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. 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 SO-CALLED "NATI\T GOAT" 3 Reasons for This Degeneracy.—Why were they so indifferent to the goat, these early settlers of the Atlantic seaboard? Why did the milk goat, elsewhere so honored and valued, fall into such obscurity in the United States ? The answer is found in certain fundamental laws which govern the development of agriculture as a Fig. 1.—A "native" goat, showing the results of many erener
. 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 SO-CALLED "NATI\T GOAT" 3 Reasons for This Degeneracy.—Why were they so indifferent to the goat, these early settlers of the Atlantic seaboard? Why did the milk goat, elsewhere so honored and valued, fall into such obscurity in the United States ? The answer is found in certain fundamental laws which govern the development of agriculture as a Fig. 1.—A "native" goat, showing the results of many ereneratinns of neglect in breeding and selection. The milk type has been lost, the udder is almost invisible, the body awkward and heavy, the goat rough. Goats attain their greatest importance at the two ex- treme stages of agricultural progress—the first and the last—the primitive nomadic stage and the final crowded, frugal, and highly intensive stage. During the first stage agriculture is still undeveloped and unstable, and herds must depend for their sustenance upon range feed-. 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 Richards, Irmagarde. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectgoats, bookyear1921