THE HOPE OF THE HERD— THE KIDS 127 



the kid, wet as it is, can be safely left for quite a time, 

 until the other kid or kids have arrived and joined the first 

 one. Each kid, then, should be wiped as dry as possible by 

 nsing a quantity of crumpled paper, and finally by a brisk 

 rub with a dry, warm towel. The kid should then be 

 turned on its ))ack and the navel, with its attached cord, 

 should be plentifully dusted with boracic acid powder. 

 They can now, one and all, be placed in the regular kid 

 box, whicli should be bedded deep with fresh, clean straw. 

 The mother having been milked, each kid should be 

 given a share of the colostrum. A rather small doe kid 

 may not take more than two or three ounces of this first 

 feed. A husky little buck will suck on indefinitely, but 

 five ounces is probably a safe limit for the first time. 



Nipple Feeding. — No difficulty at all is encountered 

 in getting the kid to take the nipple and to suck if it has 

 had no experience previously of nursing its mother's 

 udder. Once it has nursed the mother, however, it is 

 often a nerve racking and time consuming business to 

 " break " it to the bottle. The rubber nipples on the 

 market are usually provided with holes too small to 

 satisfy the impatient kid. It is convenient to enlarge 

 them by a small slit in the end. 



Pan Feeding versus Bottle Feeding. — At this point 

 the question may arise, " Why teach the kid to nurse, 

 rather than to drink? " These two methods of feeding 



