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splendid mothers, devoted and painstaking. The only 

 exception to this rule is perhaps the young Anglor- 

 Nubian doe. Considerable experience has shown that 

 the does of this breed cannot always be trusted to own 

 their kids at first. Such a doe may lick the kid for 



Fig. 37. — In the best of care. This Nubian mother did nut need to he coaxed to her duty. 



awhile perfunctorily, but she may not be willing to 

 stand for it to nurse. It is probably less work in the 

 end, and safer, to take the kid away and raise it by hand. 

 However, if circumstances make it necessary for the doe 

 to keep her kid, patience and coaxing will usually induce 

 her after a time to own it properly, and it can then be 

 left safely to her care. 



