232 MODERN MILK GOATS 



The stanchions in the illustration are spaced 12 inches 

 apart for kids oi* goatlings. For mature does they should 

 be spaced 18 inches apart. The box is iYz feet wide. 

 If it is to be used to feed the grain ration as well as the 

 hay, lay a plank 2" by 12" down the middle of the box, 

 making a raised walk, and line the corresponding troughs 

 thus formed on either side with galvanized tin. When 

 the hay is eaten, and the dust and refuse swept out, these 

 two shallow troughs will serve admirably for the mash 

 or grain. For mature does the neck slot should be spaced 

 about four inches, for kids three inches. On a feed box 

 intended for small kids a foot board shoidd be added 

 (Fig. 60) to enable the little ones to reach up to the 

 head hole. 



For bucks another modification of this box should be 

 made. The stanchions, instead of being nailed perma- 

 nently in place, must be attached to the cross pieces 

 above and below by bolts. The cross supports will have 

 several holes bored in a line to hold the bolts, so that the 

 stanchions can be moved and bolted in place now at one 

 point and now at another, thus changing the width of 

 the neck slot. Three inches is the right width for the 

 neck slot for buck kids — if wider they will ])usli through 

 and get into the box. But as a buck approaches the age 

 of eight months his neck rather suddenly begins to en- 

 large and to assume the more massive proportions of 



