The kids soon become accustomed 

 to the bottle and attached to the 

 person who feeds them. 



2Q PROFIT AND PLEASURE 



water, made by pouring boiling Avater on a half pint of common 

 oat meal and straining after it has cooled to luke-warm; the oat 

 meal itself can be saved and fed to the other goats Goats usuaiU 



kid during the night and i 

 prepare the oatmeal wateras 

 soon as I discover the kids 

 and then follow with a bran 

 mash, made by pouring boil- 

 ing water over a quart of 

 bran and covering same with 

 a cloth or blanket and allow- 

 ing to stand for several 

 hours when it should be fed 

 just as it is; this has a good 

 effect on the bowels and at 

 the same time is very good 

 feed. Do not begin to feed 

 grain again for several days 

 and then start in with a 

 small allowance and see that 

 the drinking water is not real 



r -.- cold. It sometimes happens 



that the udder becomes over-distended before kidding; in such 

 cases a portion of the milk should be withdrawn. 



CARE OF THE KIDS. 



The kids are usually on their feet in an hour or so after birth 

 and soon find their mother's teats. If they fail to nurse in three 

 or four hours, it is well to give them a start; usually one lesson 

 will suffice. It is very essential that they get the first milk or col- 

 astrum, which while unfit for 

 human consumption, is very 

 helpful to the new-born kid, 

 starting his digestive system 

 off in proper shape. The flow 

 of milk at first is usually no 

 more than the kids require, 

 but if the udder indicates a 

 surplus, it is a good plan to 

 milk it out once a day until 

 the kids consume it all. 



When milk is the prim- 

 ary consideration and the 

 kids are not considered 

 worth raising, they may be 

 killed before starting to 

 nurse, when the mother 

 will miss them less, and . , . ^ ,, , 



,, , -11 1 IT Feeder for rearing kinds by hand 



the goat milked regularly, (From an Eng-lisn publication.) 



