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one calf for each cow, and the price and the demand for 

 good stock are steady and strong. 



Other Rewards. — It is only fair to say that it is the 

 hearty testimony of everyone engaged in the goat dairy 

 l)usiness that the substantial financial income for their 

 labor is only part of their reward, and tliat the pleasure 

 and satisfaction of watching the return tt) health and 

 sti'ength of their patrons, mostly babies and little cliil- 

 dren, gi\es to their chosen work a value quite out of rela- 

 tion to its actual financial returns. 



The Range Herd. — It is a well known fact that 

 goats do excellently on rather rough range, not only sup- 

 porting themselves, but clearing and improving the land 

 as well. This knowledge has led many jjeople. in the 

 poorer and abandoned farm lands of the eastern states 

 and the rougher country of t!ie west, to think of goats as 

 a profitable means of utilizing their range. Some of the 

 problems involved in handling goats under range con- 

 ditions are dealt with in Chapter XIV. 



Profitable Use of Waste Land. — There is a gi'eat 

 (leal to be said, however, for the range lierd, as a valu- 

 able source of supply for the future milk goat. Owners 

 of sucli range, often useless for other purposes, might 

 very well make it ])r<)(hicti\ e of a good income, and at 

 the same time make it contribute to the need of the 

 country for more goats and better goats. 



