. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Washington, D. C. Contribution from the Forest Service HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester. PROFESSIONAL PAPER April 30,1919 PRODUCTION OF GOATS ON FAR WESTERN RANGES. By W. R. Chapline, Grazing Examiner. The goat range problem Range suitable for goats Management of the goat range Management of a range herd of goats. Kidding CONTENTS. Page. | 1 2 6 11 18 Selection of goats for the range. Breeding Costs and receipts Summary Page. 26 30 31 32 THE GOAT RANGE PROBLEM. On far western ranges goats are raised mainly for mohair and meat
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Washington, D. C. Contribution from the Forest Service HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester. PROFESSIONAL PAPER April 30,1919 PRODUCTION OF GOATS ON FAR WESTERN RANGES. By W. R. Chapline, Grazing Examiner. The goat range problem Range suitable for goats Management of the goat range Management of a range herd of goats. Kidding CONTENTS. Page. | 1 2 6 11 18 Selection of goats for the range. Breeding Costs and receipts Summary Page. 26 30 31 32 THE GOAT RANGE PROBLEM. On far western ranges goats are raised mainly for mohair and meat and secondarily for milk and hides. On farms they are val- uable also for clearing brush. The possibility of clearing brushy areas by heavy stocking with goats and the excessive overgrazing and injury to the range which has resulted on many goat ranges from lack of proper management have created the impression that goat grazing can not be conducted without unwarranted damage to range and timber reproduction. Furthermore, a lack of proper se- lection, care, and management of the range goats has resulted in a low average production of mohair and meat and small profits. There are individuals, however, who have improved their methods of man- agement for the range and the goats so that they have eliminated overgrazing and injury to the range and established a profitable business. The adoption of similar improved methods more generally by range goat growers would greatly decrease injury to the range and to tree growth and watersheds where these are factors, and would place the range goat industry upon a more stable and re- munerative basis. The goat range problem to-day has three important phases: first, determining the character of range suitable for goat grazing; second, developing methods of management of goat range which will insure profitable production of goats without detriment to cattle and sheep raising, timber reproduction, watershed protection, and other uses of S4091°
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