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    Goat Keeping
    Goat Keeping
    Goat Keeping
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    Goat Keeping

    By Read Books Ltd.

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    This early work is a fascinating read for any goat enthusiast or historian of the breed, but also contains much information that is still useful and practical for the amateur or professional goat farmer today. Contents Include: How Goats are Kept; Choosing a Goat; Feeding the Milking Goat; The Kids; Milk; Health; List of Books; and Index. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9781473352186
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      Goat Keeping - Read Books Ltd.

      1.

      HOW GOATS ARE KEPT

      Although goats should generally be housed at night, they can be kept by day in many different ways.

      Free Range. Picture No. 1 shows a herd running loose on free range. Goats must not be crowded together for long periods on the same piece of land, for this makes the pasturage (the plants they feed upon) stale and the land eventually becomes goat sick. See page 42. It is best to divide the land into two or more paddocks, grazing each in turn. If they are grass paddocks they can be laid up for hay alternately.

      Herding. This means taking the goats for a stroll, and watching them while they feed. See Picture No. 2. Roadsides, woodland and waste land generally, provide goats with the varied food that they like.

      Tethering. Goats probably milk best when they have plenty of freedom, but they can be quite happy and healthy when tethered provided that the tethering is carried out properly. Picture No. 6 shows a goat tethered with chain and pin, but if space allows the chain can be threaded on a strong wire stretched tightly along the ground. The chain is free to slide along the wire, thus giving the goat a greater range.

      A goat must not be tethered out in the morning and left to take its chance until brought in at night. The pin must be moved several times a day, and, if there is no natural shelter, a box, barrel, or small shed must be provided in which the goat can escape from the wind, the rain, a hot sun or the annoying flies. See Picture No. 9. If this is not done the goat must be brought indoors when conditions are bad.

      The site for the tethering pin or wire must be chosen intelligently. Stubs of trees, round which the chain can be wound, must be avoided. The goat must not be within reach either of poisonous plants or of fruit trees that she can kill by stripping off the bark. By kneeling down and stretching out her neck, a goat can reach much farther than the length of her chain suggests. If the ground slopes steeply the pin should be driven in at the lowest point, otherwise the goat, if she loses her footing, may roll downhill and be choked by her collar.

      Stall-Feeding. Goats can be successfully kept intensively, i.e. indoors with only a yard in which to take exercise. See Picture No. 7. All their food is brought to them, and they are said to be stall-fed.

      1. Goats get plenty of fresh air and exercise when they are on free range, and they are also able to obtain, by browsing and grazing, a large proportion of their food. The fences must be sound and strong if they are to be goat-proof. Electric fencing is sometimes used.

      2. Goats that are used to being herded learn to follow their owner about and will usually keep obediently within call. It is not every goat keeper, however, who can spare the time for this pleasant occupation. The picture shows the goats browsing upon many different types of plants. Find the goatherd. What breeds of goats can be identified?

      3. A barn adapted to goat keeping by fitting loose-boxes and putting in windows. Note the hay racks and the gutter. Goats are wonderfully clever at opening doors and gates, and some of them learn to master the most ingenious latches. They must, however, be outwitted, for if they escape they may easily get into mischief and hurt themselves.

      4. This used to be a range of dog kennels. Now it houses goats. The opening in the back wall leads to the sleeping compartment. Note the ventilating holes and the low dividing walls that allow free circulation of air above the goats. What work is going on?

      Housing: General Principles. Whatever may be the method of keeping the goats, a house of some kind is needed. To this they return to be milked and to sleep at night during most of the year. In very bad weather they may have to spend the whole day indoors. The essentials of a good house are:

      The house will be much easier to keep clean if the floor is waterproof. Concrete, though not ideal, is probably the best material. The more light there is in

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