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 THE 
 
 FIRST AMERICAN 
 
 MILCH GOAT SHOW 
 
 At Rochester, N. Y., 1913. 
 
 ALSO STANDARDS FOR 
 
 Saanens and Toggenburgs 
 
 And Other Pertinent Information of 
 
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THE GOAT WILL BE THE FOSTEB- 
 
 MOTHEB OF GENERATIONS YET 
 
 UNBOEN. 
 
 Dr. Louis G. Knox, Danbury, Conn., is on 
 record with the above prophecy. He says: 
 
 "Our club has the health and happiness 
 of this generation in its keeping more than 
 the breeders in any other of our animal indus- 
 tries, in that we alone can supply what the 
 peojde require in an absolutely prophylactic 
 pabulum and delicacy. Innoxious, uninfectious, 
 sanitary nourishment for the infant, the child, 
 the invalid and the aged, has been until recently 
 a reflective problem for the medical man, as 
 well as the layman. All the different stages 
 of our existence depend not only upon nourish- 
 ment, harmless in character, but its perfect 
 assimilation for best results. The ideal food 
 for our purpose is human milk, from healthy, 
 unimpregnated mothers. Its only substitute 
 of equal value is now offered and can be sup- 
 plied from matured, healthy, unimpregnated 
 milch goats. It is the only and reliable whole- 
 some milk in reach. The statistics of the 
 world are against the use of cows ' milk today 
 for food in the above mentioned classes. The 
 fourth annual report of the District of Colum- 
 bia Association for the Prevention of Tuber- 
 culosis, and this is from the most reliable 
 and highest source of information in the United 
 States, tells us that one-fourth of all eases of 
 tuberculosis among children under 16 years of 
 age, and one-eighth of all fatal cases under 
 5 years of age are due to bovine tuberculosis. 
 And among children fed exclusively on cows' 
 milk, nine out of ten cases of fatal tuberculosis 
 revealed that five or 55 per cent were due 
 to bovine infection. The most noted authorities 
 of Europe and America agree that the qual- 
 ities of goats' milk lie in its chemical com- 
 position, its immunity from the danger of 
 carrying the germs of tuberculosis make it 
 the "ne plus ultra" of all foods. As a 
 prophecy, remember that the goat will be the 
 foster-mother and wet-nurse of generations 
 vet unborn. 
 
 FEB -5 19/4 
 
CONSTITUTION OF THE STANDARD 
 
 MILCH GOAT BREEDERS' CLUB 
 
 OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 ARTICLE I — NAME. 
 
 This club shall be called ' ' Standard Milch 
 Goat Bleeders' Club of North America." 
 
 ARTICLE II — OBJECTS. 
 
 The objects of the club are: To promote 
 interest in the breeding of milch goats; to 
 encourage efforts to improve the quality and 
 standard of milch goats; to provide for proper 
 registration and records of pedigrees; to con- 
 duct exhibitions for the education of the public 
 as to the value of milch goats and to stimulate 
 co-operation among breeders for protection and 
 progress. 
 
 ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Section 1. Any owner or keeper of a milch 
 goat, any person interested in the breeding, 
 importation, or development of milch goats or 
 in the use of goat 's milk, may become an 
 active member, by vote of the club, upon sub- 
 scribing to the constitution and paying the dues 
 for the current year. 
 
 Section 2. Any person may be elected an 
 honorary member, without the power to vote, 
 by a two-thirds vote of all active members. 
 
 ARTICLE IV — OFFICERS. 
 
 The officers of the club shall be a president, 
 a vice-president, a secretary-treasurer and two 
 trustees. Such officers shall be active members 
 and be elected by ballot at the annual meeting 
 in each year. The president shall not be 
 eligible for re-election to succeed himself. 
 
 ARTICLE V — MEETINGS. 
 
 Section 1. There shall be an annual meeting 
 of the club on the last Saturday of September, 
 and a stated meeting on the last Saturday of 
 June in each year. 
 
 Section 2. Special meetings may be called 
 by the officers, and must be called by the 
 secretary-treasurer on the written request of 
 five members specifying the purpose of such 
 call. At such special meeting no business shall 
 be transacted except that specified in the call. 
 
 Section 3. At any meeting of the club, three 
 active members shall be a quorum. 
 
 Section 4. Meetings of the officers may be 
 called by the president or by any two other 
 officers. Notice of such meeting must be 
 mailed at least three days before the meeting. 
 
 Section 5. All meetings shall be held in 
 Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 ARTICLE VI — DUES. 
 
 The annual dues shall be one dollar. 
 
 ARTICLE VII — RESIGNATION AND EXPULSION. 
 
 Any member may resign by presenting to 
 the Secretary a written resignation, provided 
 current dues are paid. 
 
 Any member may be expelled for misconduct. 
 Notice of intention to vote on the expulsion 
 of any member must be sent by registered 
 mail to every member at least ten days before 
 the meeting at which such vote is taken. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII — POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 
 
 The officers shall manage the affairs of the 
 club subject to the constitution. No financial 
 obligation shall be incurred for or in the name 
 of the club by any officer without a vote at a 
 formal meeting of officers. The officers shall 
 discharge the usual duties of their offices and 
 render a written report and account at the 
 annual meeting. 
 
 ARTICLE IX — AMENDMENT. 
 
 This constitution may be amended by a 
 two-thirds vote of all active members at any 
 meeting, provided the proposed amendment 
 has been mailed to all members ten days 
 before. 
 
 Officers of the Standard Milch Goat Breed- 
 ers' Club of North America, whose terms of 
 office expire September 26, 1914: 
 
 President — Mark A. Nicholls, Lockport, 
 N. Y. 
 
 General Vice-President — James G. Greene, 
 520 German Insurance Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 Secretary-treasurer — Theo. F. Jager, ' ' Jager- 
 hof," Barnard, N. Y. 
 
 Trustees — Ernest C. Arlidge, Barnard, N. 
 Y. ; Adam Kittelberger, Webster, N. Y. 
 
 STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS. 
 
 California — Miss Beatrice A. R. Stocker, 
 San Luis Obispo. 
 
 Connecticut — Dr. Louis G. Knox, Danbury. 
 
 Idaho — Dr. Will Potter, Kootenai. 
 
 Indiana — William C. Shirley, Orleans. 
 
 Michigan— J. S. Comins, R, 6 Box 64, Battle 
 Creek. 
 
 Massachusetts — Dr. J. P. Torrey, Andover. 
 
 Minnesota — Gust. Belkey, Glyndon. 
 
 Maine — W. H. Gannett, Augusta. 
 
 Missouri — Dr. R. Schmidt, Hannibal. 
 
 New York — Miss Emma E. Hunnikin, R. D. 
 49, Schenectady. 
 
 Maryland — Mrs. M. B. Ettein, Easton. 
 
 Ohio— Mrs. Adele M. Lee, Sta. B, Toledo. 
 
 Oklahoma — Dr. H. H. Lauderdale, Sulphur. 
 
 Oregon — Alva L. McDonald, Stock Exch. 
 Bldg., Portland. 
 
 Pennsylvania — Dr. E. S. Gordon, Cranbury. 
 
 Rhode Island— F. L. Thornton, 164 Pond 
 St., Providence. 
 
 Washington — A. A. Griggs, Blaine, R. D. 2. 
 
 West Virginia — S. D. Stokes, Williamson. 
 
 Wisconsin — R. J. Hillier, Sparta. 
 
M. A. Nicholls, Geo. Hak, Harry I. Bene- 
 dict, Lockport, N. Y. ; Ernest C. Arlidge, Theo. 
 F. Jagar, Barnard, N. Y. ; James G. Greene, 
 520 German Ins. Bldg.; T. W. Spillsbury, 315 
 Plymouth Ave., Wm. Ralston, Lathrop Pet 
 Shop, C. W. Beach, 69 Alexander St., Geo. T. 
 Thurston, 437 Post St., Wm. Seybeth, 1114 
 Clifford Ave., Rochester, N. Y.; Mrs. C. 0. 
 Shannon, Mis. P. G. Hackendahl, Brighton 
 Sta., N. Y.; Adam Kittelberger, Webster, N. 
 Y.; G. M. Girk, Pittsford, N. Y.; H. L. Web- 
 ster, Warsaw, N. Y. ; Alois Diethelm, Exp. 
 Sta., Geneva, N. Y. ; C. W. Griggs, Trout Run, 
 Pa. ; John H. Harnish, Windom, Lancaster 
 County, Pa.; S. J. Sharpies, Newtown, Bucks 
 Co., Pa.; J. W. Grute, R. D. No. 66, Cochran- 
 ton, Pa.; Mrs. H. Viger, Clarendon, Pa.; 
 Miss Emma E. Hnnnikin, R. D. No. 49, 
 Schenectady, N. Y. ; C. E. Briggs, 7 Merrick 
 St., Binghamton, N. Y.; Wm. S. Doolittle, 
 Cuylerville, N. Y. ; Fred T. Servis, Britton 
 Road, Charlotte. N. Y.; Geo. H. Ball, Brock- 
 port, N. Y., R.' D. No. 2; W. D. Reynolds, 
 Belfast, N. Y.; Mrs. Flora C. McKeand, Ebe- 
 nezer, N. Y. ; Dr. E. S. Gordon, "The 
 Larches," Cranbury, N. J.; Frank L. Thorn- 
 Ion, 164 Pond St., Providence, R. I.; A. A. 
 Griggs, R. D. 2, Blaine, Wash. ; Miss Beatrice 
 
