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ment, University of California. Professor Voorhies has 

 been at pains to criticise the manuscript and to offer sug- 

 gestions with a view to perfecting the book for class 

 room use. To his able assistance it will owe in large 

 measure its usefulness for this purpose. 



No less grateful acknowledgment is offered for the 

 help of Dr. Carl W. Fisher, V.S.,D.V.M., of San Mateo, 

 California. His painstaking review of the chapter on 

 the Health of Goats gives me confidence that this por- 

 tion of the book will be of special value to everyone who 

 owns a goat. 



Most of all, thanks are due to Miss Morris Wagner, 

 my partner in the goat business. Her wide experience 

 in the care of goats, and her exacting criticism of these 

 pages, have given the book whatever merits it may 

 possess as a practical guide and manual. 



Thus sponsored, it goes out to meet these varied 

 needs, in the hope that it will do its part to serve the in- 

 terests of the milk goat industry and the welfare of 

 American childhood. 



Irmagarde Richards, 



" Las Cabritas," 

 Montara, California. 



April 1, 1921. 



