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is about two feet and six inches in height and will often 
weigh 100 pounds. It is usually hornless, and the pre- 
dominating color is white, although there are many other 
colors, as red, brown and black. The ears are moder- 
ately long and horizontal. The body is low and stocky. 
It is said that the milking quality of the breed has been 
so perfectly developed that nearly every doe kid becomes 
a good milker. The udder is large and is carried low, and 
ylelds two to four quarts of milk daily. In Malta it is 
asserted that Maltese goats never do well when exported. 
The New Mexican goat. — By this somewhat arbitrary 
name is distinguished the only native American breed of 
goats known. They are common in New Mexico, Texas 
and the Southwest, where large numbers of them are kept 
by the Spanish-speaking populace. They are not uni- 
form in color and size, but have the reputation of being 
fairly good milkers. 
The Spanish-Maltese goat. — B. H. Van Raub, of Van 
Raub, Texas, is the most prominent breeder of this type, 
and his efforts in improving and developing this variety 
are said to have given to the United States the first pure- 
blooded breed of milch goats of its own. Thompson indi- 
cates that these Spanish-Maltese represent several varieties. 
The Toggenburg milch goats (Fig. 83) are one of the 
oldest and best known of the numerous breeds of milch 
goats in Switzerland. They are hardy and hornless, and 
their slender bodies are covered with silky hair of varied 
length and of a peculiar brown color. The males carry 
a heavy, coarse beard. The legs and ears are white, the 
latter of medium length and well carried. The breed is 
further distinguished by two white stripes on their heads, 
running parallel on each side of the face from the ears to 
the mouth, and also by two peculiar small cartilaginous 
