. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE MILCH GOAT 681 by the 25 Jerseys in the Station herd was .92 cent. At the CaUfornia Experiment Station at Davis the cost of feed per year averaged $, the cost of a gallon of milk cents, and a pound of butter fat cents, while the cost for milk from the cows in the herd was cents per gallon, and a pound of butter fat cents. It is to be noted in the above records that a charge at its market value was made for all food eaten, but there are various conditions where people may keep goats at nominal expense for feeds, making us
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE MILCH GOAT 681 by the 25 Jerseys in the Station herd was .92 cent. At the CaUfornia Experiment Station at Davis the cost of feed per year averaged $, the cost of a gallon of milk cents, and a pound of butter fat cents, while the cost for milk from the cows in the herd was cents per gallon, and a pound of butter fat cents. It is to be noted in the above records that a charge at its market value was made for all food eaten, but there are various conditions where people may keep goats at nominal expense for feeds, making use of by-products about the Fig. 322. Milking the goat in Switzerland. This doe shows the characteristic features of the Schwarzhal, though probably not pure bred. Reproduced from a Swiss postal card Importations of milch-goats to America began in 1893, when Mr. W. A. Shafor of Ohio brought to this country 4 Toggenburg goats which he purchased in England. In May, 1904, Mr. F. S. Peer of New York imported 16 Toggenburg and 10 Saanen goats to this country for Messrs. W. J. Cohill of Maryland, R. N. Riddle of New Jersey, W. M. Decker of New York, and S. K. Bayley of Massachusetts. Mr. Cohill also secured 2 goats from Carl Hagenback at the World's Fair, St. Louis, in 1904, that Hagenback had brought from the Black Forest of Germany. These are supposed to be Schwarzwald goats. In 1905 Professor Thompson imported 68 Maltese goats, as noted on page ^JJ. R Digitized by Microsoft®. 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 Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston, New York, Ginn
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