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breeding season, but this season may be changed or 

 varied by different elements. As a rule the bucks 

 commence to rut about July or August here in 

 America, and the does soon after the time the bucks 

 commence. Some bucks which have been allowed to 

 run with the does all of the time, never cease rutting, 

 and the does conceive about every six months. The 

 does come in heat about every fourteen days, and re- 

 main in this condition for about three days. If the 

 bucks are allowed to run with the does, one buck should 

 be used for about every fifty does. If the buck is only 

 allowed to serve the doe once, a grown animal will 

 serve one hundred and fifty does in forty days without 

 permanent injury to himself. The does conceive at 

 about the age of seven months, and the bucks breed at 

 about the same age, but the wise breeder will not 

 sacrifice the individual by interfering with its devel- 

 opment. Both the buck and the doe should not be 

 bred until they are at least a year old. The bucks 

 should be fed at breeding season, and if one has 

 a sufficient number of bucks, it is well to turn the 

 bucks with the does in relays. It is advisable to have 

 the kids start coming slowly, so that one may get 

 new men trained to handle them properly. One or 

 two bucks turned with a flock of a thousand does for 

 a few days, and then removed and allowed to rest, 

 and a new relay of three or more bucks turned with 

 the does, to be removed in a few days, and a new re- 



