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and more successful herds it is noted that nipple feeding 

 rather than pan feeding is the prevailing jjractice. 



There is one other point in favor of pan feeding in 

 the case of buck kids. If one is raising a number of 

 bucks it will be found that these rough, strong little 

 fellows will in their eagerness destroy the nipples at an 



Fig. 39. — Ready fur pan feeding. (Courtesy U. H. Freyschlag, San Jose, Calif.) 



alarming rate, which makes a serious inroad on the 

 budget. This may well constitute an argument in favor 

 of pan feeding for buck kids from the beginning. In 

 every case, however, the decision must be made before 

 the arrival of the kids and must be adhered to there- 

 after, for it is very difficult to change later the method 

 which the kid learns at birth. 



