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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 14, 1920 
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A Contrary Milch Goat 
Last Spring, when my goat freshened 
for the first time, she gave me two kids, 
and did not bother any further with 
them ; would not let anyone go near her 
to draw milk for them. After 24 hours 
we managed to prevent her kicking and 
bucking long enough to milk her. and 
raised one kid on a milk bottle and nip¬ 
ple. The other died before we could milk 
the mother. So long as not milked she 
is a gentle animal, but her hind legs 
must still be held while milking, then 
she is quiet. Should she do this again in 
Spring, how soon after must she be 
milked? Should she have two kids, and 
not enough milk for both, is it safe to 
bring one up on another goat’s milk? If 
advisable should first feeding contain lime 
water in milk? MRS. J. F. 
Bellport, N. Y. 
In rare cases both goats aud cows will 
refuse to own their your" especially the 
first time. There are v; ways of in¬ 
ducing them to permit .. offspring to 
suck, but unless your goat is a very heavy 
producer I would advise you to dispose 
of her if she will not own her kids this 
next time, and if you cannot break her 
to stand quietly when milking. Person¬ 
ally I am as well suited with a doe that 
doesn’t claim her kids as with one that 
does, for when first born the kids can be 
easily taught to drink from a pan or 
bottle, and then they do not have the set¬ 
backs in their growth which comes to all 
kids when they are taken from their 
dam. 
Make a milking stand elevated from 
one to two feet from the floor. Place this 
against the wall, and when ready to milk 
stand your goat on it with her neck fas¬ 
tened in the stocks and a little feed be¬ 
fore her. If she attempts to kick push 
your head into her flanks, just in front 
of her hind leg. If you are gentle and 
persistent in almost every case you can 
overcome her meanness, and in a few 
days you will be surprised to see her get 
on the stand and wait for you when milk¬ 
ing time comes. 
You should let your kids suck as soon 
as they can stand, or if you raise them by 
hand milk the doe as soon as they are 
born, and feed the milk warm. Never 
give lime water unless you have a. bad 
case of indigestion, and then use it in 
modified milk. I think your doe will 
have enough milk for her kids, but if she 
has not add enough to it if you bottle- 
feed. or if they suck feed the other milk 
between meals. Warm it to about 85 or 
DO degrees, and if the other doe is far 
advanced in its lactation add about one- 
fourth the amount of water. w. G. s. 
Hope Farm Notes 
(Continued from page 310) 
I have, a dozen times ! I have gone so 
far as to offer to put up a sum of money 
to any worthy charity if the results of 
such pot tests do not show that a good 
part of the phosphorus in Barium-phos¬ 
phate is thus made available. 
Will the scientific men do it? 
No. Thus far they have all declined, 
for one reason or another. I think they 
all admit, however, that if the test'showed 
that the phosphate is made available it 
would prove this material to be a good 
reinforcement for manure. They also ad¬ 
mit that manure needs phosphorus as 
much as a cheese sandwich needs cheese. 
Why, then, do they not try it? 
The other day I heard some boys talk¬ 
ing. One asked why the teacher kept 
them after school. The reply was: 
”You may search me!” 
It would not be dignified for me to an¬ 
swer in the same way. I may be wrong, 
but it seems to me that some of our mod¬ 
ern farm scientists are like soldiers who 
build a strong fort around their well- 
tested methods or materials and then 
stand guard over them. No new proposi¬ 
tion will ever get into that fort until it has 
been well raked by shot and shell. That 
was true of both basic slag and lime when 
advocates of these things began their cam¬ 
paign, and I could mention other things. 
I think that in most cases practical 
farmers are ahead of the experiment sta¬ 
tion in demonstrating the true value of 
new ideas. Our scientific friends are ad¬ 
mirable watch dogs. If they will permit 
me to say so, they are often too much of 
the bulldog breed, with not as much imag¬ 
ination or kindly sense of distinguishing 
between friend and foe among newcomers 
as an Airedale or collie usually shows. 
To sum it up. 
Practical farmers who have tried it 
think Barium-phosphate a good reinforce¬ 
ment for manure or for plowing under 
with a green crop. It also gave me good 
results when used with sulphate of am¬ 
monia. It is not a “complete fertilizer,” 
and should not be used as such, as it sup¬ 
plies phosphorus and sulphur alone among 
the needed elements. I would not expect 
results from it on light, dry land, without 
organic matter. I rather think we shall 
find that the sulphide of barium will be 
very useful in some of our “dust sprays.” 
On the other hand, the scientific men, or 
most of them, do not apparently advise 
the use of this phosphate —and there you 
are! H. \v. c. 
Newitt : “Yes, old Goodman’s three 
boys are a bad lot. Two of them at least 
ought to be sent to jail.” Brown : “Some 
redeeming quality about the third one, 
eh?” Newitt: “Yes, he’s already there.” 
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