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PROFIT AND PLEASURE 



blood. There is no doubt that by a combination of Nubian or 

 Anglo-Nubian and the Swiss breeds handsome animals and splen- 

 did milkers are to be obtained. The poor quality milk, as regards 

 butter fat, which is the one failing of Swiss goats as milkers, is 

 compensated for by the Eastern blood, the milk of the Anglo-Nu- 

 bian being much richer. The crossing of the Nubian with the com- 

 mon short-haired goat has been practiced in France with the same 

 degree of success as in England. The Nubian goat, like the Mam- 

 ber or Syrian has the character of giving milk very rich in butter 

 fat, and this quality is shared by the Anglo-Nubian as a rule, 

 while the Toggenburg and other Swiss breeds yields a milk that is 

 always poor in this constituent. A good illustration of this fact 

 which has been proved by repeated experiments is shown by the 

 Analyst's Report of the milks of goats competing for the milking 

 prize at the Dairy Show of 19 07, in which it is clearly demonstrat- 

 ed that the Anglo-Nubian leads all others." 



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Va NUBIAN DOE KID 10 months 

 old from author's herd. 



The author and a 

 SWISS KIDS, 



pair of NUBIAN- 

 4 weeks old. 



PEDIGREE. 



Pedigree should always be carefully considered, whether one 

 IS purchasiii| pure breed or utility stock, for the reason that all 

 pure breed does are not necessarily heavy producers and utility 

 stock ceases to be such if not continually bred from the best milk- 

 ers; the term best milkers" applies with equal force to both sire 

 and dam and a sire that is all right in every other way and yet 



7i M^ i,^'^'^l*V ^""^ T^''^^^ ^^^°^^ ^hoi^ld be discarded. Our 

 Am. Milch Goat Record Association affords ample facilities for 

 tracing the purity of registered stock, but unfortunately we have 

 as yet no way m which one may ascertain from the records the 



li^uXt'^l '^ ""{ ^'''^ '' '''^^' ^^^t^«^ P^'-^ breed or 

 Se e]]tt;/f P|^rchaser must rely entirely upon the ^^ord of 

 the seller and for this reason it is advisable to deal only with 

 breeders of known reputation and reliability. 



PURE BREED STOCK. 



aT.npIl°i!°' "^^ ^^' ^™P^f ^^'^^ *o ^^^e^t- pure-breed stock must 

 appeal strongly; among them are many animals of great beauty 

 and some wonderful milkers, and to produce in one's own herd a 