 A. R. Stocker, San Luis Obispo, Cal. ; Gust. 
 Belkey, Glyndon, Minn.; A. L. McDonald, 
 Stock' Exch. Bldg., Portland, Ore.; Dr. Will 
 H. Potter, Kootenai, Idaho; Dr. PL H. Lauder- 
 dale, Sulphur, Okla.; W. G. Todd, East Bridge- 
 water, Mass.; Dr. J. P. Torrey, Geo. B. Ripley, 
 Andover, Mass.; Ambler Goat Dairy, Kendal 
 Green, Mass.; Miss Mary S. Packard, R. D. 2, 
 Rehoboth, Mass.; Dr. Louis G. Knox, Dan- 
 bury, Conn. ; S. D. Stokes, Williamson, W. Va. ; 
 Lewis W. Ranker, Tiffin, O. ; Mrs. Adele W. 
 Lee, Sta. B, Toledo, O.; Dr. R. Schmidt, 
 Hannibal, Mo.; Dr. W. A. Kendall, Poplar 
 Bluff, Mo.; Mrs. M. B. Ettien, Easton, M<L, 
 R, D. 2; Wm. C. Shirley, Orleans, Lid.; Geo. 
 W. Prewitt, R, D. 4, Orleans, Ind.; C. A. 
 Mitchell, Sr., Bx. 617, Second St., East Roches- 
 ter, Ind.; Adna G. Bowen, Cook Building, 
 Medina, N. Y. ; W. H. Gannett, Augusta, Me.; 
 J. S. Comins, R. 6, Box 64, Battle Creek, 
 Mich.; Elmer F. Dwyer, Lynn, Mass.; James 
 L. Sinister, Penfield, N. Y.; Mr; and Mrs. 
 Christensen, Hackensack St., Wood Ridge, N. 
 J.; Dr. M. S. Gooding, Brockport, N. Y. ; 
 W. A. Hosley, Belmont, N. Y.; R. J. Hillier, 
 Ass't Supt. State Public School, Sparta, Wis.; 
 H. H. Stuart, Eishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y., Box 
 833 ; Clark Haive, Boyne City, Mich. ; Dr. E. 
 S Fuller, Piqua, Ohio. 
 
 Saanen Doe and Graded Doe, shown by Miss Hunnikin. 
 The types illustrate the promises of good grades. 
 
 Tlir good milk of good goats brings the 
 blush of health to pale cheeks. — Dr. Will H. 
 Potter. 
 
 The goats kept us going in milk all the 
 time, and it was in that dry time I overcome 
 my prejudice and ate and relished goat meat. 
 —J. R. Chisholm. 
 
 Winthrop Howland, Redlands, Cal., endorses 
 the exhibit in admitting the personal experi- 
 ences of a visitor to appear in the Angora 
 Journal, saying: "The following article by 
 Dr. John P. Torrey of Andover, Mass., who 
 writes of his visit to the milch goat show at 
 the Rochester, N. Y., Exposition, should prove 
 of great interest to readers of the Journal. ' ' 
 
PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS OF THE 
 
 MILCH GOAT SHOW— ROCHESTER, 
 
 N. Y., EXPOSITION. 
 
 By John P. Torrey, M. D., Andover, Mass. 
 
 It was my privilege to spend two days 
 (September 16th and 17th) at the milch goat 
 show held under the auspices of the Rochester 
 Exposition. Thinking that other goat fanciers, 
 not able to attend, might be interested, I will 
 tell what I saw and learned during my few 
 hours at the show. 
 
 The Standard Milch Goat Breeders' Club of 
 North America was housed on the grounds in 
 three tents ; one small office tent for the 
 secretary and members, one large tent full of 
 does which were arranged in a long row of 
 stalls on each side, and the third tent con- 
 tained bucks and some does, the overflow from 
 the larger one. Every stall was filled, there 
 being 12S goats on the grounds, and others 
 registered had not arrived. This number was 
 far in excess of that expected, 50 being con- 
 sidered a consenative estimate before the 
 entries were sent in. 
 
 At the secretary 's tent could be found liter- 
 ature upon goat culture, books, papers, pamph- 
 lets, while raid posters in large type adorned 
 the poles in all three tents, bearing such 
 legends as this : ' ' For the female of the 
 species is not so odorous as the male," or 
 as this: "283,106 goats passed the Federal 
 meat inspection service; not one had tuber- 
 culosis"; and many others. 
 
 The goats were arranged with bucks and 
 does in separate tents, as far as possible. 
 For the sake of judging and comparative study 
 it would have been advisable to have those 
 of each kind together; whereas all kinds be- 
 longing to one breeder were placed in adjoin- 
 ing stalls. In regard to the feeding and 
 care of the goats, and in fact, the whole 
 management of the show offers little room 
 for criticism, and is a great credit to those 
 having the matter in charge, particularly to 
 Superintendent Jager. He was more than 
 hospitable and efficient in every way. He was 
 assisted by several local men m the informa- 
 tion tent and by faithful goar tenders who 
 cared for and milked the animals. The milk 
 was obtained from 27 does entered in the 
 dairy claf-s. Each milking was weighed and 
 samples tested. 
 
 It was a new experience to see a large 
 10-quart pail two thirds full of milk coming 
 from a goat dairy! This milk was put into 
 pint and half-pint bottles and sold for 10 
 and 15 cents as samples. 
 
 Every exhibitor was furnished a book of 
 tickets admitting him to the grounds. Of 
 the exhibitors present I met Mr. Jas. G. Green 
 of Rochester, who won a blue card with his 
 pure Toggenburg buck "Rex" (under two- 
 year class). The president of the association,. 
 Mr. M. A. Nicholls, of Lockport, N. Y., owner 
 of the famous Saanen buck "Sam," the best 
 Saanen buck in the show. Mr. .lager, the 
 
 secretary, who in a sportsmanlike spirit kept 
 his own very excellent holdings from ' ' Jager- 
 hof, " of Toggenburgs, Saanens and grades, 
 in modest retirement, could not help getting 
 several blue cards and specials when the judge 
 passed around. 
 
 That the club is progressive was shown by 
 the number of lady members, the happiest of 
 whom was Doctor Gordon of New Jersey. She 
 won with "Ali Baba, " a pure Toggenburg 
 buck, first prize sweepstakes for best buck in 
 the show, and other prizes too numerous to 
 mention, as the auction bills say. She also 
 had some beautiful does; quality rather than 
 quantity must be her motto. Mrs. Shannon 
 also had some beautiful Toggenburgs and won 
 first with her ' ' Sam Jr., ' ' the under two-year 
 son of Sam senior, the Saanen first prize 
 buck, the judge rating the get better than his 
 she. Dr. Knox of Connecticut owns a doe 
 sired by "Ali Baba," the prize Toggenburg, 
 but did not have her with him. His spirit of 
 the kennels, however, added much to shaping 
 the policies of our infant association. 
 
 Of those not present during my stay, I 
 enjoyed studying the stock exhibited by Mr. 
 E. E. Arlidge of Barnard, N. Y., by Mr. C. W. 
 Griggs of Trout Run, Pa., who has a strain 
 of Nubian and Toggenburgs which he calls 
 Nuburgs. He had quite an exhibit and as 
 the stock is young, judgment of its qualities 
 and milk production can be very properly 
 suspended until more time has elapsed. The 
 Toggenburg traits seemed to predominate. The 
 exhibit of Dr. R. Schmidt, of Hannibal, Mo., 
 two most excellent Toggenburg does only 8 
 months' old, was to my mind the best in the 
 show, excepting the Tog. buck "Ali Baba." 
 They are wonders of beauty and size, no horns, 
 1 eautiful mild eyes, round and plump bodies, 
 so that they won first in their class, first in 
 the condition test, and also the long distance 
 prize, which one would hardly expect to go 
 with excellence in condition. They were the 
 truest in color and Toggenburg type in the 
 show. We are certainly greatly indebted to 
 both Drs. Gordon and Schmidt for sending 
 such valuable specimens so far for our instruc- 
 tion. Mrs. Ettien and several others whose 
 names I have not by me showed fine stock. 
 There were some Sehwartzenberg-Guggisberger 
 goats, some Maltese and a few natives, but 
 the main interest always turned to Toggenburg 
 and Saanen, while in this show certainly the 
 current set strongly toward Toggenburgs. 
 
 Great pleasure was afforded those present in 
 watching the judging, by Mr. Alois Diethelm, 
 lately from Switzerland, and now located with 
 the New York State Experiment Station at 
 Geneva, N. Y. He is thoroughly versed in 
 old country goat lore, so that his peculiar 
 fitness, fairness and skill as a judge was 
 unquestioned. 
 
