. Modern milk goats : status of the milk goat industry; methods of profitable milk production; care and management of commercial herds and household goats . Goats. THE HEART OF THE HERD—THE DOES 153 fed, she needs the same free space for exercise, and the same play apparatus that were recommended for the kids. Her feet will need watching, too, if she is not on range. Age to Breed.—When is she old enough to breed'{ " Mother Nature " says in the first fall of her life, at six to eight months old, according to the month of her birth. Many breeders follow this rule of Nature, others very
. Modern milk goats : status of the milk goat industry; methods of profitable milk production; care and management of commercial herds and household goats . Goats. THE HEART OF THE HERD—THE DOES 153 fed, she needs the same free space for exercise, and the same play apparatus that were recommended for the kids. Her feet will need watching, too, if she is not on range. Age to Breed.—When is she old enough to breed'{ " Mother Nature " says in the first fall of her life, at six to eight months old, according to the month of her birth. Many breeders follow this rule of Nature, others very earnestly ad- vise holding the young doe to the age of eighteen months, so that she will come fresh the first time at about the age of two years, when she has completed her own body growth. The latter practice has much to recommend it, both in theory and in the excellent results obtained when it has been followed consistently in building up a herd. It is certainly the safest rule, and the breeder who has the courage to adhere to it year after year finds his reward in. rrrrn rcAiff TELLING THE AGE BV THE TEETH Fic. 4R.—Goats, like sheep and eattle, have no front teeth on the upper jaw—simply a hard pad of gristle. They have eight front teeth on the lower jaw, and under one year of age these are " sucking teeth," small and sharp. At about one year the centre pair drop out, and are replaced by two larger per- manent teeth. Between the twentieth and twenty-fourth month two more large teeth appear, one on each side of the first pair. In the third >'ear two more come in, and in the fourth year the last pair—one at each corner. At seven or eight years some of these teeth niay become broken or fall out, or may be knocked out b>- accident before that time. Frequently, however, goats' teeth develop much more quickly than shown above, and many have their full mouth between the third and fourth year. Bulletin No. 64, Goat Raising in British Oolunibia. Depart- men
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