a number of goats are starved into eating everything on the land, even to 

 barking the trees and saplings in order to get food. This may be all right 

 for the land, but it is hard on the goats. 



MILCH GOAT MEAT AS FOOD 



THERE is a prejudice existing against the use of goats of any kind 

 for meat. This is undoubtedly founded upon ignorance rather than 

 experience. The most ill-smelling "billy" of the common or worst 

 type is usually held as the standard of goats flesh for the whole goat 

 family. Surely there could have been no prejudice existing in Abraham's 



"YOUNG IMPORTED TOGGENBURG GOATS," by Bagby, 

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



d"ay when we read of goats being used for meat and milk purposes, and 

 this, too, when there were an abundance of cattle and sheep to be had. 



The flesh of the milch goat kids can be classed with the most delicate 

 of meats, being exceedingly nutritious, and palatable and absolutely free 

 from all infectious diseases. The flesh of the famous Shropshire lambs 

 which is considered as among the best of meats is said not to be superior to 

 a well fed and well cooked milch goat kid. It is stated by good authority 

 that milch goat kids, when dressed at eight weeks old, sell readily in our 

 eastern markets for from $3.00 to $5.00 each. The flesh of the older ani- 



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