INDEX 



267 



natural habits of goats shown 



among, 89 

 source for foundation stock in the 

 U. S., 52 

 Milk of goats, special qualities, 20- 

 24. 

 cream from, 63 

 of Anglo-Nubian, 79 

 composition of, 251-252 

 Milk, care of, 240-242 

 Milk house, 240 

 Milk type, see Dairy type 

 Milker, developing a heavy, 172-177 

 Milking, arrangements, 173, 174, 175, 

 176 

 bench, 237, 240, 241 

 operation of, 170-171 

 room, 235-240 



Nature and the milk goat, 6, 88-95 

 Natural habits of goats, age for 

 breeding, 152-153 



inbreeding, 112 



travel, 159, 166-167 

 Native goat, so-called, of America, 

 2, 6, 7 



basis of milk goat industry, 34, 97 



as family goat, 42-43 



of Mexico, 11 



price of, 37 



for ran^e herds, 52 



to start with small capital, 73 



types to choose, 84^85 

 Navel of new born kids, care of, 126, 



131 

 Neck of goats, described in Stand- 

 ards, Anglo-Nubians, 253 



Saanens, 254 



Toggenburgs, 257 

 Neutchatel cheese, 59 



Nipples, for feeding kids, 126, 128 

 used on boxes, 245, 246, 247 

 prevent scours, 212 



Nitrous ether, use of, 206 



Normal salt solution, use of, 165 



Nubian goats, 77 



Nutritive ratio, see Rations 



Oat hay for goats, 140 



nutritive ratio, 182 

 Occupation of goat breeding, see 



Vocation 

 Odor of goats, bucks carry odor in 

 season, 20 

 clean does free from, 20 

 Anglo-Nubian bucks, 97-98, 101 

 Oil-cake meal, nutritive ratio, 182 

 Ophthalmia, Treatment for, 207 

 Origin of Anglo-Nubian goats, 76 

 Mexican goats, 4—6, 12, 14 

 American goats, so-called, 1, 2 

 ' Swiss goats, 80 



Pan feeding kids, 127-129 

 arrangements for, 245 

 likely to cause scours, 212 

 stanchions for, 133 

 Pasture, cause of foot-rot, 208 

 of worms, 220 

 see Range 

 Peas, field, for green feed, 185 

 Pedigrees guarded by record asso- 

 ciations, 15 

 should show milk record, 104 

 Pens for kidding does, 124, 126, 

 162, 228, 235 

 for kids, 136-137, 245 

 Pets, milk goats as, 29, 32 

 Peppermint, use of, 209, 210, 211, 



213 

 Petrolatum, use of, 209, 210 



