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established in this country. The demand for these is 
great both here and abroad, causing the prices of healthy 
specimens of dairy qualities to 
be rather high. Impor- 
tations from milk goat regions in Europe are made by 
American importers and 
breeders. The future of this 
line is full of promise for a new 
industry of bounded limits. 
The Swiss goat of Saanen is 
the chief species of central 
Europe. It comes from the 
valleys of the Saanen and the 
Simmen and is characterized 
by its caqlor, which is wholly 
white, by the absence of 
horns and especially by its 
great production of milk. 
The Toggenburg, also a 
Swiss breed, and the Maltese, 
from the island of Malta, are 
noteworthy breeds of the milk 
goat. The Toggenburg is of 
a medium brownish color, but 
the Maltese is white. The 
hair of these breeds is usually 
short and rough, the beard 
long and heavy. The race 
has delicate heads, slender 
necks, long bodies, straight 
backs, thin legs and large, 
tender, hairless udders in the 
ewes. The bucks readily reach 
three feet in height. 
5. Milking qualities —With 
MILK GOATS 
Saanen goats at top and bottom; 
Toggenburg goat in the middle. 
