. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 680 SHEEP The weight of milch goats varies considerably. Voorhies states ^ that mature Toggenburg bucks weigh from no to 140 pounds and the does from 100 to 140 pounds, while Saanen bucks weigh from 17s to 200 pounds and the does from no to 140 pounds. In England, according to " Home Counties," ^ the heaviest weights of goats published have been 170 pounds for a six-year-old Anglo- Nubian nanny and 195 pounds for a billy of the same breed. The size is not regarded as of prime importance. T. F. Jager, in submitting standards of both Togge
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 680 SHEEP The weight of milch goats varies considerably. Voorhies states ^ that mature Toggenburg bucks weigh from no to 140 pounds and the does from 100 to 140 pounds, while Saanen bucks weigh from 17s to 200 pounds and the does from no to 140 pounds. In England, according to " Home Counties," ^ the heaviest weights of goats published have been 170 pounds for a six-year-old Anglo- Nubian nanny and 195 pounds for a billy of the same breed. The size is not regarded as of prime importance. T. F. Jager, in submitting standards of both Toggenburgs and Saanens for criti- cism in a report on the first American milch-goat show, held in Rochester, New York, in 1913, suggests 130 to 180 pounds for Toggenburg bucks and 80 to no pounds for the does, and 140 to 180 pounds for Saanen bucks and 100 to 150 pounds for the does. The age attained by milch goats naturally varies. They have been known to live to be sixteen years old, but will probably attain to ten or twelve years of age with reasonable care. ,The doe is in her prime at from five to seven years of age. The cost of producing goat's milk is a subject of interest to many people who desire to keep this animal if the expense is not too great. In extensive experimental feeding at the New York Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, the average cost of the food per month varied from 48 to 99 cents, while the average cost of the food for a year was ^i , a daily expense of 3 cents. The food cost of the milk for a period of three years was cents per quart, while the lowest cost was for the Saanen goat No. II, of cents per quart. During the same period of time the average cost of a quart of milk that was produced 1 Bulletin 28^, University of California Agricultural Experiment Station, September, 1917. ^ The Case for the Goat. London, Fig. 321. A pair of fine young Saanen goats. From photograph by the author, talcen at Interlaken, Switzerland Digitize
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