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The hair is usually short and rough, the beard 

 long and heavy. The bucks are tall — over 

 three feet. The race has delicate heads, slen- 

 der necks, long bodies, straight backs, slim 

 legs, and large, tender, 

 hairless udders in the 

 ewes. With good food 

 the production of milk 

 is about six quarts a day, 

 though some give seven, 

 eight, or even twelve 

 quarts. The annual pro- 

 duction is from twelve 

 to eighteen hundred 

 quarts, though the goat 

 Betty, belonging to the 

 Breeding Society of 

 Pfungstadt, ga\-e three 

 thousand quarts in one 

 year. 



For this quality the 

 Sarnen goat has been 

 imported in great num- 

 bers since 1887 into 

 France, Germany, Bel- 

 gium, Holland, England, 



and even South Africa, and not a few have 

 been brought to the United States. 



The Swartzctibourg-Giiggisbcrg goat comes 

 also from the valley of the Sarnen, especially 

 from the neighborhood of Stockhorn, Erlen- 

 bach, and Schwenten. It is of various colors, 



horns, while others are without them; the pro- 

 duction of milk is about three quarts a day. 



The Appfitrjcl or Jicit-Iicadcd goat cinvic^ from 

 the canton of that name ; it is without horns 



Swiss Goats called "de Sarnen' 



much spotted and variegated, sometimes with 

 a black back and a white stomach, or with 

 white stripes and other variations. Some have 



Belgian Goats without Horns 



and is generally white, though sometimes it 



is dark or spotted. The production of milk is 



about five quarts dail)'. 



The Toggcnboitrg goat is from the canton of 



St. Gall. It is brown, with long white stripes 



on the head; the legs are white, and it has no 

 horns. It is a very handsome, well- 

 made goat, which produces si.x quarts 

 of milk daily. 



The Freiburg or Greycrs goat and 

 the black-nccki'd goat of tlic ]'alais 

 are found in the cantons of those 

 names and in the Tyrol ; the latter 

 breed, which is strong and well made, 

 has the front half of the bod)' black, 

 and the rear half white. Both species 

 are good milkers. According to Pro- 

 fessor Andcregg, of Berne, twenty- 

 six different species of goats are 



found in Switzerland. 



In the Savoy Aljjs there are very fine goats, 



of which the Maiiricniic is the best breed. The 



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