In conversation with him I understood him 
 to state that the Saanen buck should possess 
 the following points: He should be long in 
 body, hornless, with broad head and chest, 
 head narrowing at the muzzle, having black 
 spots on hairless skin about the nostrils. He 
 should have square broad hips, rather long legs 
 with short hair on hips; should weigh 130 
 pounds or thereabouts. Wattles or bells on 
 neck in bucks and does immaterial in Saanens 
 but should always be present in Toggenburgs. 
 The eyes should be full with a mild expression 
 in both breeds. The color of Toggenburgs 
 is a rich chocolate brown, rather lighter in the 
 bucks than in the does. The does have two 
 white stripes down the face and white on 
 legs. Some have long and some have short 
 hair. Apologies to Mr. Diethelm, if I have 
 misquoted him. 
 
 After the judging was completed members 
 of the association present were called to order 
 in the Secretary's tent by President Nichols. 
 The warrant consisted of five articles, the 
 second of which was first considered and thus 
 48 new members were added to the association. 
 The name of the organization was next con- 
 sidered, and it was voted to change the name 
 to "Standard Milch Goat Breeders' Club of 
 North America," for the purpose of broaden- 
 ing the scope of the club's activities so that 
 all breeders of milch goats on the North 
 American continent may be welcomed to the 
 work and advantages of the club. 
 
 Fellow goat fanciers who are working for 
 ment of milch goats here in America and 
 practical milk production and the develop- 
 Canada join with us; we need your help in 
 our efforts to develop a worthy race of milch 
 goats equal to the finest in the old world. 
 
 The question of standard points to be re- 
 quired by us, in judging the two leading breeds, 
 Toggeuburg and Saanen, was next considered. 
 After a set of standards had been read by 
 the secretary for our consideration, a com- 
 mittee was appointed of well-known breeders 
 with Mr. Jager and Mr. Diethelm in addition, 
 to study these preliminary drafts of standard 
 requirements and report at a future meeting. 
 
 The matter of a trial board to investigate 
 frauds on the part of dealers in or out of 
 the society was disposed of by the appointment 
 of such a board, whose duties will be to 
 investigate both sides of the story, giving the 
 accused an opportunity for explanation, and 
 where fraud is shown notifying our members 
 lest others be imposed upon. Of course any 
 such conduct or misrepresentations by any 
 member of this club, if proved, would forfeit 
 his standing with us, and blacklist his business 
 among all breeders. So we must see to it 
 that all our dealings have the true sportsman 
 ring of sincerity and honor. This will ad- 
 vance true goat culture more rapidly than 
 anything else. The above seemed to me to 
 be the unanimous sentiment of the club. 
 
 The matter of maintaining a separate jour- 
 nal as the organ of the club was for the 
 present deferred, thinking that our writings 
 would draw more public attention if sent to 
 general agricultural papers which go into so 
 many homes of people who need to be educated 
 to goat culture, and would not from lack of 
 interest subscribe to a special goat journal. 
 (Copies of those journals now devoting space 
 to our work, such as the Angora Journal and 
 Eural Life and others were on exhibition and 
 for sale over the counter.) 
 
 Next to be considered was the establishment 
 of a scientific, honest and accurate registra- 
 tion. Until the committee upon standard re- 
 quirements have reported and the society has 
 adopted such we cannot register our stock. 
 But to cut short delay, a committee was 
 chosen to go with the judge, Mr. Diethelm, 
 over the prizewinners at the show, and to 
 notify owners of those animals that their 
 holdings were, in the estimation of Mr. Diet- 
 helm, good enough to show 75 per cent of 
 the points usually required by their respective 
 breeds. The committee performed their duties 
 at once and owners will be so notified. In 
 this way there will be some candidates passed 
 upon by a competent authority to form a 
 nucleus for registration when the club is pre- 
 pared to establish it; while others may be 
 registered when they come up to the standards 
 adojited by the club. 
 
 Lastly, it was voted to appoint the various 
 state vice-presidents in charge of a state 
 bureau or headquarters to find out those in 
 their state who have goats, and those who 
 are interested to buy them, aiding each party 
 in any way possible. 
 
 The goats are attracting much attention 
 from the public and are one of the popular 
 features of this year's Exposition. 
 
 As far as we know, it is the first goat show 
 of any size, in this part of the country at 
 least. The club hopes that local fairs will 
 include these animals among their exhibits, 
 thus they would bring to light many good 
 animals at present not located. The scarcity 
 of good stock or even of any stock is hard 
 for the public to understand. But those of 
 us who own a few goats realize that time 
 and patience must be had as well as money 
 in making progress toward owning a thorough- 
 bred herd. It is still impossible to import 
 stock from the continent of Europe because 
 of foot and mouth disease. A few get in 
 with Italian immigrants, and a few occasionally 
 have the pull and the money to get by. 
 English goats may be brought in. 
 
 All united in praising the milk for babies 
 and sick people. The milch goat show is a 
 complete success and has undoubtedly come 
 to stay in our large exhibits of animal hus- 
 bandry. 
 
 Little things sometimes worry a man the 
 most — twins, for instance; but not when they 
 are goats. — Dr. E. Schmidt. 
 
Supt. Theo. F. Jager showing the Saanen buck 
 
 "Sam Jr." 
 
 Bred at the New York Agrl. Exp. Station. 
 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING AND 
 
 REPORT OF THE MILCH GOAT SHOW 
 
 HELD AT EXPOSITION PAKK, 
 
 ROCHESTEE, N. Y. 
 
 September 15 to 27, 1913. 
 
 To produce the best possible milk, easily di- 
 gested by the weakest stomach of the youngest 
 infant, at a small fraction of the cost of milk 
 gained from any other source, is the mission of 
 the faithful "Nanny," the poor man's aid to 
 tight the high cost of living. To bring these 
 glad tidings to all the land, the exhibition and 
 dairy demonstration was given. The superintend 
 ent has been instructed to pilot all on the shorter 
 way to a better living, so read the welcome sign 
 to all visitors. 
 
 THE STORY OF THE CLUB. 
 
 As we look back a few months and review 
 the events that have aided us to shape our 
 policies since we, as an association, saw the 
 light of day, on May 24, 1913, we are 
 astounded at the growth we have made, the 
 work we already have accomplished and, 
 cheered on with what has been done, we face 
 the future and the arduous labor ahead of us 
 in the full strength of youth, protected in 
 the armor of righteousness, fully confident 
 that we shall bring order into chaos, rewards 
 to the deserving and lay a restraining hand 
 on everything that is not fair to the milch 
 goat, its breeder and the general public, a 
 public that sacrifices every year 300,000 babies 
 on the altar of ignorance. 
 
 The few personal appeals which I mailed 
 out to breeders of milch goats, their friends 
 and advocates, residing in or near Rochester, 
 N. Y., early last May, for the purpose of 
 forming a local or country milch goat breeders' 
 club, brought six men ' ' staunch and true ' ' 
 together. W. Sheldon Bull, unavoidably de- 
 tained, wrote that he would be with us in 
 spirit. So it is that we can say, that ' ' seven 
 men ' ' formed the nucleus of the present club. 
 May they live long and be remembered longer. 
 
 On May 24, this little band of milch goat 
 believers met in the law offices of James G. 
 Greene, in Rochester, N. Y. Present were: 
 James G. Greene, Brighton, N. Y. ; G. M. 
 Girk, Pittsford, N. Y. ; Adam Kittelberger, 
 Webster, N. Y. ; Theo. F. Jager, Barnard, N. 
 Y.; M. A. Nicholls, Lockport, N. Y.; T. W. 
 Spillsbury, Rochester, N. Y., and by letter, 
 W. S. Bull, Buffalo, N. Y. M. A. Nicholls 
 was elected president pro tern. On motion 
 I he president appointed J. G. Greene, T. W. 
 Spillsbury and Adam Kittelberger as a com- 
 mittee to draw up constitution and by-laws, 
 the same to be submitted for approval at a 
 tut me meeting. J. G. Greene and Theo. F. 
 Jager were appointed a committee to consult 
 with the Rochester Industrial Exhibition Com- 
 pany regarding the possibility of a goat show 
 to be held later in the year. The fact, now 
 established, that this show was a glorious 
 success, speaks well, both for this committee, 
 
 Secretary E. F. Edwards of the exhibition 
 and the club. Owing to my close connection 
 with the daily press, being a member of the 
 Rochester Xewswriters' Club, all dailies were 
 induced to give this little "band of seven'' 
 and the goat much prominence. The Living- 
 ston "Democrat" said editorially, "with the 
 constantly increasing price of milk, goats are 
 coming into use more and more. We see that 
 an association of breeders of milch goats is 
 to be formed in Rochester. This should solve 
 the milk question in that city. ' ' The Roches 
 ter "Post Express" said: 
 
 "The association aims to educate the public 
 regarding the value of goats' milk for in- 
 fants' and invalids' use and its richness and 
 adaptability for all kitchen or table purposes, 
 and will also prove its low cost of production, 
 especially where the householder has his own 
 animal to furnish the milk, as good sustenance 
 for a goat can be giown on any backlot oi 
 easily gathered by older children from the 
 highways. 
 
 ' ' M. A. Nicholls, one of the oldest goat 
 breeders in the state, expects great benefits 
 from the annual goat exhibitions and Swiss 
 milk goat dairies that the association will hold 
 this fall in order to convince the public of 
 the cleanliness and desirability of the milk, 
 the cheese dishes that can be made from the 
 same, and the extremely low cost of the prod- 
 ucts, feed consumed, considered. It was 
 stated, that a cow is able to produce its own 
 weight five times per year in milk, while a 
 goat of the better strains will give its own 
 weight fifteen times in milk. 
 
