FEEDING SHEEP AND GOATS 333 
The number of goats in other States is very small, and it is safe 
to say that the goats kept in them do not often receive any special 
attention as to feed or care; they are, as a rule, kept in very small 
flocks and are left to browse and find their feed along the roadside, 
on vacant town lots, and in waste places. 
As in the case of sheep, there are two distinct types of goats: 
One kept on account of their fleece, and the other type for milk 
production. - The former, which are by far the more numerous in 
this country, are represented by the Angora goat, whose fleece fur- 
nishes the mohair fiber; the latter by imported milch breeds, espe- 
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Fia. 96.—An imported Swiss milch goat. (Toggenburg.) These goats will produce over 1000 
pounds of milk per year, or about one-fourth as much as an ordinary dairy cow. (Peterson.) 
cially Swiss milch goats. Angoras in the far western States and in 
the north central States serve a useful purpose in keeping down 
the underbrush; in California and other western States they are 
used for keeping the fire lines in the forest reserves open and free 
from underbrush. The goats greatly relish the fresh leaves and 
buds and tender twigs of bushes and deciduous trees, and keep in 
good, healthy condition on this feed with what pasturage they may 
find. Grain is only fed when they are fattened for slaughtering. 
Milch Goats.—While the Angora goats will do well on brush- 
wood alone, the milch goats require a more varied feed to give milk 
of good quality and flavor and to produce milk during a full lacta- 
tion period (Fig. 96). Goats’ milk contains about 4.8 per cent 
