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MODERN MILK GOATS 



In the model barn illustrated, no space is provided 

 for bucks, young or old. Their quarters must be at a 

 distance from the doe barn, and can easilj- be constructed 

 to fit given circumstances from the various suggestions 

 given elsewhere for housing bucks. 



Feeder Box for Kids. — Fig. 72 shows a con- 



Fig. 72. — Feeder box for nursing kids. 



venient " gang feeder " for kids who suck their milk. It 

 is made of galvanized tin, 26" long, 6" -wade, ,5" deep. 

 The ends are not square, but at an angle, so that when 

 the box is hung on the wall the front edge is lower than 

 the back, thus draining out the milk. Five I/2" nickel 

 pipes, lT/<" long, are soldered into the lower edge of the 



