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INDEX 



hides, not important to, at pres- 

 ent, 66 

 opportunities offered in, 73, 74 

 sources of, 6 



strengttiened by recent importa- 

 tions, 17 

 women's leadership in, 68-69 

 Infants, value of goat milli for, 23, 32 

 necessity of condensed milk in 

 cities, 18 

 Inheritance of milk capacity, 103 

 International Nubian Breeders' As- 

 sociation, 17 

 Invalids, value of goat milk for, 



22-24, 32 

 Iodine, use of, 131, 208 

 Ireland, source of some American 



stock, 12 

 Irish owners of milk goats, 2 

 Itch, treatinent for, 208 



Joints, weak at birth, 130 

 Journals, goat. Angora and Milk 

 Goat Journal, 17 

 Goat World, 18 



advertisements in, guide to pur- 

 chasers, 43 



Kale, as green feed, 185 



care of doe, 162 

 Kidding, signs of, 161 



care of doe, 161 

 Kids, bucks, how to judge, 104 

 care of in dairy herds, 124-150 

 in natural conditions, 89-94 

 in sickness, pox, 206 

 colic, 209 

 constipation, 210 

 scours, 211-214 

 detecting horns and disbudding, 



143-150 

 problem of milk for, 45-46 



profits from, 38 

 raising cost of, 41 

 raised by community center, 47 

 removal from mother, why ad- 

 visable, 173-174 



Lactation period, advantages of 

 early, 154 

 premature, 156 

 how to prolong, 177-178 

 short in native stock, 37 

 Laxative, goat milk, for infants, 23 



diet for goats, 213-214 

 Lice, 195, 219 



Linseed oil, use of, 209, 210, 214 

 Livestock shows, milk goats a fea- 

 ture, 18 

 preparing goats for, 194—196 

 necessary for profitable sales, 



55 

 value of winnings at, 104 

 Love of animals, necessary to goat 

 breeders, 71. 



Malnutrition, use of goat milk for, 



23 

 Malta Fever, 5, 207 

 Maltese goats, 5 



Mammitis, treatment for, 215-217 

 Management, differences in, 95 



of range herds, 53 

 Mange, treatment for, 208 

 Mangels, as succulent feed, 185 

 Market for goat products, from 

 range herds, 54 



cheese, 57 



hides, 66 



fertilizer, 67 



milk, 49-50, 72 

 Meat of goats, 6, 53, 64-66 

 Mexico, goats in, origin of. 5, 6, 14 



milk type among, 12 



