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    Dairy Goats - With Information on the Breeds, Breeding and Management of Dairy Goats
    Dairy Goats - With Information on the Breeds, Breeding and Management of Dairy Goats
    Dairy Goats - With Information on the Breeds, Breeding and Management of Dairy Goats
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    Dairy Goats - With Information on the Breeds, Breeding and Management of Dairy Goats

    By George W. Van Der Noot

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    This rare manual provides information on the breeds, breeding and management of dairy goats, one of the oldest species of animal domesticated by humans. Suitable for the goat farmer, animal husbandry enthusiast or historian, this book provides a comprehensive guide with many details still of practical use today. Summary of contents: Breeds; Selection of Breeding Stock; Management of the Breeding Stock; Care of Doe at Kidding; Rearing the Kids; Horns and Polling; Feeding the Doe; Feeding the Buck; Minerals and Water; Lactation Period; Milking; Characteristics of Goats’ Milk; Housing for Goats; Diseases and Parasites of Goats; Methods of Making Cheese; Suggested Readings. Complete with a new introduction and the illustrations featured in the original, we are republishing this vintage work in a high quality, modern, and affordable edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMar 6, 2013
    ISBN9781447489320
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      Dairy Goats - With Information on the Breeds, Breeding and Management of Dairy Goats - George W. Van Der Noot

      Goats

      DAIRY GOATS

      GEORGE W. VAN DER NOOT

      As assistant animal husbandman at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, George W. Van Der Noot is responsible for the health and management of the experimental herd which includes representatives of the Toggenburg, Nubian, and Saanen breeds, carries on research in the feeding and breeding of goats, and, at Rutgers, teaches courses in goat husbandry. Major research projects have dealt with out-of-season breeding and the values of grass silage in the ration. Mr. Van Der Noot works in close association with the New Jersey State Dairy Goat Association, consults frequently with goat farmers on their problems. He is the author of Dairy Goat Management, published by the New Jersey Station. A native of New jersey, he is a graduate of Rutgers, where he majored in animal husbandry.

      CARTOONISTS, usually portray goats as pugnacious critters. Actually, they are friendly animals, easily kept, and, with proper care, they are exceptionally healthy and relatively free from many of the diseases that affect other farm animals.

      In Continental Europe, the milk goat has long been known as the poor man’s cow. There, rural families unable to own a dairy cow have turned to the milk goat. Nearly 80 per cent of the milk consumed in the Old World is produced by goats.

      The keeping of goats, both as a speciality and as a side line, is an activity that has become increasingly popular in rural America. For some, goat farming is a serious

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