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safeguard to the purchaser. Lists (jf breeders can be 

 had upon application to the recording associations, and 

 the advertisements in the two milk goat journals are a 

 further guide to the prospective purchaser. 



"A Scrub" Doe. — In case the piu-chaser fails to 

 find even a good grade doe for sale, it would be better 

 to buy a native or " scrub " doe than to do without a 

 goat entirely. Goats of this class can usually be 

 secured around the suburbs of a city, and sometimes a 

 fair milker can be found among them. By the use of a 

 pure bred sire the scrub doe will in a short time be re- 

 placed by her half blood daughter, and the purchaser, 

 now in the ranks of a breeder, can congratulate himself 

 on having contributed his share toward improving the 

 milk supply of the nation. This plan has another jjoint 

 to recommend it — the beginner has an opportunity to 

 learn, on an animal of small value, the business of milk- 

 ing and caring for a doe; so if through ignorance any 

 loss occurs, it will be a less serious matter than if he had 

 had to experiment on a more expensive animal. 



The milk of the scrub doe, to be sure, is generally 

 deficient in quantity. But if the doe is kept clean — her- 

 self, her quarters, and her feed — the quality of her milk 

 will be just as delicious as that of the finest pure bred 

 doe; in fact, it is likely to be richer than the milk of a 

 gallon doe. 



