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PROFIT AND PLEASURE 



THE AMERICAN OR NATIVE GOAT. 



A lady who had just been looking over my little herd, turned 

 to me and said, ' ' Why ! I never had any idea there were goats iiKe 

 these; I always thought 'a goat was a goat.' " So it is with the 

 great majority; when they hear or read of goats, their mmd at 

 once reverts to the common, coarse featured, bearded goat^which 

 one meets with in the suburbs of our cities and which is apt to be 



a non-descript animal of un- 

 certain value. Of course, it 

 sometimes happens that 

 among them are found fairly 

 good milkers, but as a rule 

 they have been bred without 

 any regard to the records of 

 Sire and Dam and an invest- 

 ment except after the most 

 strict investigation is more 

 or less of a lottery. Most of 

 these are kept by people of 

 foreign birth, and if they 

 happen to have an animal 

 that is a good milker they 

 naturally advance the price 

 accordingly, the usual charge being from $10.00 to $20.00. 



A TYPICAL ANGORA PROM MRS. 

 ARMBR'S HERD 



SWISS GOATS. 



Switzerland has long been noted for its Milch Goats, and Mr. 

 P. S. Peer, who visited that country in 1904 for the purpose of 

 selecting and purchasing for import to the United States the best 

 animals to be obtained, remarks as follows ; 



"The goat of Switzerland is the Swiss peasant's cow, tlie 

 Swiss baby's foster motlier, a blessing to sanitariums for invalids, 

 and a god-send to the poor." 



Mr. Peer imported at that time some thirty animals of the 

 Toggenburg and Saanen breeds and these, together with a few 

 previous small importations furnished the foundation of the pres- 

 ent supply of pure breeds in this country — all importations since 

 1905 having been prohibited by the U. S. Government. 



It has been definitely proved that the Swiss Goat is superior 

 to the ordinary American breed and while the pure Swiss is neces- 

 sarily scarce and high-priced, there has nevertheless been incorpo- 

 I'ated much Swiss blood with that of our best American or native 

 goats and these "grade" or "cross breed" animals are freely 

 sought for by people who realize their advantages. 



The Toggenburg is the most popular and numerous of 

 the pure breed Swiss goats in this country and is a very attractive 



