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form best adapted for meat production. It will be remembered 

 that the compact animals, whether cattle, horses, hogs, or 

 sheep, are known to be the " easy keepers," which means " easy 

 fatteners." Coupled with the capacious body and thin angular 

 muscular development, the immense udder development will 

 be observed. 



Breeds. — Groats, varying in type all the way from the com- 

 pact form of the mutton and wool producing varieties to the 

 thin, ang-ular, strictly dairy goats, are to be found in many sec- 



FiG. 52. FiQ. 53. 



Fia. 52. — Fanette, the Toggenburg prize doe. Note wonderful development of udder. 



(Courtesy the owner, Winthrop Howland, Kedlands, ,Cal.) 



FlQ. 53. — A well-marked Toggenburg doe. 



tions of the country and are known by a great variety of names. 

 The various breeds have not yet been classified and studied as 

 have the different races and breeds of cattle. The following are 

 brief descriptions of the dairy goats best known in America : 



Toggenburg. — This breed originated in the Toggenburg 

 Valley of Switzerland, in the northeast section of the republic. 

 They are of medium size, weighing in the neighborhood of 125 

 pounds at maturity, rather slender, hornless, and short-haired. 

 Their color is a peculiar shade of brown or mouse color with 

 white markings, distributed with great regularity. The legs 

 below the knees and hocks should be white, and a white strip runs 



