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MODERN MILK GOATS 



to the Swiss bucks, both in type and productivity. But 

 the goats of our other states, largely English or Irish in 

 origin, being island types, might not so readily unite with 



Fig. 3. — Chieftain 2S1. a famous imported Toggenburg buck. (Cour- 

 tesy F. F. Heintz, Los Angeles, Calif.) 



the' Alpine stock to produce a successful cross. Aside 

 from their origin, however, the large nimibers of these 

 Mexican does available was in itself a valuable asset to 

 the growing western herds. 