 "James G. Green, who has for some yea is 
 maintained a small herd of Toggenburgs, in- 
 vited the goat breeders who had never tasted 
 the meat of either fattened kids or yearlings, 
 to join him in enjoying the dish of kings, 
 'roasted kid,' on a festive board, that should 
 contain not only the meat, but also the milk 
 and various cheeses and butter made from 
 goats' milk." 
 
 The Rochester "Democrat and Chronicle'' 
 said: 
 
 "The recent possibility of a milk famine 
 and the high milk prices have done much 
 to bring the oft-despised goat into favor with 
 small householders, who have found, it is 
 said, that one or two goats of the right breed 
 and age are fully able to supply their house- 
 holds with a milk that is highly desirable for 
 ordinary uses and is unsurpassed for the 
 nourishment of infants. It is the idea of the 
 association that will be formed tomorrow to 
 educate all who are in need of the best milk 
 as to the best means of obtaining it. 
 
 "Not all goats are milch goats and it is 
 not every breed that is able to make good 
 on the many claims often made for it. The 
 
association will aim to protect buyers and 
 keepers of goats and will instruct persons 
 who intend to keep the animals in their 
 care. ' ' 
 
 Editorially, the "Democrat and Chronicle" 
 brought under the caption "the goat to have 
 its day ' ' the following : 
 
 ' ' The much neglected goat is to have its 
 day in court. There has long been a suspicion 
 that this pugnacious animal, which is credited 
 with thriving on a diet of rejected fruit tins, 
 paper from the bill boards and Canada thistles, 
 lias not been given due credit as a potential 
 factor in reducing the cost of living. Now, 
 according to official announcements, a goat 
 convention is to be held at Exposition Park 
 in the coming fall, and a meeting of the 
 goat breeders of seventeen counties of Western 
 New York will be held in Rochester today 
 to arrange for the fall event. 
 
 ' ' It is the contention of the members of 
 the association that the goat can be made a 
 prominent economic, factor in the United 
 States, as it is in Switzerland and other 
 cheese-producing countries. Experts have 
 found rare value in goat's milk, and a bulletin 
 from the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry 
 has pointed out the importance of goat meat 
 as a substitute for mutton. It appears that 
 a few enterprising Western New York farmers 
 and business men, with a large sprinkling of 
 professional men, have been quietly investigat- 
 ing the merits of different species of goats. 
 It is intimated that these experiments have 
 
 demonstrated that, when the better grades of 
 goats are given the same care and attention 
 which are bestowed upon sheep and cattle, 
 they abundantly reward such favored treat- 
 ment. 
 
 "It is with a view of calling the attention 
 of people to this source of alleged choice and 
 wholesome food, and to improve the condition 
 of the goat, that the Western New York Milch 
 Goat Breeders will take part in the coming 
 exposition. 
 
 "It is claimed that the breeding of high- 
 grade goats in Western New York is no longer 
 an experiment. It is to demonstrate the 
 validity of this claim, and to foster an in 
 dustry which already has received the un 
 qualified indorsement of the Agricultural De- 
 partment, that visitors to the Industrial 
 Exposition in the coming fall will be invited 
 to partake of goat's milk, cheeses, roasts, 
 chops and fillets." 
 
 The 25,000 babies that die annually in New 
 York state, ' ' are an indictment against our 
 civilization, ' ' inasmuch ' ' as well known author- 
 ities estimate that at least half of these 
 deaths were preventable by known practicable 
 methods," proclaimed Governor Sulzer re- 
 cently before the infant welfare conference, 
 "It is a disgrace, ' ' he concluded, ' ' that we 
 have not hitherto given this subject the con- 
 sideration to which it is entitled." 
 
 The Western New York Milch Goat Breeders ' 
 Association, embracing the seventeen counties 
 in Western New York, that was formed, aimed 
 
 
 
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to do its utmost to save the babies. Its aim 
 was so good, its work so appealing to all 
 within the state, that at one of the meetings 
 held later in the year the proposal to make 
 it a state organization was adopted. The 
 word "Western" was dropped from the name 
 and as the "New York Milch Goat Breeders' 
 Association," its membership roll was opened 
 to all residents of the state. We thought we 
 had reached the limit, but soon found, that 
 intelligent and earnest women and men in 
 other states, even as far as Washington, Okla- 
 homa, Minnesota and elsewhere, were follow- 
 ing the very zeals that we had set ourselves, 
 and in deference to their request our ranks 
 were again widened and the association be- 
 come truly national in character, or as we 
 said on our letter heads, "a national associa- 
 tion to promote interest in the breeding of 
 milch goats and to encourage efforts to im- 
 prove their quality and to establish standards; 
 conduct exhibitions for the education of the 
 public, and to stimulate co-operation among 
 breeders for mutual protection and progress." 
 This is still our aim; it remains as our motto 
 unaltered, except insofar as we have again 
 been asked to enlarge and now embrace all 
 countries of North America. The name of 
 the association was changed at the meeting 
 held on September 17, 1913, to "The Standard 
 Milch Goat Breeders' Club of North Amer- 
 ica." A long name, but a worthy one. It 
 covers its aims, its hopes, its work. May it- 
 live forever and may its name become a 
 synonym for truth and quality in milch goats, 
 and a household word everywhere where a 
 ' ' baby ' ' gladdens a home. Babies ' welfare 
 and milch goats go hand in hand. 
 
 Theo. F. Jager. 
 
 MINUTES OF MEETING HELD AT 
 
 EOCHESTEE, N. Y., SEPTEMBEE 
 
 17, 1913. 
 
 Presiding officer — President M. A. Nicholls, 
 Lockport, N. Y. 
 
 Secretary — Theo. F. Jager, Barnard, N. Y. 
 
 After the election of forty-eight new mem- 
 bers, many of them physicians and women, 
 two classes as a rule, mostly interested in 
 milch goats, the business proceeded as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 On motion, the president appointed the fol- 
 lowing Saanen Standard Committee, said com- 
 mittee to be permanent : 
 
 J. G. Greene, chairman ; Theo. F. Jager, 
 secretary; Dr. E. S. Gordon, Mrs. Adele B. 
 Lee, S. J. Sharpies, Miss B. A. E. Stocker, 
 Alois Diethelm. 
 
 The Toggenburg Standard Committee, same 
 to be .permanent, consists of the following: 
 
 Dr. E. S. Gordon, chairman; Dr. J. P. 
 Torrey, secretary; Dr. E. Schmidt, Wm. C. 
 Shirley and J. G. Greene, Theo. F. Jager, 
 E. C. Arlidge. 
 
 The duties of these committees consist in 
 
 promulgating an acceptable standard for the 
 breeds mentioned. Theo. F. Jager, in present- 
 ing a standard for Saanen goats, said: "I 
 have used all foreign authorities on the sub- 
 ject of Saanens, have collected a large number 
 of typical photographs of the best goats in 
 this and foreign countries, studied the animals 
 in life here, in Germany and in Switzerland, 
 and believe that the proposed standard, as 
 I hand it to the members here assembled, will 
 meet with their approval. The standard illus- 
 tration of a typical doe, which is the work of 
 a German artist showing the blendings of 
 all good points wanted in the Saanen is in 
 my opinion worthy of your acceptance as ideal. 
 Your president has instructed the committee 
 to get in touch with the best breeders of 
 these breeds and to get their views, and as 
 I have published copies of the proposed stan- 
 dard in leading milch goat periodicals, I have 
 reason to hope, that the standard, by the 
 time it has gone through' its purifying process 
 of criticism, will remain the law for all breed- 
 ers of the future, a guide that is sure to 
 coax us on to breed better and better animals 
 from year to year. ' ' 
 
 BREED STANDARDS NEEDED. 
 
 The timely letter which S. L. Eoberts, Lemon 
 Grove, Cal., wrote to the Angora Journal, 
 shows more than any other one thing the 
 need of Standards. He says: 
 
 "In a somewhat near future there shall 
 undoubtedly be held at different places on our 
 coast milch goat shows, in connection with other 
 livestock exhibits, perhaps, and dairy exposi- 
 tions. 
 
 Eochester, N. Y., has had her milch goat 
 show this year. Ohio is about to take steps 
 for a milch goat exhibit. Massachusetts will 
 be up and doing, too, pretty soon. 
 
 When California, Oregon and Washington 
 come to the front with such exhibits they 
 should come prepared to show to an ideal 
 type and color for every variety shown. But 
 how can this be done without breed standards? 
 Each breed has its own configuration, and 
 most of them, or at least many of them, have 
 their own individual color and color markings. 
 I am aware that goat literature gives some 
 description of each popular breed, but is this 
 altogether satisfactory? 
 
 Breeders of cattle and horses, hogs and dogs 
 have their standards of perfection and are 
 judged by score card and points, deducting 
 lay points in each section according to defects 
 from the standard ideal as agreed upon by 
 the makers of the standard for each breed. 
 
