74 PRACTICAL ANGOKA GOAT RAISING. 



be narrower, as small kids will crawl through the 

 spaces. A woven-wire fence, two feet high, with a 

 perpendicular stay, at least twelve inches apart, so 

 that the goats will not get their heads caught in the 

 fence, surmounted by a couple of plain or barbed 

 wires, six inches apart, will hold goats, and if barbed 

 wire is used, will prevent cattle from breaking the 

 fence. If plain or barbed wire is used, the first 

 three wires nearest the ground should be placed not 

 more than three inches apart, and close enough to 

 the ground to prevent kids from crawling under the 

 lowest wire. The space between the next wires may 

 be increased to four, five and six inches, and so on 

 to the desired height of the fence. A board fence 

 composed of three boards four inches wide, with a 

 space between the ground and the first board of 

 about three inches, and a three or four inch space be- 

 tween the boards, the whole being surmounted by a 

 barbed or plain wire or two makes a very satisfactory 

 goat fence. If pickets or posts are used, they should 

 be set closely enough together, say about two inches 

 apart, to prevent small kids from crawling between 

 them. An objection has been raised to barbed wire, 

 on account of the mohair which the barbs pull out. 

 The amount of mohair lost in this way is inconsid- 

 erable. As has been stated, it hurts the goat to pull 

 the mohair, and the goat soon learns to avoid the 

 barbs. Many breeders use barbed wire corrals and 



