The Landswoman October 1920 | Page 14

• • Useful Facts About Goats. King Goat and his Yalet. (llfiw.- · L>orl ''1 The Art of Selling . • BY • J. T. W 11 ERE goats arc bred il means that from time • "'~t ch lo time there wtll be a surplus ..,tult The ,..,tahlishcd goat-keeper knows how to m;'lrket to the bo'>t advantage, but the more or lCl:.s in<:xp;·ri- Cil< t'nn c• rtain das ... ,., o f goats sell bettrr ~t some "''"'ons than otlll'r", so that wh<.'n thinking of ..,rUing- t•n- dPavour ... h ould {l{' made to cat~ h tht- mark• t nt •t:> brst. U nw~aned k ids sell be~t at from )la) to .\ugu ... t i nclusiv(.l' or in othu \\'ord.;;, whilc;t there j, pl<'nl\ o f milk' ab~ut . \Vea nt'd kids, wbi~h ll·ml int lu(lf'~ ~ n i rnal!\ up to a year old, al<;o c;('\1 .\\<'11 l~unng- ..,\lt h --eason and during \pril no; wt>tl ( ,oal- l,ngc-.. , which arc· ani ma l<> bctwN n onL and l\\ll '"''r"' old, <,c 1\ well in the ..,pring. ,\nd when.:\ mn reach<'d a lso srll w{'ll dur1ng C..r ptt"nlh<:'r and Oclober. Goats in Full Milk. Goats in full milk are in good cl•·mand at run '>f'a'3on, but thC' kt'enc .... t demand i", natt~~nlh, tn the winter, when milk is at its scarcest. B~causP • BIRD • of th1s it is advisabl(', wh(·n it La n b.! m.magt:d, '" contrsvr th ~t a nanny ioten ... t plan wtth -;uch animal.; j, to ca.,;trah \\ h'il.;t quite young unJ f,\llr h.•ma\1'-. ~lwnld ne\'rl)' '-i.> ~•s to bl quu:t .1110 g~'oll tv man.1gr. 'lnd it ~hould tw k1·pt ell' 10 .1nn mm furl· ahlP, o.nd wt·ll and juJioou-;ly gro?owll <"\•·n· (\a' . ., that lh coat m:n be dt>~n ,md hng-ht Jl1.-i · " ~'x1d 0 nn apprarnm·c as po<:.:.thl<' be pn·sc•nh~L \ good appear .tncc ('i\tcht"~ thr. <'H'. of th' ~vou Id l" pm- rha ••r, Md helpc; matr.r1:ally 1n the selhng. .. 4 [' Farm aud Homtt. ] I