 Poultry breeders and fanciers have their 
 standards of perfection for over one hundred 
 breeds and breed varieties. And, too, the 
 most uniform flock of a given variety as to 
 shape and color and size appeals most strongly 
 to the prospective buyer, doesn't it? Is not 
 this true, also, of buyers of Holstein cattle, 
 Berkshire hogs, Morgan horses or any and all 
 popular animals? Uniformity of breed, type 
 and color is absolutely essential to the buyers' 
 
defense. I know very well that some breeders 
 of some milch goats decry the color feature 
 of their own breed, making the type feature 
 paramount, relying upon individuality for ex- 
 cellence or non-excellence, as the case war- 
 rants. Breeders of Saanens and Appenzeller 
 and other white, or creamy-white, breeds know 
 that in their purity they must be of this 
 self-color (no color, properly) ; the Anglo- 
 Xubian breeder must rely upon peculiarity of 
 type form, as the breed shows different colored 
 coats, as must breeders of several other kinds. 
 But those who handle the Schwartzhals, Taren- 
 taise, or Toggenburg must show in their herds 
 their type forms and peculiarity of colors. 
 There are other varieties or breeds that must 
 show their distinctive coat colors, in the ab- 
 sence of which a want of purity of blood is 
 in evidence, and the well informed buyer looks 
 elsewhere. 
 
 These reflections call for milch goat stan- 
 dards for the good of both the buyer and the 
 seller — for the authority of seller and defense 
 of buyer. 
 
 I don 't know if in the countries whence 
 our importations have come they have their 
 book of standards or not, but I surmise they 
 haven't. (No — there are none in Germany 
 and Switzerland.- — T. F. J.) In America nearly 
 all exhibits of animals, and in many instances 
 
 of fruits and agricultural products, the award- 
 ing is computed by score card. When the 
 goat shows come on it will be necessary to 
 award by points in a little different way from 
 awarding by card upon the animal itself, but 
 the principle involved as a working basis may 
 be much the same. My goat friend, it will 
 come to this before many years, and it be- 
 hooves you to get in the parade close up to 
 the band wagon. 
 
 I should be pleased to hear from milch goat 
 devotees upon this subject of a standard, from 
 all over the Coast States. (Why not from 
 everywhere? — T. F. J.) 
 
 And while I am something of a Toggenburg 
 zealot, 1 am not unmindful of the good quali- 
 ties of all the leading breeds of this live stock, 
 and would like to see standards compiled 
 for every one of them and their propagation 
 pushed to the front. There is room for all 
 of them and to spare. 
 
 Goat culture in broad America is simply 
 in its embryonal existence. The more good 
 goats of whatever kind the better for the 
 country— better for the poor man and his 
 children — better for the invalid — yes, better 
 for the well-to-do and the rich. 
 
 Milch goat culture is worthy our best ef- 
 forts.— Dr. J. M. Tracy. 
 
 Information and Secretary's Office, Milch Goat Show, Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 Goats' Milk sold from this Tent for eighty cents per quart, and the supply was 
 
 constantly short of the demand. 
 
THE SAANEN GOAT. 
 
 One of the two leading breeds, if not the 
 leading breed of milch goats is the Saanen. 
 Being pure white in color, of large size, and 
 hornless, this bred has been able, owing to 
 its wonderful milk production and general 
 docile habits, linked with a strong resistance 
 to climatic influences and adaptability to sec- 
 tional feeding customs, to make friends on 
 every continent. The smallholders in the 
 Berner Oberland in Switzerland, that beautiful 
 valley through which the Saane runs, who 
 originated this race, deserve a pillar of fame 
 in every hamlet where the goats are kept, for 
 it is thanks to them that goats for milk have 
 become so deservedly popular everywhere. The 
 Saane is a tributary to the river Aare, one 
 of the waters that eventually makes the Rhine. 
 The Saanen valley lies about 3,000 feet above 
 sea level and some of the grazing plots go as 
 high as 6,000 feet above sea level. Here 
 stands the cradle of this noble race. The 
 soil is of lime stone origin and produces 
 abundant vegetation. Beginning in early May, 
 the goats can roam all season until late in the 
 fall. This made the race hardy; the chance to 
 select from the natural grasses and browse 
 what the system required, made the milk nutri- 
 tious. The two thousand goats that were 
 owned by the villagers in Saanen, Gsteig and 
 Lauenen, had a run of practically 98 percent 
 of all the area available and owned by these 
 communities, were in fact the sole house sup- 
 port of many families and their care was 
 considered the most important duty of the 
 fa mily. 
 
 Kanton Bern has, according to the latest 
 census, over 70,000 Saanen goats and as four- 
 teen of the sixteen goat exhibitions held there 
 in one year awarded prizes only to Saanen 
 goats, the predominance of this breed is easily 
 understood. 
 
 The average annual milk production during 
 the first milk year is 685 quarts, during the 
 second year 735 quarts and for the succeeding 
 years 840 quarts. Twelve hundred quarts are 
 by no means uncommon productions, and rec- 
 ords are at times given of goats that produce 
 1 ( ) V->. quarts daily. 
 
 The butterfat percent of the milk produced 
 depends on the feeding method. Goats on 
 pasture give milk containing from 3 to 3Va 
 percent butterfat, while goats fed on choice 
 dry feed, augmented with grains give at times 
 as much as 5% percent butterfat. The best 
 record in butterfat stands at 8 percent. 
 
 The first export of Saanen goats was made 
 in 1858 when the agricultural department of 
 the grandukedom of Wurtemberg purchased 
 one buck and five goats, and these purchases 
 increased from year to year until in 1880 
 the white goat of Switzerland was well known 
 in every European nation. 
 
 The white goat from Appenzell, although in 
 all points except coat, the exact counterpart 
 of the Saanen, has of late years been so 
 mixed with the Saanen in all sections, except 
 
 its home county, that it can be safely dis- 
 counted now as having passed its influence 
 for having aided in perfecting the Saanen 
 breed. The goat from Appenzell, also horn- 
 less and pure white, has a rather heavy and 
 longer coat and to this is to be attributed 
 the rather excessive coats that we at times 
 still find on our Saanen bucks. The breeder 
 whose aim is to create the best of a race 
 should at all times work to eliminate the 
 longer coated animals, as the goat having the 
 shortest coat of thick hair is, if all other points 
 are equal, the best for show as well as milk 
 production. It has been claimed and this is 
 true, that the heavier coated goat from Appen- 
 zell is better weather-resisting, and able to 
 endure colder climates than the thin-skinned 
 and shorter-coated Saanen, but as a certain 
 amount of food stuffs and energy are always 
 required to produce this heavier coat, and 
 as it is, as a rule, taken at the expense of 
 the milk quantity, it is doubtful if the logic 
 advanced in support of Appenzeller for colder 
 climates is correct, if milk production is to 
 be the aim. 
 
 The greatest impetus to the breeding of 
 pure Saanens was given, when Pfungstadt in 
 Hessen-Germany, took them up. They began 
 to breed them systematically in 1892, but had 
 them since 1872. Today a provincial union 
 of forty-four goat breeders ' associations keeps 
 the breeding, showing and registration of all 
 the goats owned in the district under perfect 
 control and the name, which they have given 
 their perfected Saanen goat ' ' Starkenburger 
 Edelziege, " is a synonym for Saanen excel- 
 lence. The union of clubs won over $2,500 in 
 prizes in one year in competition with the 
 best breeders from countries and districts in 
 all the best shows on the continent, and the 
 export sales of goats amounts so far to over 
 $80,000. This shows what one small section 
 has done and can accomplish by working 
 intelligently for the perfection of its aim, to 
 l^roduce the best possible strain of the Saanen 
 goat. 
 
 The average annual milk production of the 
 Saanen in Pfungstadt is 897 quarts annually, 
 while common goats produced only 393 quarts. 
 As a rule the goats are kept in the stable 
 all the year around and handfed, while the 
 kids are herded or allowed liberty until the 
 full growth is attained. 
 
 Other strains of Saanen goats, that are 
 equal 1o the best, are the Heppenheimer, Gross 
 Umstadter, Rimbacher, Lauterbacher, Taunus, 
 Langensalzaer and Brandenburger. The Lan- 
 gensalzaer are probably the most noted and 
 famed for having an abnormal bag develop- 
 ment. The udder is almost round, closely 
 fastened to the body and of a very large 
 capacity. The neck of the goat is very thin, 
 while the back falls off and is broad over 
 the hips. The coat of the Langensalzaer goat 
 is very fine, and almost silky in texture. Its 
 breeders claim for it an annual production of 
 from 850 to 950 quarts. 
 
