34 BULLETIN 1749, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
bed ground, poor condition of the goats throughout the year, slow 
growth of goats and mohair, and much ie and even deaths at 
critical periods. In addition, the use of a single bed ground may 
cause injury to timber reproduction, erosion, oy possibly a eit 
tion of the water supply. 
The use of many bed grounds makes possible a more even utiliza- 
tion of the forage, the elimination of overgrazing, the recuperation of 
the overgrazed areas, the use of the forage at the most advantageous 
time, the reserving of an ample supply of suitable feed for critical 
periods of the year, and in short the successful application of proper 
range management. The benefits to the range of proper manage- 
ment, the elimination of driving and trailing of the goats, and the 
possibility of having the goats on fresh choice feed at all times not 
only permit the grazing of a greater number of goats but also re- 
sult in raising a greater percentage of kids and in greater growth 
of goats and mohair. The mohair is of greater value because it is 
cleaner and of a more even staple. 
The success attained by the use of many bed grounds leads to 
the conclusion that the bedding-out system, whereby the goats are 
quietly and openly grazed for short distances during the day and 
bedded where night overtakes them, would give even better results 
to range and goats and allow for as erazing of even a greater num- 
ber than hare each bed ground is ned fey only several consecutive 
nights. 
The kidding range should be so located, and the time ef kidding 
so adjusted, as to avoid severe storms and to insure ample green feed. 
The use of individual kidding pens, good management in either the 
toggle or pen system, care in secing that each doe properly mothers 
her kid, and that metherless kids are given to does which have lost 
their kids will result in a larger and more thrifty kid erep. 
The range goat should be the large, well-built, early-maturing 
Angora, producing a large quantity of fine mohair. The does should 
be uniform, of good size, have good constitutions, be good producers 
of mohair, and should produce sufficient milk to insure proper 
growth of kids. The bucks should more nearly approximate the 
ideal than the does; they should be large, vigorous, and produeers 
of a large quantity of high-quality mohair. Only those wethers 
which produce a very large quantity of fine mohair should be re- 
tained in the herd after they are two years old. 
For breeding purposes both the bucks and does should be in a 
thrifty condition and over 18 months of age. When bucks are placed 
with the does at night and are fed grain in addition to good pas- 
turage they may serve 50 or more Aine with success. 
