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not too cold, in a dry, well drained corral sheltered from 

 the wind, it is advisable if possible to arrange their 

 quarters so that they can sleep in or out at will. When 

 it is necessary for them to sleep in, the kind of floor de- 

 scribed above makes good sleeping quarters, especially 

 if covered lightly with sawdust or shavings to absorb 

 whatever wet is not drained off. For kids, in addition 

 to the sawdust, plenty of dry, clean straw should be 

 provided to insure warmth. All goats except tiny kids 

 and very heavy pregnant does prefer to sleep on a bare 

 shelf, which they keep quite dry and clean. If space and 

 other considerations permit, it is very desirable to pro- 

 vide them with shelves, about two feet wide, two feet 

 high for kids and does, and three feet for bucks. 



Stalls. — For valuable, mature does it is often desir- 

 able to provide some other sort of quarters than an open 

 pen. For this purpose the goat owner has the choice of a 

 series of tie stalls or of box stalls. For the former, a row 

 of partitions, two feet apart, two and a half feet high, 

 and three feet long, placed along the side of the feed box, 

 make a convenient arrangement. These stalls are even 

 more comfortable and convenient if they are built on a 

 raised platform, about 18 inches above the floor, made 

 of l" by 3" slats spaced one inch apart. This spaced floor 

 insures the doe lying on a clean, dry surface. The feed 

 box would have to be correspondingly raised above the 