I am safe in asserting that the good work 
 done by the breeders of Langensalzaer and 
 Pfungstadt in Germany with the material 
 originally provided by the Swiss from Appen- 
 zell, the Saanen Valley and Simmental, an- 
 other prominent goat district, has really made 
 the Saanen breed so desirable. No matter 
 what the strain, a Saanen goat is always 
 welcome property. While some strains em- 
 brace large or stocky animals, others, like 
 the Langensalzaer, seek to improve the medium 
 sized racy looking goat, and still others, like 
 the Appenzeller, think a heavy coat of hair 
 is very desirable. England, importing its first 
 Saanens direct from the Paris goat show in 
 1903, it is said, has not made as much progress 
 with the breed as we should have a right 
 to expect, but no doubt will remedy this lack 
 of interest when more of the breed are kept 
 to allow them to be judged fairly in competi- 
 tion with others. Peer, an English authority, 
 says : ' ' The best of the Saanen goats are 
 superior to the best Toggenburgers; in fact, 
 the best of them are probably the best in the 
 world, giving from five to six quarts per 
 day. ' ' 
 
 The few pure Saanen goats now owned in 
 America, are widely scattered, and while the 
 best of them are found but singly, they have 
 created great interest in the breeding centers 
 of California, Ohio, New York and Pennsyl- 
 vania, where they are rapidly making goat 
 history. The imported Saanen goat No. 11, 
 owned by the New York Agricultural Experi- 
 ment Station, is a fair specimen of the breed 
 mill her authenticated record of milk produc- 
 tion during ten months is 1,845 pounds of 
 milk. 
 
 SAANEN STANDARD SUBMITTED 
 THE BREEDERS OF AMERICA 
 FOR CRITICISM. 
 
 TO 
 
 By Theo F. Jager. 
 General characteristics. Saanen milch goats 
 are large goats of a very docile temperament. 
 Their milk production ranges from two quarts 
 when two years old to five and more quarts 
 when six years old. The does have a very 
 feminine head, rather narrow, and coarseness 
 in any section of body is foreign to the 
 breed. The skin should be of rich, fleshy red 
 color. Hair ^ery short on does, on bucks, 
 medium long. Bucks show the rather short 
 face and compact head lines peculiar to their 
 sex. 
 
 SHAPE AND COLOR OF BUCK AND DOE. 
 
 1. Head. Medium in length with wide fore- 
 head; fine nose between muzzle and eyes. Muz- 
 zle wide; eyes full and with a mild expression. 
 No horns or discernible proofs that horns have 
 been removed. Does have a longer head than 
 bucks. Cheeks almost flat. Ears long, thin- 
 skinned, somewhat hanging. Tongue and lips 
 flesh colored; eyes yellowish, turning to bay; 
 eyelashes white. Goatee long. The head, 
 viewed from the front, indicate intelligence 
 and smart, pleasing side lines; bulging cheeks 
 are not permitted in does. Ten points. 
 
 2. Neck. Moderately long, free from dew- 
 lap or loose skin on under side, rather thin 
 on does, size of goat considered; heavy and 
 shorter on bucks, amply covered with a strong 
 coat of pure white hair. Two long pendulous 
 "bells'' on each side of neck close to throat. 
 Fi\e points. 
 
 Ideal Saanen Doe 
 
3. Fore-quarters. Breast deep and full, 
 showing constitutional abilities. Brisket and 
 fore-quarters rather light in does, the animal 
 increasing in depth and width backward. Eight 
 points. 
 
 4. Back. Eather long, loins falling in. Eibs 
 well sprung, giving large barrel capacity; body 
 deep at flanks; hair along spine longer than on 
 rest of body. Twelve points. 
 
 5. Hind-quarters. Broad and straight, fall- 
 ing off a little over the pelvic arch; tail short, 
 flat and well covered with hair. Eight points. 
 
 6. Udder. Capacious and not fleshy, full 
 of milk veins leading to it; evenly broad from 
 top to bottom. Firmly attached to body, the 
 sole nearly level and extending well forward; 
 two teats, two inches long, equal in thickness. 
 Skin of udder flesh color or reddish, covered 
 with fine short hair. Thirty points. 
 
 7. Legs. Fore legs straight and rather heavy 
 on bucks, set wide apart. Hind legs a little 
 bent, rather long. Four points. 
 
 8. Coat. Pure white throughout. Skin red- 
 dish or flesh colored, very thin on barrel of 
 does, loose and oily. Hair thin, silky, close, 
 short on does, more profuse and of medium 
 length on bucks. Eight points. 
 
 . 9. Weight and size. Bucks, two to four 
 years old, 140 to 180 pounds; measure at the 
 withers from 28 to 30 inches. Does, two to 
 four years old, 100 to 50 pounds, measure at 
 the withers, 24 to 28 inches. The size and 
 weight must be symmetrical. Eight points. 
 
 10. General appearance. Docile, active, con- 
 fidence inviting. The bucks must impress 
 
 through their rather stocky appearance and 
 longer coat, larger size and weight, while the 
 does must appear feminine in face, and have 
 the smooth coat and general appearance of a 
 good dairy goat. Seven points. Total, 100 
 points. 
 
 So far as those present were concerned, and 
 with the exception of the neck "bells" re- 
 quired, no objection was heard against the 
 standard. It remains, however, for the breed- 
 ers at large to give their opinions before we 
 can feel sure to have made into law what we 
 really want and need. A. Diethelm, specifically, 
 was of the opinion that the ' ' bells ' ' should not 
 be considered either a requirement nor an ob- 
 jection. Dr. L. Knox said: "I trim them off 
 because I admire the smooth, long neck and 
 consider them entirely useless." 
 
 The Toggenburg standard, at least so it was 
 considered by all members present, notably 
 among which were Dr. E. S. Gordon, J. G. 
 Greene, E. C. Arlidge, Adna G. Bowen, Dr. 
 J. P. Torrey, all well versed with the require- 
 ments of the breed, should be identical with 
 the Saanens except in color and that a rougher 
 and longer coat should be required for Toggen- 
 burgs, further that all Toggenburgs must have 
 the neck "bells." With this information to 
 guide the committees, I trust an acceptable 
 standard for the two leading milch goat breeds 
 will soon be a reality. 
 
 In the days of Hippocrates the milk cure 
 was ordered to be taught in the medical 
 schools as a curative of almost all breast 
 affections and consumption. — C. F. Beuss. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 THE TOGGENBURG MILCH GOAT. 
 
 In East Switzerland, and notably in Kanton 
 St. Gallen, in the Toggenburg valley, by Buchs, 
 Grabs, Sevelen and also near Alt-St. Johann, 
 the Toggenburg goat has been for many years 
 the favorite. It is here where she was origi- 
 nated from crosses of the longer coated Ap- 
 penzeller goat, a strain of the Saanen, and 
 the fawn- or red-colored Hazli goat, herself 
 again closely allied to the Guggisberger. Owing 
 to the fact that English breeders preferred 
 them and were able to procure good specimens 
 of this breed long before good types of other 
 breeds could be had, the Toggenburg has been 
 able to take a good foothold in the British 
 Isles and from there again in this county. 
 Toggenburgs are a race that will make good, 
 there is no doubt about it. They stand at the 
 head of the list with the best of producers 
 of other races and as they have a pleasing 
 type and color combination they are often pre- 
 ferred to other self-colored breeds. H. S. 
 Holmes Pegler claims that "this breed is said 
 to be the result of a cross between the white 
 Appenzell and the Chamoisee. ' ' Chamoisee is 
 the French for Guggisberger, and in this re- 
 spect the statement is practically true. The 
 same writer says of the milk production, that 
 ' ' the chief reason for the Toggenburg being 
 so abundant a milker consists in the fact that 
 in Switzerland special attention to this fea- 
 ture has been given by breeders from time im- 
 memorial, inferior milkers being killed and 
 eaten, and only the good ones kept for breed- 
 ing. ' ' So far the Toggenburg goats are not 
 bred to a uniform standard in Switzerland 
 and we find short coated and long coated ani- 
 mals. The association of breeders in Wildhaus, 
 Ober Toggenburg, have even gone so far as to 
 ;il low classes for either in their annual show 
 held every October. But it is safe to assert 
 that the shorter coated type is gradually win- 
 ning out in popularity, especially since English 
 fanciers and American breeders are inclined 
 to prefer them. 
 
 The American standard demands a rich fawn 
 color, which may shade to a deep chocolate, 
 but black Toggenburgers are also often found 
 in the old country, but no matter what the 
 color, the characteristic face markings and 
 
 White stripes on legs must always appear. 
 Another strain which was formerly much ad- 
 mired, were the ' ' black-booted, ' ' a chocolate 
 colored goat with legs entirely black up to the 
 knees, a black nose and minus the white face 
 stripes. These are now eliminated from this 
 race, practically extinct and only rarely find 
 we such specimen, and then only under the 
 name of Guggisberger. 
 
 Toggenburgs are a very hardy and prolific 
 race and compare well with any other breed. 
 It is doubtful if they can be excelled for fru- 
 galitjr, milk production and profit. It should 
 be the aim of the breeders to weed out all ani- 
 mals that show in any way inferiority to the 
 standard points, and avoid inbreeding, that 
 the inherited hardiness may be preserved for 
 the race. It is one thing to have a show goat 
 capturing the prizes for being ideal in type, 
 but it is a far better achievement to have a 
 prolific breeder with a constitution to produce 
 a pair of kids every year and to sustain its 
 owner during a long lactation period. The 
 dangers of allowing show animals to guide our 
 breeders' operations is always with us and 
 unless we plan wisely, and mate judiciously, 
 and weed out fearlessly, we shall fail in our 
 attempt to bring to perfection what we did 
 get in good breeding material from across the 
 pond. 
 
