9. Are there pure-bred bucks of good type in the district available 
for community service? 
10. How do prices range for pure-bred bucks, does, and kids? For 
common goats and grades? 
11. Where may I get definite information concerning pure-bred goats 
and their breeders? 
III. Can I manage goats properly in breeding? 
1. When is the best time to select does for breeding? 
2. What points should be considered especially in does for breed- 
ing? 
3. At what age are does at their best for breeding? 
4. At what time should the does freshen? 
5. When should the does be bred to secure kids in the fall and in 
the spring? 
6. Is it always possible to have does kid in the fall? 
7. How many kids may be expected at a time? 
8. What special care should be given a breeding buck? 
IV. Do I understand proper feeding and general management of mature 
goats? 
1. What is a good ration for bucks when off pasture? 
2. Under what conditions may goats be used on brush land? In 
orchards? 
3. What relation is there to the feeding of goats for milk production 
to the feeding of cows for the same purpose? 
4. Why is roughage and some succulent feed essential? What feeds 
are desirable for this purpose? 
5. What grain feeds will be most economical in this section? How 
much grain should be fed during the winter season? When on 
pasture? 
6. Why must the individuality of the goats be considered in feeding? 
7. What provisions should be made for exercise? 
8. What precautions should be taken in order to have food clean 
and wholesome? 
9. What provisions are made for salting? 
10. What provisions must be made for fresh water? 
V. Do I understand the proper care and feeding of kids? 
1. Why is it most satisfactory to allow the kids suckle their dams? 
2. What advantage is there in rearing kids dropped in the spring as 
compared with those born in the fall? 
3. How much milk do the kids require? 
4. How may the kids be fed successfully on cows' milk? 
5. Why should they have the milk first given by the mother? 
6. What is the best age for removing kids from the mother? 
7. At what age may the kids be weaned? 
8. Why are alfalfa and clover hays to be recommended? 
9. What is a good grain ration for the kids? 
10. What provisions should be made for their exercise? 
11. When and how should the male kids be castrated? 
12. For what purposes are the castrated male kids used? 
13. How are the kids marked for identification? 
14. How may goats be treated for lice? 
15. How are matured goats dehorned? How may the horns be pre- 
vented from developing on the kids? 
16. What is the best method of trimming the hoofs? 
17. What kind of a fence is best for goat inclosures? 
VI. Do I understand the more common troubles of goats? 
1. How do goats compare with other farm animals in regard to 
health? 
2. What are the symptoms of stomach worms? 
3. How may these parasites be prevented? 
4. How is the gasoline treatment given? The copper sulphate 
treatment ? 
5. What are the symptoms of takosis and Malta fever, and where 
can I secure definite information concerning these diseases 
should they occur? 
6. What is the difference between ordinary abortion and contagious 
abortion? How should abortion be treated? 
