. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. «90 TIIK FAUMKU iS STOCK BOOK. XXV. A Word About Goats. So much heen .said about the keeping of goats for their fleeee, that we "?ive a .suuimary of the faets in the case. The suhstance of what fol- lows was prepared by the writer for the American Encych)piBdia of Agri- culture, from which wo extract: As a food animal, neither the common goat nor its kids are nmch es- teemed in the United States. As for their milk, we seldom see them kept, except occasionally for the use of invali
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. «90 TIIK FAUMKU iS STOCK BOOK. XXV. A Word About Goats. So much heen .said about the keeping of goats for their fleeee, that we "?ive a .suuimary of the faets in the case. The suhstance of what fol- lows was prepared by the writer for the American Encych)piBdia of Agri- culture, from which wo extract: As a food animal, neither the common goat nor its kids are nmch es- teemed in the United States. As for their milk, we seldom see them kept, except occasionally for the use of invalids. In many countries,. AN(iOUA Hlf'K. however, as in some mountainous sections of P^urope and Asia, it is differ- ent. Large flocks are kept, not c)nly for their milk, but for tlie manu- facture of cheese. This is especially true of Switzerland. In ^Mexico and New Mexico large numbers arc kept. In some portions of , and in California, they are more or loss found. In mountainous, Ijarren regions where subsistence may scarc^ely be had for cattle, the goat may eventually find a place in the United States. Such, however, has not yet been the case with the exceptions named. Iloi'e and there goats are kept aliout stables for tlieii' supposed good effect on the health of the horses. Of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Louis, Mo. , N. D. Thompson & co.
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