Goats And Their Profitable Management 9th Edn

The goat has been appropriately termed “The Poor Man’s Cow”, and certainly no better designation could be found to express the position of this useful creature. The book provide an introductory knowledge in “Goats and their Profitable Management” in the following chapters: Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Origin and Early History of the Goat; Chapter 3: Varieties of Goats; Chapter 4: British Milch Goats; Chapter 5: Continental Milch Goats; Chapter 6: Oriental and African Goats; Chapter 7: The Angora or “Mohair” Goat; Chapter 8: The Cashmere or “Shawl’ Goat; Chapter 9: Cross-bred Goats; Chapter 10: Selecting a Milch Goat; Chapter 11: The Goat-House; Chapter 12: Pasturing; Chapter 13: Stall-Feeding; Chapter 14: Breeding; Chapter 15: Rearing Kids; Chapter 16: Milking; Chapter 17: Goats Milk: Its Virtues and Utilities; Chapter 18: Goats Butter and Cheese; Chapter 19: The Flesh of the Goat; Chapter 20: Other Products; Chapter 21: The Goat as a Foster-Mother; Chapter 22: He-Goats and Goat-Carriages; Chapter 23: Goat-Farming; Chapter 24: Shows and Showing; Chapter 25: The British Goat Society; Chapter 26: Goats and the Malta Fever; Chapter 27: Diseases, Parasites, etc.; Chapter 28: Disbudding: Preventing Growth of Horns. It covers a large field of discovery, both in the theory and practice of goat breeding and their profitable management. The text has been aptly illustrated through photograph and a comprehensive index have been provided to enhance the utility of the book.