INDEX 



Abortion, Anglo-Nubians liable to, 

 79 



cause of, 160 



contagious, 208 



resulting from exhibiting, 194 



treatment for, 160 

 Abscesses, treatment for, 214 

 Acidity, of cow milk, 23 

 Acre will support how many goats? 



183 

 Adaptability of goats, to feeds and 

 conditions, 28, 32 



of Swiss goats, to American 

 climates, 84 

 Advanced Registry, for milk goats, 



198 

 Afterbirth, in cases of abortion, 160 



in normal kidding, 164 



if retained, 165 

 Alfalfa, as feed for goats, 140, 185 



nutritive ratio, 180, 181, 182 



tea for sick goats, 205 

 Alkaline, quality of goat milk, 23 

 Alpine type of goat, 8 



stock source of Swiss breeds 8 



stock found in Mexico, 11 

 Alta Franz, imported buck, 15, 16 

 Alta Jaure, imported doe, 15, 16 

 American goat, so-called, 2 

 American Milk Goat Record Asso- 

 ciation, established, 15 



registered all breeds, 17 



special provision for grades, 35 



standards for breeds adopted, 

 256 



Ammonia, spirits for use in sick- 

 ness, 206, 210 

 Analysis of goat milk and cow 



milk, 251, 252 

 Anglo-Nubian goats, breeding 

 season of, 79 



characteristics of, 77 



characteristics of bucks, 97-102 



development in America, 13-15, 17 



importations, 14-15 



milk of, 79 



as mothers, 125 



origin of, 76 



for range herds, 85 



rapid increase, 34 



richness of milk, 21 



standard for, 253 

 Angora goats, as " brushers," 184 



foundation for milk herds, 52 



richness of milk, 21 

 Antiphlogistine, used in treatment 



of pneumonia, 205 

 Apparatus for cheese making, 59 



for the corral, 22^225 



for kids, 135 137 



for goatlings, 153 



for staking, 226 

 Apprenticeship, to learn the goat 

 business, 74 



Back-alley goats, 2, 11 



progress away from, 18 

 Barley, nutritive ratio, 182 

 Beauty of milk goats, of Anglo- 

 Nubian, 15, 77 

 259 



