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A W o m e n R a is e s G o a ts
By Jean A. Koet hen
LMOST in the shadow o f th e Ar supplied the fam ily not only w ith milk,
royo Seco bridge a t I’asadena
but w ith all th e ir butter. I t is said
slender little woman, Miss A. E th at seven goats can be fed fo r w hat
Wood, is pioneering in a business w hich it would cost to feed one cow. I th in k ,
may some day become as common as with the kitchen refuso and green s tu ff
th o breeding o f chickens, th e breeding a fam ily eould provide, a goat could be
o f Swiss goats lo r fam ily use an d the fed fo r 10 cents a day. In th a t w ay
production of milk w hich is a little you get all the milk yon can use, and
purer and richer th an th a t o f most your b u tte r beside, for the price of a
cows and b e tte r th an any oth er for q u art of to w ’s milk d aily .’ ’
babies and invalids.
Swiss Goats.
I t surely should be b e tte r th a n any
Theso Swiss goats are know n as
other, fo r the price it brings, 25 cents Toggenburgs, from the name c f th eir
per q u art, is p ro h ib itiv e fo r ordinary n ativ e valley. They are no longer im ­
people. Even a t th a t price Miss Wood ported, however. A hoof and horn d is­
says th ere is little p ro fit in the dairy , ease is m aking g reat ravages among
for babies are h ard to please, and if tho g o ats on the continent, and a strict
the milk docs not agree w ith them she q u aran tin e is m aintained.
m ust look for oth er custom ers. I t is
Tho average milk production of these
very expensive, too, caterin g to babies. goats is from three to fiv e quarts daily,
An ord in ary goat, such as you and I and a goat m aintains her productive­
m ight keep in our back yards, may ness much longer thai. a cow a fte r be­
have for tho green p a rt of its ratio n ing bred. Miss Wood pointed out one
rose cu ttin g s and trim m ings from any doe th a t was bred, 10 mouths ago and
shrub or tree, such as I saw Miss Wood is still giving two and one h a lf q u arts
feed her Btud. I t may also have po­ per day. When th is doo was fresh she
IL K separates best im m ediately
ta to and applo parings, carrots, t u r ­ gave fo u r quarts.
a fte r being draw n from the cow,
nips, and for au g h t I know, tin cans
before it has had tim e to cool.
A doe never does her best the first
and old shoes.
Keep th e farm separator clean inside
y ear or the second. In fact it is not
till she has been bred three tim es th a t and out.
Luxuries Prescribed.
Even in tow n bad b u tte r keeps long­
The goat th a t snpplics milk fo r deli- she is really at her best. Does are not
•ate babies gets no such luxuries as bred till they are a y ear old. There er than g o o d 'b u tte r. Do you seo th e
hese. A lfalfa a t $16 a ton, or clover, is no haste, for th ey are p ro fitab le pointJ
In b aying new milk utensils see th a t
f it can bo had, are th e only gTeens m ilkers till they are 10 or 11 years
all jo in ts are sm oothly soldered.
perm itted. Even th e a lfa lfa does not old.
Test your milk. I t is not q u a n tity so
Miss W ood has tw o grades of stock,
alw ays suit.
Som etim es i t is too
tommy. Then th e goats tak e the leaves th e pure bred Toggenburgs, w hich are much as q u ality th a t counts.
soft brow n color, and the grades or
and th e stems go to the chickens.
Keep the heifer intended for th e
Tho g reat ad v an tag e of g o a ts ’ milk half-breeds, which are a grayish w hite. dairy in a th r ifty grow ing condition.
over c o w s ’ is, th a t it is absolutely Sho is im proving her stock as rapidly
Caro should be ta k e n to n ever ovei>
free from tuberculosis germ s. I t is also as possible, and will before long have work b u tte r or the g rain will be spoiled.
richer than co w s’ m ilk and contain.- nothing b u t pure breds. A grade doe
Do not rob the cows of feed in h o t
may be had for from $35 to $50, b u t
lesa curd.
w
eather.
