. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE MILCH GOAT ^77 As with most breeds, the color varies considerably from white or grey to black, whilst some are spotted. Those I have kept or seen have been gener- ally either greyish-white or reddish-brown. Their breed is regarded as prac- tically hornless, but it is not absolutely so, as a few of those in Malta are horned. The ears vary somewhat in regard to their position. Some are carried horizontally, whilst others are what we should call semi-pendulous, and a few completely so, these being extra long and with a slight outward curl at the
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE MILCH GOAT ^77 As with most breeds, the color varies considerably from white or grey to black, whilst some are spotted. Those I have kept or seen have been gener- ally either greyish-white or reddish-brown. Their breed is regarded as prac- tically hornless, but it is not absolutely so, as a few of those in Malta are horned. The ears vary somewhat in regard to their position. Some are carried horizontally, whilst others are what we should call semi-pendulous, and a few completely so, these being extra long and with a slight outward curl at the extremities, showing more or less of the Syrian, from which this breed is supposed by some to have originated, in part at least. The facial outline is straight, the head long and narrow and free from beard, this last being a noticeable and special feature of the Maltese, imparting to the female a more feminine appear- ance than with some breeds. When horns are present, which is un- doubtedly a defect, they are small and curl back over the head. The udder of the Maltese is a long, narrow bag, with large, unshapely teats like little udders themselves, its color, like that of the skin generally, being of a peculiar orange Fig. 318. Prince Bismark 159, a noted Toggenburg buck owned by Winthrop Rowland, Redlands, Cali- fornia. This buck weighs 203 pounds. From photo- graph, by courtesy of Mr. Howland This is higlily re- garded as a milk- producing breed, the better individuals producing from three to four quarts a day. In the summer of 1905 the late Professor G. F. Thompson went to Malta for the United States Department of Agriculture and imported sixty-eight of these goats, but they developed Maltese fever, and the importation was quarantined and proved a failure. Thus far the breed is essentially unknown in America. The Nubian goat is found in Nubia, Upper Egypt, Abyssinia, and also in South Africa. It is very large and has long legs. The head is of striking appearance, bein
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