If the purchaser is buying a goat for milk alone, it is then better to 

 buy a cross-bred doe from some reliable breeder. If you want to go into the 

 business of raising milch goats and have plenty of money to spend, then 

 try and buy a pure-bred goat, but the man that buys a good cross-bred goat 

 may get the best milker, and he can buy three of them for the same money 

 thot you spend for one pure-bred goat. 



"A SWISS GUGGISBERGER DOE," by Hilpert, 

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



This breed is very similar to the Swiss Saanen, except that they are 

 of various colors and markings while the Saanen is pure white. 



By far the most satisfactory young stock to buy is that raised on new 

 pasture by a professional breeder. It is healthy, vigorous, hardy and will 

 keep in good condition and continue to grow on hay and farm foods. One 

 important reason is that usually breeder's kids have run with their dams 

 and have had plenty of milk. The process of weaning was gradual and at 

 no time did they receive a set-back or lose their kid-fat. Their sire is 

 usually a selected individual of good milking strain. What is called "back 

 yard" goats, or goats having been raised in back yards are as a rule not 

 the best kind to buy, and I attribute the reasons to be as follows : Breeding 

 too young, and interbreeding so that the kids lack constitution. Breeding 

 to any buck available, regardless of whether of milking strain or not. 



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