INDEX 



265 



Halter, for staking goats, 226 

 Hay for kids, 134, 135 



for mature goats, 186, 188 

 Head of goats, described in Stand- 

 ards Anglo-Nubian, 253 



Saanen, 254 



Toggenburg, 257 

 Health ordinances, governing goat 

 dairies, 49 



required for goat business, 7 



restored by goat milk, 70 



of goats, care of, 199-221 

 Heat, see Season 



Herder for goats, 159, 166, 168, 184 

 Hides of goats, 6 



market for, 66 



curing, 66 



used for furs, 66 

 Hofer, Andreas, imported buck, 10 

 Holly Lodge Shingle, imported 



buck, 14 

 Hoof and Mouth Disease, 9 

 Hoofs, see Feet 

 Horns of Anglo-Nubians, 77 



breeding them out, 144 



in dairy goats, 143 



danger of, 160 



how to detect, 144, 145 



rating, in Standards, Anglo- 

 Nubians, 253 

 Saanen, 255 

 Toggenburg, 257 



how to remove, see Disbudding 



of Swiss goats, 83 

 Hornless heads, indications of, 144— 



145, 149 

 Hospitals, for sick goats, 199 



use of goat milk in, 21, 50 

 Housing for goats, fresh does, 169 



plans for, 227-250 



Importations of milk goats to the 

 American colonies, 17th cen- 

 tury, 1-2 

 of Anglo-Nubians, in 1909, 13 



in 1913, 14 

 first impetus toward, 68 

 of Saanens, in 1913, 15 



in 1920, 17 

 from Switzerland, 1904-6, 9 

 to Spanish colonies, 16th century, 



4 

 Toggenburgs, in 1920, 17, 256-257 

 Inbreeding, as method of breeding, 

 108-113 

 in Anglo-Nubian breeds, 15 

 in Swiss breeds, 17 

 Increase of milk goats, 35, 39, 40 

 compared with cows, 50 

 sale of, 53-54 

 Indigestion, cause of, in kids, 132 



treatment for, 209 

 Industry, the milk goat, advanced 

 by community herds, 47 

 basis substantial, 32, 40 

 beginnings of interest in, 7, 10-19, 



68 

 bucks, pure bred, importance to, 



97 

 cheese, in its infancy, 66-58 

 dishonest dealers in, 42 

 future enlargement of, 36 

 foundation of, the household goat, 



26 

 grade herds, importance to, 35, 97 

 growth, indicated by amount of 

 capital invested in, 18 

 condensary, 18 

 journals and other literature, 



17-18 

 milk goats at livestock shows, 

 18 



