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FIG. 223. Toggenburg does. Each of these has produced more than 4 quarts 

 of milk a day. 



treatment that makes them much less likely to contract 

 cholera (Fig. 221). 



Goats. In Europe the milch goat is known as " the 

 poor man's cow " ; and the goats that are kept there 

 give enough milk to supply a small family often as 

 much as two quarts a day. We do not keep many goats, 

 partly because the American breeds are not good milkers ; 

 but within recent years we have begun to import pure- Imported 

 bred milch goats, especially from Switzerland. Two goa 

 valuable breeds from that country are the Saanen and the 

 Toggenburg. Goats will eat much that other animals Feed 

 would not relish, but to thrive they must be well fed. 

 Feeds used for cows are suitable for goats, but one cow 

 will eat six or eight times the amount needed by one goat. 



