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INDEX 



Subnitrate of bismuth, use of, 213 

 Sulphocarbolate, use of, 209, 211, 



213, 214 

 Supply of milk goats in California, 

 11-15 



in Switzerland, 7 



in the United States, 32 



of native stock, 6, 11 



of grades, 34-36, 43 



of pure breds, 33-34 



relation to demand and price, 40 

 Supply of milk, for household, two 

 goats necessary, 45 



from range herds, 51 



from Anglo-Nubians, 79 

 Swiss goats, breeds, see Saanen and 

 Toggenburg 



in America, 9, 17 



bucks, 10 



grades, 14 



limited breeding season, 45 

 Switzerland home of milk goats, 8 

 Syringe, fountain, 202 



bulb for administering medicines, 

 197 



Takosis, a disease of goats, 207 

 Taste, of goat milk, 20-21 

 Teats, of Anglo-Nubians, 79 



of Swiss goats, 83 

 Teeth of goats, care of, 126, 218 



indicating age, 153, 154 

 Tell, William, imported buck, 10 

 Temperament, see Disposition 

 Temperature, normal for goats, 203 



of milk for kids, 213 

 Thermometer, clinical, 202 



for cheese, 60 

 Toggenburg goats, in Switzerland, 9 



importations, 9, 17 



origin, 80, 82 



characteristics, 80-83 

 for range herds, 85 

 variations in color, 256 

 Tricolor Toggenburgs, 256 

 Trocar, use of, 210 

 Tuberculosis, goats resistant to, 21 

 importance of goat milk in com- 

 bating, 21 

 Turpentine, use of as medicine, 209 



210, 214, 215 

 Type of milk goats, Alpine, 12 

 milk or dairy, see Dairy 

 island, 12 

 breed, see Standards 



necessary in bucks, 102-103 

 strengthened by inbreeding, 107 

 Tyrol, source of Mexican goats, 11 



Udder of milk goats, of Anglo- 

 Nubians, 79 

 caked, see Mastitis 

 care of, 169-170, 175, 177, 217 

 described in Standards, 253, 254, 



257 

 of Swiss goats, 83 

 Unguentine, use of, 149, 217 



Vaccines, Calf Scour, 211 



Pox, 207 

 Vagina, prolapse of, 217 

 Value of goat milk, 20-24 

 Vetch, for goafs, 139, 185 

 Vigor, vitality, importance in 

 bucks, 102-103, 112-113 



how maintained 117, 139, 154 



rated in Standards, 255, 257 

 Vocation, goat breeding as a, 32-38 



for women, 68-75 



to restore health, 70 



Water, importance to milk yield, 

 169 



