GOAT BREEDING AS A VOCATION FOR WOMEN 69 



children a food so peculiarly valuable to them. What 

 concerns the welfare of childhood must always be of pri- 

 mary concern to women, and it is exactly this concern 



Fig. 21. — Miss Jane White. Los Anceles. a pioneer woman goat breeder. Through 



the high quality of tiie herd she has built up, and tlirnuirh her writintrs anrl her 

 enthusiastic personal leadership, Miss White has made a most \'aiuable contri- 

 bution to the industry. 



which explains the important part that women have taken 

 in the development of the milk goat in America. 



Besides this fundamental interest of women in goats 

 these little animals make an appeal on other grounds. 

 Their small size and the consequent ease of liandling 

 them, their cleanliness and fastidious habits, their grace 



