IN GOAT-KEEPING . 41 



If doe with kids is in box stall cut a small opening to allow 

 kids to run out and play, each soon learns its own home, same as 

 chicks. When weaning, provide separate compartment. 



Weigh the kids at regular intervals and keep the records for 

 reference. Keep records of milk production and other matters; 

 it will be found beneficial. 



Are goats noisy? Some are and some are not. Young goats 

 are more apt to be. Most does will bleat more or less for a few 

 days when separated from the kids, especially if left within hear- 

 ing. I think they get over it quicker if shut in the goat house 

 especially if there are other goats there. 



When tethering a goat, always use a chain with two or more 

 swivels ; let the iron bar be driven through a ring in the end and 

 close to the ground ; otherwise the chain will wind around the bar. 

 Another plan is to use two stakes with heavy wire between them 

 and a short chain with ring, to slide on the wire. If a large ring 

 is inserted in the wire two or three feet from each end, it will 

 prevent the sliding ring from reaching the stakes and getting fast 

 there. 



A lady living in Massachusetts, who has kept goats for ten 

 years, writes me as follows : 



"I have always used goat's milk la my cooking, finding it far 

 superior to cow's milk. I use it clear and in the same proportion 

 I should cow's milk, except I use less shortening. 



"A custard made in the proportion of two eggs and two level 

 tablespoonfuls sugar to a pint of goat's milk, baked very slowly, 

 is delicious, and we think that goat's milk in tea, cocoa and cof- 

 fee, gives a nnuch better flavor than cow's milk or cream. My 

 daughter makes delicious fudge, using goat's milk and leaving 

 out the ibutter. Ice-cream is smooth and rich made from the 

 goat's milk." 



Frequent grooming is beneficial and will help to make the 

 goat more friendly. 



A mature American doe weighing eighty-seven pounds, was 

 mated to a large, mature Swiss buck and produced one doe kid 

 which at thirteen weeks of age weighed twenty-five pounds. The 

 following season the same doe, weighing exactly the same, was 

 mated to a very young Nubian buck, not fully grown, and pro- 

 duced one doe kid which at eight weeks weighed twenty-five 

 pounds. In each case the kid received all the mother's milk until 

 weighing time. A % Swiss doe, mated to same Nubian buck and 

 kidding for first time produced twins; one doe and one buck, 

 which at eight weeks weighed 23 and 28 lbs., respectively. This 



