amount of milk the demand for water is very great and the failure to supply 

 good water a few times will have a serious effect upon her flow of milk. 



Goats require more salt than most any other animal owing possibly to 

 the more astringent character of the food. While loose salt can be given 

 either with their feed or by itself, rock salt is preferable, as it can be placed 

 in boxes or troughs raised from the ground, and then be kept out of the 

 dirt, and of course be easy of access to the goats at all times. Then too, 

 there is no waste and not so much danger that the animals will eat too 



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