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would have gone to waste. The milch goat is now especially 

 needed about the mill towns of New England and the south, 

 and about mining towns in all sections of the country. The 

 State Experiment Stations of California and Geneva, New 

 York, and the United States Department of Agriculture are 

 studying the question of milch goats. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What is our oldest record of the use of goats as milch animals? 



2. Where were most of the breeds of milch goats in America developed? 



3. Why are goats not more used in this country? 



4. Compare the dairy type of the milch goat with that of an intense 



dairy cow. 



5. Name and describe the two principal breeds of milch goats. 



6. How much milk will a good goat yield? 



7. Name the milch goat that now holds the United States Championship 



for production. How much did she yield? 



8. How does the composition of goat's milk compare with cow's milk? 



9. For what is it especially valuable? 



10. In what regions and sections are goats most needed in America? 



