then the express charges can be divided among the different parties. Then, 

 as a rule, a breeder will make a better price on a number than on one as it 

 costs him nearly as much to build a crate for one and deliver to the express 

 office as it does for 3 or 4. Then, when there are several parties in a 

 community that have milch goats for their own family use, they can chip in 

 together and each buy an interest in a breeding buck, and can take turn 

 about in keeping the buck, in this way each one has the use of a breeding 

 buck and it don't cost anyone very much money. 



Express companies look after the feeding while in their charge. In- 

 structions should be placed on the crate as to what and when to feed. For 

 short rides this is not necessary. The shipper should notify the purchaser 

 a few days prior to the day shipment is to be made so that the purchaser 

 will know about when to expect the shipment. 



The public regards the goat as a joke. While he is at the depot await- 

 ing shipment a crowd of people are offering him every conceivable thing to 

 eat. A doe will not bite, perhaps, but a sociable buck will even take some 

 of their tobacco or chewing gum, though he feels he does not need it. He 

 probably has bad habits enough of his own without taking on any of man's. 



TERMINOLOGY OF THE GOAT INDUSTRY FROM THE AMERICAN 

 STANDARD MILCH GOAT KEEPER 



Buck, the perfect male. 



Doe, the perfect female. 



Kid, the young, either male or female. 



Weather, a male which was castrated when a kid, or a spayed female. 



Stag, a male which was castrated after attaining full growth. 



Weanling, a kid just weaned. 



Yearling, either a doe or buck between a year and two years old. 



Farrow Doe, not with kid. 



Springer, a doe soon to kid. 



Barren, infertile, incapable of reproduction. 



Sire, a male parent. 



Grandsire, the grandfather. 



Dam, a female parent. 



Granddam, the grandmother. 



Heredity, characteristics acquired from ancestors. 



Ancestry, all goats from which an individual has descended. 



Pure Bred, when both parents are either registered as pure bred or are 

 descended from registered pure bred stock or from imported goats which 

 the A. M. G. record would register as pure bred, 



Thoroughbred, the same as pure bred, but not as good a term. 



Grade, a goat with a pure bred parent. 



Grading, breeding to pure bred bucks. 



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