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to tliis initial investniciit, presents a double problem 

 whieh ean only be solved, as has been said, by determina- 

 tion and a sufficient supply of funds. 



The question of delivery is another difficulty, as the 

 ])atrons of goat milk dairies are likely to be widely scat- 

 tered, and tlie distances to i)e covered somewhat out 

 of proportion to the quantity that any given lierd 

 can supply. 



This difficulty of the distribution of goat milk, like 

 the problems of the family goat, are again best met by 

 cooperation. There is already in IjOS Angeles a co- 

 operative association, formed for tlie purpose of market- 

 ing goat products. The success of tliis association, and 

 the formation of others like it, will mean nuicli to the 

 future of the industry. 



Financial Returns. -The various obstacles enimier- 

 ated are offset by sevei'al advantages wliicli the goat 

 dairy possesses over the cow^ dairy. Once the lici'd is 

 established, the goat n)ilk is produced moir economically 

 per gallon than cow milk can l)e ])ro(luced, it sells for a 

 liigher price (retailing for 25 cents to 40 cents a (piart 

 in tlie cities), it is often possible to make very profitable 

 contracts with hospitals and sanatoriums, and, finally, 

 the increase of the herd is a source of income consider- 

 ably in excess of the income from increase in a herd of 

 cows, since the does have two kids at a birth, as against 



