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ready to go into the milking room, to tlie stanchions, or 

 the bench, and is given her feed at milking time along 

 with the i-est of the does, be sure to release her head 

 when it comes her time to be milked, so that she can lick 

 you and sniff you a little, thus " owning " you as she 

 would " own " her kids before letting them nurse. This 



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Fig. oi. — A Nubian doe "owning" her kid. (Courtesy Widemann 

 Goat Milk Co.) 



preliminary completed, she will bring up her cud and 

 stand quietly to be milked. If the best results are to be 

 obtained, an effort should be made to see that the doe is 

 always milked by the same person. If, however, it is 

 occasionally necessary to shift, the doe thus trained to 

 stand will be more quiet and steady even with a stranger 

 than one wlio has been forcibly " broken." 