Be honest w ith them and
“ The keeping of a g o at fo r fam ily a m ature pure bred Toggenburg costs
they will repay you.
use is g ettin g to be quite a f a d ,” said $100. The gradps are good m ilkers, b u t
I f feeding any stro n g flavored foods
Miss Wood. “ W henever I am ready the pure-breds are b etter. A pure bred
to tho m ilk cows, do so im m ediately
to p a rt w ith a doe I fin d a custom er kid is w orth $75.
a fte r m ilking.
w aiting. The dem and is alw ays g reater
What Goats Eat,
th an the supply. A goat, you know, is
Use good fine d airy salt fo r b u tter,
W hat do they eat, these high grade,
much easier to keep th a n a cow. I t
and by the w ay, do yon salt the cows
pure milk producersf A balanced r a ­
can be picketed in the back y ard or
regularly I You should.
tion, sim ilar to th a t of a cow, ju s t
tied on a vacant lot, requires b u t l i t ­
The dairym an w ith a small herd of
what. Miss Wood would not say. “ I f
tle shelter, eats th e refu se from the
T told you today, it wonld not be true cows can well afford to build a sila
kitchen and gives ju s t milk enough for
tom orrow ,” was her sm iling reply. “ I and increase his herd and his p rofits.
one fam ily. A doe I have fo r salo now
Avoid p u ttin g too m any cows in onq
for a fam ily th a t is leaving town has am changing and experim enting all the
time as T get new suggestions from the pasture to reduce the feed to the sm alk
been giv in g from three and a h a lf to
est q u an tity fo r each cow.
four q u a rts foT nearly a year, and has ag ricultural p ap ers.” In general, they
have a mash of whole and ground grain
I t there is the least idea in y o u r
in the m orning, and a lfa lfa or clover a t m ind th a t any of your cows are tro u ­
night— only two m eals a day, fo r th e ir bled w ith tuberculosis, use the test a t
busy m istress has not tim e to give them once.
three.
D o n ’t neglect any broken w ires in
Several kids w ere rnnning about th e barbed w ire fenee where the d a iry
among the does, g entle little creatures, herd is pastured. C ut udders are not
ap parently more su itab le for c h ild re n ’s profitable.
pets th an for subjects of scientific e x ­
When possible te s t th e co w ’s m ilk
perim entation. They are easy to raise, before buying her, and rem em ber if
b u t are very sensitive to dam pness and does not pay to buy a cow whose m ilk
must be carefully housed at first. The tests much below th ree per cent.
old stock is in d iffe re n t to w eather and
A nother th in g to rem em ber is th a t
sleeps out altogether when th e nights yon cannot safely judge a cow by on«
are fair. A shed w ith a tig h t roof is a t y e a r's record. I t m ay have been your
hand, however, and th e gate alw ays fau lt, n o t hers, th a t she did no b etter.
open, so th a t they m ay sleep in or out
How about th a t silo I I t w ill pay
as th ey please.
yon to bnild one if you are m ilking
The T ath er of th eY lo ck .
ten cows. Now is th e time to plan th a
B rutus, the stud, is the registered foundations and thi silo building.
son o f a four quart m other, fo r in h eri­
tance is ju s t as im portant among goats
A RECORD COW.
as among cows or fowls. He is a fine,
FA M ILY COW owned by th e Kerr
Bros, in Gopher V alley, Oregon,
gave b irth to tw in calves la st
week. This m akes eig h t calves th is
bossy has raised in fo u r years. She is
tw elve years old. H er first calf was
FO BS, W W L PELTS, ETC.
H IBBA R D -STEW A R T OO,
born in 1904 and since then she has
d e s a lt. Wash.
been the m other of fourteen calves.
Write for Price List and
N ot only does she hold a record in
Shipping Tags.
producing progeny b u t averages fiv e
(P lea se roer.ti-n thia paper )
gallons of m ilk a day fo r nine m onths.
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I t w as g ettin g tow ard feeding tim e
as I picked my way through the co rral
and up the hill to th e crest of th e
arroyo, and does and kids were crowded
about th e g ate w aiting to be called to
th eir supper which w as alread y care-
full. d istrib u ted through the m angers
under the .-lied. Some of them follow ed
me to th e fa rth e r gate, feeling sure, no
doubt, of the kindness and good will of
any creatu re in petticoats, fo r they are
like confiding children, these denizens
o f tho Swiss mountain».
I t is not the easiest w ork in th a
world, caring for a herd of from 12 to
20 milk goats, but Miss Wood likes it,
and finds as much pleasure in the
w orking out of the problems of feed­
ing which every breeder must work out,
as in th e an ticip atio n of th e day w hen
she can le t the d airy go an d devota
herself to raising $75 kids fo r fam ily
use.
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