38 MODERN MILK GOATS 



Profits.— Fro »( ihc Kids. — If at first sight it would 

 seem tliat these prices are too high for profitable invest- 

 ment, a little reflection will show that tliey have a justi- 

 fiable basis. In the first place, it will be realized that the 

 kids from pin-e bred stock will have a value in direct 

 proportion to the price of their parents. In the case of 

 good grade does, the doe kids will have a value even 

 higher than that of their dams if a pure bred sire of ex- 

 cellence has been used. This source of income goes far 

 to reimbin-se the purchaser for the original investment. 



From the Milk. — We have already sliown that there 

 is a definite margin of profit each year from the milk of 

 a goat at the prices named sufficient in itself to leave a 

 generous net i-eturn on the amount invested, even omit- 

 ting the value of the kids. MoreoA'er, we have given tlie 

 milk of the doe a Aalue equal only to that of cow milk, 

 whereas in fact its pecidiar (jualities give it a special 

 value far in excess of the 25 cent quart of milk deposited 

 on the steps by the milkman. 



No Labor Costs. — It is qnite fair in figuring the cost 

 of keejiing a family goat to omit the item of labor. For 

 this labor usually falls within the family and is not actu- 

 ally a casli expenditure. Furthermore, in any family 

 where there are children it is an almost imiversal custom, 

 based on sound good sense, to keep some kind of animal 

 for pets. The goat, who serves as a ])et as well as a food- 



