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the human. When the udder is clean and the does are properly 

 milked, the milk has no obnoxious flavor. 



Breeds or varieties of milk-producing goats are found in vari- 

 ous countries, some of which have been especially bred for their 

 value as milkers. The common goat of America and the Angora 

 produce milk, but in small quantities, and there are no milking 



Fig. 316. El Chivars Geneva 65, a Toggenburg doe in milking stand, owned by 



Winthrop Howland, Redlands, California. This doe produced 2124 pounds of 



milk in ten months in official testing at the University of California Agricultural 



Experiment Station. From photograph, by courtesy of Mr. Howland 



families of these. The following are prominent breeds in milk pro- 

 duction and are considered somewhat in their order of importance 

 from an American or British viewpoint. 



The Toggenburg goat. This breed is raised more particularly 

 in the Toggenburg valley in northeastern Switzerland, where it 

 has been bred for centuries. This goat is a medium brown in color, 

 with a white band passing along down each side of the face from 

 eyes to mouth. The breed is rather slender and lean of body and 



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