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flow for three months or so. She ought to give at least 

 one quart a day up to the seventh or eighth month. Her 

 total yield for the season should be about 800 pomids, or 

 about 95 gallons. This is the minimum yield that will 

 retm-n a fair profit on the cost of maintenance. 



Fig. 10.— Las Cabritas Capella, 928, Advanced Registry. 14. Best 24 hour yield, 7 qts. 

 This doe made her high record, well maintained, on range feed, with a very small ration 



of grain. 



A grade Swiss, of three-fourths pure blood oi" better, 

 or a pure bred doe, will usually rim three to four quarts 

 when fresh, maintain three quarts for four or five months, 

 two quarts until the eighth month, when they are usu- 

 ally bred, and after breeding continue to milk for about 

 three months with a gi-adually diminishing flow. Such 

 a doe will make a season's yield of around 1400 pounds, 



