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animal. Mr. H. S. Holmes Pegler, Secretary of the British Goat 

 Society and a recognized authority upon the subject says : 



"This breed is said to be the result of a cross between the 

 White Appenzell and the Chamoisee. The hair is usually short 

 although with some of the bucks it is quite long and shaggy. Most 

 specimens are hornless and in color they are uniformly of a light 

 or occasionally rather dark drab, best described as mouse color, 

 with white or grayish markings. There is always a streak on each 

 side of the face and on the legs between the thighs and from the 

 knees downward. It is of medium size with slender neck. The 

 average height of the doe is from 28 to 29 inches at the shoulder, 

 although exceptional specimens are somewhat larger. It is gen- 

 erally a good milker, quiet and docile. As a set-off against the 

 liberal production of milk, it must be observed that the quality is 

 poor, the milk of this breed and indeed of most Swiss varieties be- 

 ing deficient in butter fat." 



Dr. Gordon's Toggejiburg Buck "All Baba" No. 412 Champion and First 

 Prize at Bochester Exposition, Sept. 1913, Age 3 Years, Height 36 inches at 

 shoulder. Weight 175 pounds. 



The U. S. Gov't Bulletin, previously referred to, says regards 

 ■\ng the Toggenburg : 



"This breed is called the aristocrat of the milch goat family; 

 there are some breeds that are more hardy perhaps, some that are 

 more prolific, some that will show occasional individuals of great- 

 er milk production, and several that present a more robust appear- 

 ance, but the Toggenburg seems to combine in itself more of these 

 characteristics in high degree than any other breed." 



The Saanen, vifhich is really the only other pure breed Swiss 

 goat represented in this country, is much more scarce than the 