 A milking test held by the breeders' associa- 
 tion in Buchs, which covered one entire year, 
 showed that the eight Toggenburgers in the 
 test had a lactation period of 366, 364, 354, 
 347, 345, 337, 336 and 313 days respectively. It 
 convinces us that these goats will remain fresh 
 and produce milk at times even for longer than 
 twelve months. The average amount of milk 
 per day was a little over four pounds per 
 animal. Five goats gave in an English milking 
 test in 1898 a total of 7,140 pounds. 
 
 ' ' The Toggenburg may be said to be the 
 most popular breed of goat in England at this 
 moment, ' ' says H. S. Holmes Pegler, ' ' as in- 
 deed it has been for some years. This is due 
 to two important qualities — its great milking 
 capacity and its docile, kindly nature. Anyone 
 visiting a herd of goats of various sorts 
 amongst which there are Toggenburgs will 
 generally find that while the others move off 
 at the approach of strangers the Swiss will 
 come up to be patted, and will feed readily 
 from the hand." 
 
AMERICAN STANDARD OF THE TOGGENBURG BREED 
 OF MILCH GOATS. 
 
 Submitted for Criticism by Theo. F. Jagn. 
 Scale of Points. 
 
 1, Head — Medium in length; wide forehead. 
 Fine nose between muzzle and eyes ; muzzle wide, 
 eyes full and with a mild expression. No horns 
 or discernible proofs of horns having been re- 
 moved. Does have a longer head than bucks, 
 with cheeks almost flat. Ears are long, thin- 
 skinned, carried semi-erect, goatee longer and 
 heavier on bucks. Bucks have a large curly 
 tuft of hair between the ears, which hangs into 
 the face. The head, viewed in profile, indicates 
 intelligence and has pleasing lines; coarse fea- 
 tures are foreign to the breed. The buck is 
 somewhat more bulky in head as well as in 
 other parts of the body than the doe. 
 
 10 points. 
 
 2, Neck — Moderately long, free from dewlap 
 or loose skin, well proportioned to rest of body 
 and head, without appearing stocky. 
 
 5 points. 
 
 3, Forequarters — Breast deep and full, show- 
 ing great constitutional abilities; brisket 
 lighter in does. 8 points. 
 
 4, Back — Long, loins falling in. Bibs well 
 sprung covering large barrel capacity. Body 
 deep at flanks, hair along spine longer than on 
 rest of body. The animal increases in depth 
 and width backward. 12 points. 
 
 5, Hindquarters — Broad and straight, falling 
 off a little over the pelvic arch; tail short, 
 flat, well covered with hair. 8 points. 
 
 6, Udder — Capacious and not fleshy, milk 
 veins leading to same ; covered with fine hair. 
 Must be evenly broad from top to bottom, 
 firmly attached to body, the sole nearly level, 
 and extend well forward. Two teats of equal 
 size and good length. Skin of udder fine and 
 oily. 30 points. 
 
 7, Legs — Fore legs straight and rather heavy 
 on bucks, coarser haired, hind legs a trifle bent, 
 longer; again coarser haired on bucks. 4 points. 
 
 8, Coat — Skin flesh colored, covered with a fine 
 coat of silky hair on does, longer somewhat 
 coarser hair on bucks. Color of coat : From 
 light-fawn to dark drab, often also mouse 
 colored, free from white spots except as stated, 
 a deep rich reddish fawn on bucks and a lighter 
 fawn on does being the most desirable, if all 
 other points are equal. Dark drab or chocolate 
 shadings coming in to second consideration. The 
 white markings which must appear are as fol- 
 lows: A white stripe on each side of the face 
 from just below the eyes down to the muzzle ; 
 this should not include the muzzle nor touch the 
 ears. Bucks have these markings in the shape 
 of a white spot somewhat elongated around 
 the eyes, extending them well down to the muz- 
 zle. White is also on each side and under the 
 tail, on the underbody and on the legs, between 
 the thighs and downward to the hoofs. Knee 
 caps and front of legs show again a darker 
 striping, which may be darker than the general 
 body color, on bucks especially. The ears are 
 lighter colored inside. 8 points. 
 
 9. Weight und Size — Bucks, matured, 130 to 
 180 pounds, measure at the withers from 28 
 to 30 inches. Does, mature, weight 80 to 110 
 pounds, measure at the withers 27 to 32 inches. 
 The size and weight must be symmetrical and 
 well proportioned. 
 
 10, General Appearance — Docile, active, vigor- 
 ous. The bucks impress through their rather 
 sturdy appearance and somewhat longer coat, 
 larger size and weight; the does are very femi- 
 nine in looks, and appear as a well groomed pet 
 dressed in a smooth shiny coat. 7 points. 
 
 Total, 
 
 100 points. 
 
 Champion Toggenburg Doe, 
 
 shown by Dr. R. Schmidt, valued at $500. 
 
 A perfect specimen at time of show, eight 
 
 months old, 
 
 STATE BREEDING STATIONS— TRIAL 
 BOARD. 
 
 Dr. J. P. Torrey moved, J. G. Greene sec- 
 onded, that all vice-presidents organize 
 branches within. their states, that state breed 
 Lug stations be recommended. Carried. 
 
 Several complaints and some charges were 
 preferred by members against a goat dealer 
 in a western state, who fails to live up to his 
 promises in deals, neglects to pay his debts and 
 does business generally in a way that is doing 
 harm to the legitimate milch goat industry. 
 On the motion of J. G. Greene, a prominent 
 I rial board was appointed with full powers 
 to investigate the eomplaints received, to call 
 upon all parties complained against for ex- 
 planations and to protect others from falling 
 their victims by publishing the results ob- 
 tained. The president appointed the follow- 
 ing on this board: J. G. Greene, chairman; 
 C. S. Spillsbury, Mrs. C. C. Shannon, C. S 
 Doolittle, Adna G. Bowen. 
 
 
ELIGIBLE FOE REGISTRY. 
 
 On motion, the president appointed Dr. L. 
 Gr. Knox, Dr. E. S. Gordon, Alois Diethelm, 
 ^NJ is. Katheryn Jager and Mrs. C. C. Shannon 
 a committee to report on the breed charac- 
 teristics of the goats on exhibition and to 
 give in writing a list of all goats that were of a 
 quality entitling them to registration as a pure 
 breed. Dr. E. S. Gordon handed me, later on, the 
 following report, which gives the name of 
 the owner and the animal's name, breed and 
 sex, and although in many instances nothing 
 was known to that committee regarding the 
 breeding of the animal, a registration certifi- 
 cate will be granted the owner upon applica- 
 tion, as the goats listed have all the earmarks 
 and visible signs of being thoroughbreds. The 
 numbers in front of their names have been 
 reserved for the animals and this number will 
 appear on the certificate when issued, after 
 the standard committee has concluded its work 
 and fixed the types by law. 
 
 Milch goats entitled to registration. 
 
 Saanen — 1. "Snowdrop, " doekid, F. L. 
 Thornton. 2. "Pansy," doekid, M. A. Nicholls. 
 3. "Snowball," doe, M. A. Nicholls. 4. "Cath- 
 arine," doe, M. A. Nicholls. 5. "Viloet," doe, 
 M. A. Nicholls. 6. "Sam," buck, M. A. 
 Nicholls. 7. "Snow Queen," doe, Jagerhof. 
 8. "Bessie," doe, F. T. Servis. 9. "Tioron- 
 da," buck, F. T. Servis. 10. "Sam Junior," 
 buck, Mrs. C. C. Shannon. 11. "Titania," 
 doe, Miss E. E. Hunnikin, 12. "Lora, " doe 
 kid, Geo. Hak. 
 
 Toggenburg — 13. "Winnie," doe, Dr. R. 
 Schmidt. 14. "Howie," doe, Dr. R. Schmidt, 
 
 15. "Chieftain Jr.," buck, Dr. R. Schmidt. 
 
 16. "Win How," buck, Dr. R. Schmidt. 17. 
 "Ali Baba," buck, Dr. E. S. Gordon. 18. 
 "Nan E," doe, Dr. E. S. Gordon. 19. "Nan- 
 etta G," doe, Dr. E. S. Gordon. 20. "Belle," 
 doe, E. C. Arlidge. 21. " Elmcrof t Polly," 
 doe, J. G. Greene. 22. " Elmcrof t Rex," 
 buck, J. G. Greene. 23. "Fanette, " doe, 
 Mrs. C. C. Shannon. 24. "Dorothy," doe, 
 Mrs. C. C. Shannon. 25. '•Little Maud," doe, 
 Mrs. C. C. Shannon. 26. "Pride of Jager- 
 hof, ' ' buck, Jagerhof. 
 
 Maltese — 27. "Kaiser Wilhelm, " buck, Dr. 
 J. P. Torrey. 28. "Silver King," buck, L. 
 W. Ranker. 29. "Diana," doe, Jagerhof. 
 
 Guggisberger — 30. ' ' Forestwater, ' ' doekid, 
 Dr. H. H. Lauderdale. 31. "Mountain Girl," 
 doekid, Dr. H. H. Lauderdale. 32. "Elmcroft 
 Fanny," doe, J. G. Greene. 
 
 This, a new breed originated by C. W. 
 Griggs, who claims much for the same. Pure 
 Toggenburg does have been crossed originally 
 with Anglo-Nubian bucks in order to get this 
 hornless, generally dark brown or black colored 
 breed of uniform quality. The milk is said 
 to be of exceptional richness. 
 
