Weaning too young. Unclean surroundings and unclean food which favor 

 the development of internal parasites. 



A doe giving milk should never be shipped. She may become nervous 

 and probably frightened while on the voyage which will have a bad effect 

 on her milk flow. Then if a stranger undertakes to milk her she will 

 object to this, and it is almost impossible to have a doe milked while in 

 the care of the Express Companies, and would probably reach her destina- 

 tion with a caked udder which would almost ruin her as a good milker. 

 Then if she did reach her destination in good order, the people, the sur- 

 roundings, everything is new to her, and a nervous doe will begin to fret, 

 she gets lonesome, she is homesick, &nd she could not be expected to give a 

 good flow of milk under such conditions. It is far better to purchase a 

 doe that has >*s"ently been bred and that has been "dryed off." The doe, or 

 does, will then become acquainted with their new surroundings, the people, 

 etc., and then when the kids come the does are perfectly contented and are 

 capable of then doing their best at producing milk. Then the owner also 

 has the kids. A doe being pregnant over four months should never be 

 shipped. A short journey after that time is apt to cause abortion. 



Milch goat stock in Switzerland of the average type sells for from 

 $20 to $30 each, and if we could import them it would cost about $25 each 

 to land them on our shore, with a big risk of loss on such a long voyage, but 

 such a thing is impossible, and has been for many years. The following is 

 from United States B. A. I. Order No. 180: 



"Owing to the prevalence of foot-and-mouth disease in Switzerland, the 

 Department is not permitting the importation of goats or other ruminants 

 or swine from that country. In fact permits have not been issued for the 

 importation of such animals from Switzerland for several years. This is 

 due to the constant presence of foot-and-mouth disease." 



"At intervals the Bureau receives official reports from various foreign 

 countries concerning freedom or presence of diseases of livestock. Reports 

 of this character are received regularly from Switzerland and the latest on 

 file, covering the period from November 23 to December 21, indicates that 

 the infection was present during that time in sixteen of the twenty-two 

 Swiss cantons." 



The prices of pure-bred Swiss and Nubian goats in this country will 

 range all the way from $40 to $100 each, while cross-bred goats and "grades" 

 will bring from $15 to $50, depending on their milking ability, which in 

 some cases equal that of the pure-bred stock and usually have a far more 

 vigorous constitution, providing they come from a breeder that understands 

 his business. When it comes to the estimating of the value of goats for 

 milk alone the following is, in the judgment of the writer, a good scale 

 of prices: 



10.00 

 15.00 

 20.00 

 25.00 

 ;35.00 

 140.00 

 >50.00 



A doe that will give 4^4 quarts a day is worth $65.00 



A doe that will give 5 quarts a day is worth $80.00 to $100.00 



A doe that will give over 5 quarts a day is worth A Fortune 



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A doe that will give 1 quart a day is worth. 

 A doe that will give 1^ quarts a day is worth. 

 A doe that will give 2 quarts a day is worth. 

 A doe that will give 2% quarts a day is worth. 

 A doe that will give 3 quarts a day is worth. 

 A doe that will give 3% quarts a day is worth. 

 A doe that will give 4 quarts a day is worth. 



