Profit and pleasure in goat-keeping; a practical conservative treatise presenting in concrete form the advantages of the modern milch goat, the various breeds, their care and management . h arelish, some requiring more and some less to keep them incondition. Young stock must be kept growing and it requiressufficient foot and plenty of exercise. Give them a chance to runand jump and watch them grow. Right here it may be well to advise caution in starting goatson pasture after a winter of confinement. The green food tastesgood and they are apt to eat too much. Let them have only a shorttime, (sa
Profit and pleasure in goat-keeping; a practical conservative treatise presenting in concrete form the advantages of the modern milch goat, the various breeds, their care and management . h arelish, some requiring more and some less to keep them incondition. Young stock must be kept growing and it requiressufficient foot and plenty of exercise. Give them a chance to runand jump and watch them grow. Right here it may be well to advise caution in starting goatson pasture after a winter of confinement. The green food tastesgood and they are apt to eat too much. Let them have only a shorttime, (say half an hour) the first day, and increase gradually untilthey become accustomed to the change. The same pasture lotshould not be used continuously unless it is large or the number ofgoats small so as to afford constant change. While one acre wouldbe sufficient for two or three goats for two seasons, it should notbe used after that as there is danger of their becoming infect&lfrom fouled ground. Move them to another lot and have the firstone ploughed and planted—in other words rotate. Goats will not thrive on low marshy land. Rough land suitsthem best, but it should be SCHWARZENBURG-GUGGISBURGERExcellent milkers taut scarce in the U. S. 24 PROFIT AND PLEASURE If proper pasturing cannot be obtained, it is much better tokeep them confined to a run just large enough for exercise andbring their green food to them. Autumn leaves gathered and stored when dry make excellentwinter feed and very economical bedding which, however, is notnecessary except in very cold weather, goats preferring barewooden floor, if dry and elevated above the regular floor. Goatsusually refuse plants that are poisonous to them but sometimeswhen hungry for green food may take a chance. It is well tokeep them away from Privet and Rhododendrons. HOUSING. The editor of a popular agricultural journal recently wroteme on the goat subject and from his letter I quote the following: The trouble is that the a
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