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ranges from $100 to $200 for a weaned kid and $300 up 

 for a mature animal. Bucks of established reputations as 

 sires command prices limited only by the purse and de- 

 termination of the purcliaser. as the o\\iiers of such sires 

 are not usually anxious to sell. Pure bred doe kids 

 bring at present from $1.50 up, and few desirable 

 mature, pure bred does change hands for less than $300 

 to $500. A good grade goat, w^th a yield of about 

 1000 pounds to 1200 pounds a season, giving three to 

 four quarts a day when fresh, can usually be Jiad for $50 

 to $65, the price depending somewhat on the looks of the 

 animal, her conformity to the breed from which she is 

 graded, her registration, wliether slie is horned, dehorned. 

 or hornless, etc., but on the basis of milk yield alone, the 

 price stated is about what one nmst expect to pay. 



Native goats, witli liorns. and no special claim to 

 good looks, can sometimes be had for lower prices, and 

 occasionally one finds quite worthy milkers in this class. 

 But the native doe is likely to have a small yield, a short 

 period of lactation, and small teats quite dilficult to 

 milk. On the other liand, l)etter goats than those de- 

 scribed above, high grades, of good type, and complete 

 registration, with a yield of 1500 pounds to 2000 pounds 

 a season and more than a gallon when fresh, command at 

 present prices ranging from $100 to $125.* 



* The prices and conditions quoted aliove are tliose wliicii were pre- 

 vailing during the early months of 1920. 



