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Advantages of Goat-Keeping. [march, 



a ring which moves round it easily. Attached to the ring is 

 the tethering chain or rope with swivels in it. An ingenious 

 form of swivel is shown in the illustration. By its use the area 

 of grazing ground can be enlarged from time to time. With 

 the ordinary chain it is necessary to shift the peg several times 

 a day. The goat should wear a leather collar, of the sort made 

 for large dog? . 



It is absolutely necessary that the tethering arrangement ' 

 shall be well-made and work perfectly. Goats on obtaining 

 their liberty will quickly destroy trees by barking them, and 

 no hedge can stand against them. Being strong animals they 

 soon loosen a badly-driven peg. It is a good plan to give 

 goats the opportunity of barking faggot and other wood before 

 it is used for firewood. 



Goats do well even when wholly confined to an exercising 

 yard, if it is roomy and sunny. This plan simplifies feeding, 

 and, with care in littering, provides a quantity of excellent 

 manure. Goats so kept need to have their hoofs pared from 

 time to time, but this is a perfectly simple operation. 



Feeding. — In placing hay, green stuff, or indeed any food 

 before goats, it is necessary to arrange it so that it cannot be 

 wasted. Food which falls to the ground is not eaten. An 

 .economical way of feeding with hay is to place it in a box which 

 the goat can only reach by putting its head through a hole in 

 its stall. Green stuff should also be put in the bottom of a 

 box or in a rack with close staves. Pails in which food or 

 water is supplied should be dropped into a wooden frame so 

 that the}' cannot be upset. A lump of rock-salt, placed in a 

 box where it can be licked, is relished by goats. 



Mr. H. E. Hughes, an experienced goat-keeper, feeds his 

 goats in winter as follows : — Morning, coarse middlings and 

 bran, or oats, hay and water. Mid-day, hay. Evening, bran 

 and oats, chopped mangel and bran, green food (all possible), 

 water, hay and salt. Mr. Bossert, who has a large herd, feeds 

 as follows : — Middle of May to middle of August, grass and 

 hedge stuff. During winter months, hay and roots at 8 a.m., 

 acorns, cabbage and oats at noon; bran (quart to each), 

 or a little crushed oats or barley, hay and roots at 8 p.m. 

 Mr. Woodiwiss's dietary is as follows : — Summer, grass by 

 day, lucerne at night. Winter, cabbage or mangel and bran 



