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days produced 2158 pounds of milk testing 3.37 per cent fat, 

 with a total content of 72.8 pounds fat.^ This remarkable yield 

 was from a goat weighing about 108 pounds. Fanette 151, owned 

 by Mr. Rowland, in one lactation period produced in twelve months 

 2680 pounds of milk and 12 pounds 10 ounces in her best daily 

 yield. This is a hardy breed and wil-l do well under a wide range 

 of conditions of latitude and elevation. 



The Saanen goat derives its name from the Saanen valley in 

 Switzerland. It is the largest breed of that country, is lean and 

 lank, is pure white or creamy white of color, and in general has 

 short hair over the body excepting along the spine and at flanks 

 and lower thighs. It also has a beard. Thompson says : 



The does are especially beautiful, with slim, long, graceful necks and clean, 

 breedy-looking heads. The head of the buck is decidedly masculine, but does 

 not have the serious look of the Toggenburger. The breast is well developed ; 

 as a rule the udder is very pretty and is carried high. This is considered 

 a hornless breed, but, as with the Toggenburger, occasionally one is found 

 with horns. 



There are many fine milkers in this breed, though the average 

 w''l not show to qj te so' good an advantage as the Toggenburg. 

 PecT states chat "the best of them are probably the best in the 

 world, giving from five to six quarts per day of the very best 

 quality.' Thompson gives a statement of ten goats which made 

 annual records ranging from 423 to 951 quarts. In 191 1, at the 

 New York State Experiment Station at Geneva, the Saanen doe 

 No. II produced 1845 pounds of milk.^ The two-year-old doe 

 Swiss Echo 390, owned by J. S. Comins of Michigan, in a little 

 less than eight months produced 2374 pounds of milk. 



The Maltese goat is especially bred on the island of Malta in 

 the Mediterranean Sea. This island of 95 square miles supports 

 a population of about 200,000 people, and nearly 30,000 goats 

 and 900 cows are used in milk production. Describing this goat, 

 Pegler says ^ : 



1 E. C. Voorhies, The Milch Goat in California. Bulletin 28s, University of 

 California Agricultural Experiment Station, September, 1917. 



2 Goat's Milk for Infant Feeding. Bulletin 42g, New York Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, February, 1917. 



" The Book of the Goat, 1910. 



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