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put out in a long feed box from a feed alley, the does are 

 admitted, take their places on the raised platform, and 

 are locked in stanchions 18 inches apart. The milkers 

 then pass rapidly from one goat to the next, milking 

 from behind. If it is especially desired to milk from the 

 side, and most Americans do not take kindly to the 



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Fig. GG. — Milking arrangements. (Widemann Goat Milk Co.) 



European habit of milking from the rear, this same 

 arrangement of platform and stanchions can be adapted 

 to that end. Space the stanchions 24 inches apart in- 

 stead of 18 inches, and make the platform of l" by 12" 

 boards, alternately 3' and 4' long. The stanchion will be 

 at the end of the longer board. The doe will stand on 



