ly so when crossed with the Toggenburgs. No member of the goat family 

 is more peaceful or gentle than the Nubian, and while the bucks of this 

 bred have the same odor that all milch goats bucks have the odor is far less 

 in this breed. A peculiarity in this breed is its long pendant ears, they 

 usually have no beard or horns but when there are animals having horns 

 they lay upon the back of the head and curve outward. The color is 

 usually a deep brown and the hair is medium long and quite fine. 



"AFTON PEDRO" when 4 months old, a % Swiss Saanen and & Swiss 

 Toggenburg buck, used some in breeding the writer's does in 1911. The 

 grand sires and grand dams of this buck were imported from Switzer- 

 land. 



The Spanish Maltese milch goats are well adapted to the climate of our 

 country, especially the central and southern part. They are very hardy 

 and prolific, adapting themselves very readily to either extreme of heat or 

 cold and also to most any method of handling. The Spanish Maltese goat 

 is a native of the Island of Malta in the Mediteranean Sea some 54 miles 

 from the Sicilian coast, and comprises but 95 square miles in area. On 

 this Island something like 30,000 milch goats are raised and from this 

 stock some very fine milkers have been imported to our country, prin- 

 cipally through Cuba. Spanish Maltese goats have no distinct color or 

 marking that is characteristic with this breed as is the case with the Swiss 

 goats. They are white, black, brown, red, grey and in fact you may find 



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