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The yield of milk varies greatly as with cows, between breeds 

 and individuals. Dettweiler reports the yields of twehty-four 

 for a year as follows : 



9 gave 1200—1400 pounds 

 7 gave 1400—1000 pounds 

 4 gave 1600 — 1800 pounds 

 1 gave 1800 — 2000 pounds 

 3 gave 2000 — over pounds 



Fig. 54. — Milcli goat of the Saanan breed which produced 1845 pounds of milk in one 

 year at the New York (Geneva) Experiment fetation. 



Individuals are reported which have produced as much as 

 2400 pounds of milk, testing about 4 per cent fat or 96 pounds 

 butter fat in one year. This would make about 115 pounds of 

 butter or 240 pounds of cheese. 



The Toggenburg doe, Geneva, reported by the California 

 Experiment Station, was Grand Champion at the recent Panama- 

 Pacific Exposition. She weighs on an average 127 pounds and 

 in 312 days yielded 2158 pounds of milk containing 72.8 pounds 

 of fat and 256.34 pounds total milk solids. Two others tested 

 for a year yielded less. One half-breed, Delia, weighing only 

 104 pounds, produced only 1283 pounds of milk and 49.73 

 pounds of fat in a single lactation period of 310 days ; and 

 Hedda, a pure bred Toggenburg, two years old, produced 1118.0 

 pounds of milk containing 40.7 pounds of fat. 



The 'Sew York (Geneva) Experiment Station has tested a 

 few milch goats for infant feeding purposes. One Saanan doe 

 gave 1845 pounds of milk in one year on $15.82 worth of feed, 



