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INDEX 



Anglo-Nubians, 14r-15 

 Epsom salts, use of, 203, 205, 215 

 Equipment, general, 222-250 



for milk records, 19T 



for sick animals, 199-202 

 Exercise for bucks, kids, 115 

 mature, 116 



for goatlings, 152 



for kids, 135-137, 141 



for pregnant does, 159 



effect on kidding, 163 

 milking doe, 167, 168 



value of range for, 184 

 Exhibiting goats, why necessary, 55 



preparing for, 194—196 

 Eyes, sore, in kids, 131 



in goats, see Ophthalmia 



Facial line, of Anglo-Nubians, 77 



of Swiss goats, 83 

 Faeces, of new born kids, 210-211 

 Fallacy of "natural methods" with 

 milk goats, 88 

 concerning age of breeding, 153- 

 155 

 inbreeding, 112, 113 

 travel for does, 159, 166 

 Feeding methods for does, fresh, 167 

 pregnant, 159 

 for kids, 126-129, 132-135 

 for exhibition stock, 195 

 pens for, kids, 245-246 

 theory and practice of, 180-193 

 Feeds and Feeding, text book by 



Henry and Morrison, 180 

 Feet, care of, 119-120, 153, 196 

 Fences for bucks, 120, 222 

 for does and kids, 223 

 for range, 184 

 Fertility of bucks, how endangered, 

 116 



Fertilizers from goats, high value, 67 



care of, 224 

 Flour, use of in sickness, 211, 213 

 Foot rot, treatment for, 208 

 Foreign bodies ingested, 218 

 Formulae for goat cheese, 58 



for curing hides, 67 

 Foundation for grade herds, 52 

 Foxtail, sores from, 218 

 Fresh does, care of, 166-167 

 Furs from goat skins, 66 



Gang-feeder, for feeding kids milk, 



133, 246-247 

 Gestation, period of, 161 

 Globule, fat, in milk, cow and goat 

 compared, 22-23 

 hard to separate in goat milk, 63 

 Goatling, 151-154, 172 

 Grade goats, bucks, should not be 

 used, 46 

 buck kids, killed at birth, 41, 46 

 cost of, 37 



as household goats, 41 

 mainstay of the industry, 34-35 

 from Mexican stock, 11 

 as nucleus of small dairy, 73 

 yield of, 25-27 

 Grain for kids, 134-135 



mixtures, 192 

 Green feed for kids, 134-135 

 for mature goats, 182-186, 188 

 cause of bloat, 209 

 colic in kids, 209 

 scours, 214 

 Gregg, Dr., importer of Anglo- 

 Nubians 13-14 

 Gruel, for kids, 133 

 for sick goats, 205 

 for sick kids, 213 

 cause of scours, 212 



