THE POPULARITY OF MILK GOATS 27 



These are probably outstanding figures, both as to 

 amount and price. If the doe has access to a httle jjas- 

 ture, brush, weeds or grass, or can be staked out part or 

 all of the time, or can be fed partly from the produce of 

 a home garden, this high estimate can be greatly reduced. 

 Turning now to the returns she will make on the cost 



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Fig. 11. — Five does whoso aggregate yield at the time of this pose was nearlj' seven gallons 



a day, sold at wholesale for 6.1 cents a gallon, and whose expense for upkeep was 10 uents a 



day apiece. (Owned by Richards & Wagner, Montara, Calif.) 



of upkeep, we can safely credit the average good grade 

 goat with 150 gallons as her annual yield. Retail pas- 

 teurized cow milk is selling to-day at 17 cents a quart, 

 and fresh cow milk, certified, retails for 25 cents. Your 

 goat milk has even a higher value than the best certified 

 cow milk, but based upon that price the doe of 150 gal- 

 lons yield returns annually $150 for the $35 she costs for 



