INDEX 



261 



source of supply, 33 

 use of, 121-122 

 Buckets for milk goats, 242 

 Butter from goat milk, 63-6* 

 Butter fat from goat milk, analysis 

 of, 251-252 

 of Anglo-Nubians, 79 

 of different breeds, 21 

 globule, characteristic of goat 



milk, 22-23 

 hard to separate, 63' - 



of Swiss goats, 84 



Caked udder, see Mammitis 

 California and the milk goat in- 

 dustry, condensary estab- 

 lished, 18 

 famous bucks of, 10 

 favorable conditions for the in- 

 dustry, 12 

 herds, 10-12 

 importations to, 14, 15 

 leadership, 10 



Milk Goat Journal established, 18 

 native goats in, 4—6 

 range conditions in, 183 

 Cannula, use of, 210 

 Capital invested in milk goats, 18 

 necessary to start with, 72 

 starting without 73-74 

 Capricious appetite and disposition 

 of goats, 139-140, 178, 186, 

 187 

 Carbohydrates, 180-182 

 Caripeptic liquid, use of, 213 

 Carrots, nutritive ratio, 182 



as succulent feed, 185 

 Castor oil, use of, 211, 213 

 Castrating, age for, 66 



range kids, 53 

 Caustic, used for disbudding, 145- 

 147 



Chalk, prepared, use of, 213 

 Champion, rules for, 256 

 Cheese, from goat milk, flavor of, 63 

 formulae for making, 58 

 Instruction lacking for making 



goat cheese, 57 

 market for, 56 

 from range herds, 53 

 Chieftain, imported buck, 10 

 Children, advantage of community 

 herds to, 47-48 

 value of goats as pets for, 30 

 value of goat milk for, 23 

 welfare of, motive of the industry, 

 69 

 served by women, 74 

 Choosing the breed, 76-87 

 the buck, 97-113 

 the household goat, 41, 43, 44 

 personal preference the best 



guide, 76, 86 

 practical considerations, 84 

 Cleanliness, of goats, 28, 69 

 of Anglo-Nubians, 79 

 in milking, 235-236, 242 

 Clover for goats as green feed, 185 



as hay, 140 

 Coat, of goats after abortion, 161 

 of Anglo-Nubians, 78-79, 253 

 appearance, a guide to condi-, 



tion, 102, 142 

 at breeding time, 154 

 in breeding season, 101 

 of exhibition stock, 195-196 

 of Saanens, 254 

 of Swiss goats, 83 



of bucks, carries odor, 100 

 of bucks, must be clipped in 



breeding season, 117 

 of does, must be clipped for 

 milking, 166, 241 



