1908.] 



Advantages of Goat-Keeping. 



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for first meal ; oats for second ; hay for third. Tree 

 branches and hedge trimmings when available. 



The small holder and cottager can utilise all sorts of odds 

 andjends. The great thing is to vary the food as much as 

 possible and to give enough, but not too much. All corn is 

 appreciated by goats, but a very little is sufficient. It is a 

 good thing to dry pea-bines and such things in the summer 

 and store them along with the hay. By taking thought the 

 cost of feeding goats in the winter can be reduced to a low 

 figure. Even the dietary of bought foods adopted by Mr. 

 Hughes does not cost all the year round more than sixpence a 

















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1. — Ordinary spring hook and swivel tethering chain ; 2. — Extending tether. 

 (A), the tether; (B), extension rope attached to (A) by wooden toggle; (C), peg to 

 be driven in ground. The length of the tether can be increased by inserting the toggle 

 in the loops a, b, r, d, e,f, as may be desired. 



week. Other goat-keepers put the cost of goat-keeping at 

 various sums between 3d. and 4^. per week to is. 6d. 



Although goats will eat " almost anything," the food 

 must be clean and be placed in clean vessels. Nor must the 

 animals be suddenly taken from dry or dryish foods to grass 

 or vegetables, or " scouring " will result. Although, too, goats 

 are not hard to please in the matter of housing, they must have 

 air and ample ventilation along with freedom from draughts. 



Housing. — Many goats, like dogs, seem to prefer to sleep on 

 benches rather than on litter. It is best to give them the choice 

 of bench or litter. Litter is necessary to keep the house dry 

 and sweet unless it is cleaned out daily, which is an un- 

 economical proceeding when there is a garden or land needing 



