THE GOAT 



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are rough in front, and are always curved backwards. The male 

 goat, besides, has a long beard underneath his chin. 



In this country we do not keep goats in flocks, as we do sheep, 

 for we make less use of them, and they are not nearly so easy to 

 manage. But still they are useful creatures; and, as they can find 



Pyrenean Milking Goat 



food for themselves almost anywhere, they do not cost very much 

 to keep. 



Sheep have to be fed in winter with turnips, or other food, 

 and so cost the farmer a great deal. But a goat is quite satisfied 

 with the dry grass on a common or roadside, and thrives upon it 

 just as well as if it were fed like the sheep. In some countries, 

 where the ground is very rocky and grass does not grow well, 

 people keep goats instead of cows. For goats give plenty of 

 milk, find their own food, and climb about among the rocks 

 where a cow could find neither food nor foothold. 



The milk of the goat is very rich, but has a rather strong flavour, 

 so that many people do not like it. In some parts of the world a 

 kind of cheese is made from it, which is considered very palatable. 



