THE MILCH GOAT 



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by the 25 Jerseys in the Station herd was .92 cent. At the 

 CaUfornia Experiment Station at Davis the cost of feed per year 

 averaged $11.25, the cost of a gallon of milk 6.4 cents, and a 

 pound of butter fat 22.9 cents, while the cost for milk from the 

 cows in the herd was 8.3 cents per gallon, and a pound of butter 

 fat 24.4 cents. It is to be noted in the above records that a 

 charge at its market value was made for all food eaten, but there 

 are various conditions where people may keep goats at nominal 

 expense for feeds, making use of by-products about the place. 



Fig. 322. Milking the goat in Switzerland. This doe shows the characteristic 

 features of the Schwarzhal, though probably not pure bred. Reproduced from 



a Swiss postal card 



Importations of milch- goats to America began in 1893, when 

 Mr. W. A. Shafor of Ohio brought to this country 4 Toggenburg 

 goats which he purchased in England. In May, 1904, Mr. F. S. 

 Peer of New York imported 16 Toggenburg and 10 Saanen 

 goats to this country for Messrs. W. J. Cohill of Maryland, 

 R. N. Riddle of New Jersey, W. M. Decker of New York, and 

 S. K. Bayley of Massachusetts. Mr. Cohill also secured 2 goats 

 from Carl Hagenback at the World's Fair, St. Louis, in 1904, 

 that Hagenback had brought from the Black Forest of Germany. 

 These are supposed to be Schwarzwald goats. In 1905 Professor 

 Thompson imported 68 Maltese goats, as noted on page ^JJ. 



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