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by proper fattening. The flesh of well-fattened older goats 
may be rendered very toothsome by smoking and drying. 
Kid meat is esteemed as a popular delicacy in Europe and 
elsewhere. 
The skins of milch goats are important articles of com- 
merce, furnishing, as they do, the raw material for the 
finest leather (kid, morocco, saffian and the like). At 
present, most of the hides used for this purpose are im- 
ported. This may very readily be made an important 
source of income wherever goats are kept in numbers. It 
is a means of profit that has been underestimated in this 
country. 
500. Organizations and records. — In November, 1903, 
The American Milk Goat Record Association was organ- 
ized to care for the interests of milch goats in America, 
and to promote the importation of good types. A regis- 
try is maintained, entrance being based on milk-produc- 
tion and satisfactory ancestry and individual qualities. 
Literature. — Prof. Anderegg, Die Schweizer Ziegen, Bern (1887) ; 
Fr. Dettweiler, Die Bedeutung der Ziegenzucht, etc., Bremen 
(1892); Huart du Plessis, La Chévre, Paris, 4me édition; Felix 
Hilpert, Anleitung zur Ziegenzucht und Ziegenhaltung, Berlin 
(1901); Bryan Hook, Milch Goats and their Management, London 
(1896); N. Julmy, Les Races de Chévres de la Suisse, Bern (1900) ; 
Dr. Kohlschmidt, Untersuchungen ueber die Milchergiebigkeit des 
im oestl. Erzgebirge verbreiteten Ziegenschlages in Landw. Jahr- 
buecher, Bd. XXVI; S. Holmes Pegler, The Book of the Goat, 
London (1886); Dr. F. G. Stebler, Ziegenweiden und Ziegenhaltung 
in Alp und Weidewirtschaft, Berlin (1903) ; G. F. Thompson, Angora 
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(1903); G. F. Thompson, Information concerning the Milch Goats, 
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