PKACTICAL ANGORA GOAT RAISING. 83 



advance, keeping a little apart from the does with 

 kids so as not to coax the " wet does " away with the 

 "dry herd." 



When the wagon with the kids reaches the ranch, 

 the kids should be put in a small corral. They 

 should be placed a few feet apart, and the mothers 

 should be allowed to select their own kids. They 

 also should be allowed to remain in the corral for the 

 night at least. In case a doe will not take her 

 kid she should be placed in one of the box stalls and 

 a kid which has no mother placed with her and fed. 



When plenty of small corrals and good hay are 

 available, each day's kids should be left in a separate 

 corral until the mothers have been with the kids one 

 or two days. It will be found that the kids are 

 always given a very good start in this way. When it 

 is deemed advisable, the kids are put together in a 

 large corral, and as soon as the mothers in the 

 smaller corrals are thought to know their kids suf- 

 ficiently well, they are added to this wet band in 

 the large corral. Thus the round is completed from 

 the dry band to the wet band, the small corral being 

 simply an intermediate step to insure familiarity be- 

 tween the doe and her kid. The dry band rapidly 

 diminishes while the wet band increases. 



The mothers are now ready to go on the range 

 during the day to feed, but the kids should be kept in 

 the corral until they are at least six weeks old. The 