 Nuburg— 33. "Nuburg Chief," buck, C. 
 W. Griggs. 34. "Princess," doe, C. W. 
 Griggs. 35. "Nettie," doe, C. W. Griggs. 
 36. "Mascotte," doe, C. W. Griggs. 37. 
 ' ' Brownie, ' ' doe, C. W. Griggs. 
 
 In those countries where the goat is domes- 
 ticated and its milk is used in the family 
 there is very little tuberculosis. — Dr. 0. G. 
 Place. 
 
 View of Interior of the "Overflow" Tent. 
 
 This tent contained only a small fraction of the goats that could not be penned in 
 
 the large tent. Feeder at work mixing his grain rations. 
 
GENERAL EEVIEW OF THE CLASSES. 
 
 As had been anticipated by close-observing 
 milch goat breeders, the Toggenburgs were 
 the quality classes of the show. The two 
 8-months-old doe kids shown by Dr. E. Schmidt, 
 Hannibal, Mo., valued at $500 apiece, were 
 easily the leaders in the show, being excep- 
 tionally large, appearing like fully-matured 
 animals, hornless, and having the rich per- 
 fectly even light chocolate color so essential 
 to the breed. Their face and leg markings 
 were perfect. As a man who had seen herds 
 of the best in Europe, said: "They are just 
 about what we have been looking for." Of 
 course they promptly took both leading awards. 
 A hornless doe close up owned by E. C. 
 Arlidge, said to be bred by the New York 
 Agricultural Experiment Station, was also a 
 rare good specimen, but lacked a little in 
 size. The does shown by Dr. E. S. Gordon, 
 while older, were fully the equals of the 
 Schmidt stock, but the presence of horns de- 
 tracted some on that account. Closely com- 
 pared, they were richer in color, type and 
 general conformation perfect. "Ali Baba, " 
 the champion Toggenburg buck of the show, 
 showed in every line his royal descent. "While 
 he may be said to be rather long-coated, he 
 is every inch a true Toggenburg. The Schmidt 
 bucks, while younger, were close up. 
 
 The Saanens were rather a disappointment, 
 as Mrs. Lee failed to show her expected string. 
 Aside from "Sam," "Sam, Jr.," and "Tior- 
 onda, " no bucks could meet our approval, 
 while in does but few were really true Saanens. 
 Mark A. Nicholls had more Saanens in the 
 show than any one else and the average quality 
 of them was the highest. ' ' Sam ' ' was de- 
 clared the champion. He is a veteran and 
 while he has some foreign blood, is in every 
 line worthy of the breed. 
 
 "Silver King," the Maltese champion shown 
 from Ohio, is a large specimen of the true 
 Maltese. Dr. Torrey's "Kaiser Wilhelm" 
 lacked a little in size, otherwise his full 
 equal. The does of this breed were in part, 
 dehorned and in part hornless, and as a class 
 not equal to the bucks in quality. Since 
 the coming of the Swiss breeds the Maltese 
 seem to be losing popularity, and this is a 
 pity, as they well deserve to be held in favor 
 especially for crossing, as long as we lack 
 pure-breds of the former to satisfy all 
 demands. 
 
 In "Nuburgs, " a composite breed origin- 
 ated by C. W. Griggs, this exhibitor took all 
 awards except one on bucks, which went to 
 a young specimen shown by Mrs. Viger. While 
 this breed is far from perfect, it can be 
 said to contain much of promise. The black 
 and dark brown does shown, being hornless 
 and of good size, with well- developed udder 
 
 
 
 "AH Baba" 
 Champion Toggenburg Buck at Rochester, 1913. 
 Exhibited by Dr. E. S. Gordon, Cranbury, N. J. 
 
rudimentaries, can be relied on to find favor 
 in the eyes of many, especially as their 
 originator claims much for them in the line 
 of an especially rich milk. 
 
 The graded classes contained some excellent 
 stock. The Maltese crosses shown by J. W. 
 Grute and the Saanen crosses shown by Miss 
 E. R. Hunnikin, were particularly attractive. 
 The large herd entered by M. A. Nicholls and 
 Geo. Hak also contained many individuals, 
 that could not be bought for any price, proof 
 in itself that their owners knew their value 
 as milk producers. The ' ' Elmcrof t herd ' ' 
 contained many fine large Toggenburg grades, 
 that in looks and production at least are equal 
 to the best thoroughbreds. Some fine milkers 
 were seen in the native class, and one espe- 
 cially, ' ' Minnie, ' ' entered by H. L. Webster, 
 although small in stature, surprised all by 
 the large amount of milk she gave. 
 
 The show, while probably somewhat disap- 
 pointing to some of our leading breeders, who 
 
 expected to see large entries of perfect speci- 
 mens of every known breed, was, nevertheless, 
 a great revelation to all others, and the words 
 of praise heard on every hand over the large 
 display and its arrangement easily crowded 
 out the few isolated remarks made in a con- 
 trary spirit. The milch goat industry is just 
 in its infancy; we have not as yet large herds 
 of registered pure breeds, that are common 
 in every locality; we have so far no advanced 
 milk registry nor even an accepted standard, 
 and knowing all this we have full reason 
 to be proud with the advance that this in- 
 dustry has made in this short time. The 
 many sales that were made and the interest 
 shown by all is a guaranty that future shows 
 will not only be larger, but contain more 
 stars of the kind Dr. Gordon, Dr. Schmidt 
 and others showed here. We have now been 
 taught where to look for the good ones and 
 their breeders will, as a result, reap their 
 well deserved reward. 
 
 Theo. F. Jager, Secretary, 
 Showing "Nuburg Chief," the property of C. W. Griggs. 
 
PRIZE WINNERS IN REGULAR CLASSES. 
 
 1. Saanen — Buck over two years — M. A. 
 Nieholls, Lockport, N. Y., "Sam," No. 303, 
 first. F. T. Servis, Charlotte, N. Y., " Tior 
 onda, " No. 424, second. 
 
 Buck over one year — Mrs. C. C. Shannon, 
 Brighton Sta., N. Y., "Sam Jr.," first. 
 
 Buck under one year — L. W. Ranker, Tiffin, 
 O., "Saratoga Chieftain," first; C. W. Beach, 
 Rochester, N. Y., "Cream de Mint," second. 
 
 Doe over two years — Jagerhof, Barnard, N. 
 Y., "Snow Queen," first; F. T. Servis, "Bes- 
 sie," second. 
 
 Doe over one year — F. T. Servis, "Nana," 
 first; Jagerhof, "Snow Belle," second. 
 
 Doe under one year — F. L. Thornton, 164 
 Pond St., Providence, R. I., "Snowdrop," 
 first; M. A. Nieholls, "Pansy," second. 
 
 2. Toggenburg. Buck over two years — Dr. 
 E. S. Gordon, Cranbury, N. J., "Ali Baba," 
 No. 412, first; Ambler Goat Dairy, Kendal 
 Green, Mass., "Assurance 2nd," second. 
 
 Buck over one year — J. G. Greene, 520 Ger. 
 Ins. Bldg., Rochester, N. Y., " Elmcroft Rex," 
 first; Mrs. M. B. Ettien, Easton, Md., "Duke 
 of Gloucester," second. 
 
 Buck under one year — Dr. R. Schmidt, Han- 
 nibal, Mo., "Chieftain Jr.," No. 590, first; 
 Jagerhof, "Pride of Jagerhof," second. 
 
 Doe over two years — Mrs. C. C. Shannon, 
 "Fanette," first; J. G. Greene, "Elmcroft 
 Fanny, ' ' second. 
 
 Doe over one year — Dr. E. S. Gordon, "Nan- 
 etta G," No. 434, first; "Nan E," No. 436, 
 second. 
 
 Doe under one year — Dr. R. Schmidt, 
 "Howie," No. 624, first; "Winnie," No. 
 623, second. 
 
 3. Maltese — Buck over two years — L. W. 
 Ranker, "Silver King," first. 
 
 Buck over one year — Dr. J. P. Torrey, 
 Andover, Mass., ' ' Kaiser Wilhelm, ' ' first. 
 
 Buck under one year — Jagerhof, ' ' Duke of 
 Ivory," first; Jagerhof, "Gladstone," second. 
 
 Doe over two years — Jagerhof, ' ' Direc- 
 trice, " first; Jagerhof, "Diana," second. 
 
 Doe over one year — Gust. Belkey, Glyndon, 
 Minn., "Nana 2nd," first; J. W. Grate, Coeh- 
 ranton, Pa., " Nanu G, " second. 
 
 Doe under one year — F. L. Thornton, 
 "Mountain Lassie," first; Jagerhof, "Bel- 
 lair," second. 
 
 4. Guggisberger. — Buck over one year — - 
 Hans Graf, Gates, N. Y., "Cherusker, " first. 
 
 Buck under one year — Jagei'hof , ' ' Duke of 
 Fawnland, ' ' first. 
 
 Doe over two years — .Jagerhof, "Princess 
 Nellie, ' ' first ; Jagerhof, ' ' Yellow Lassie, ' ' 
 second. 
 
 Doe under one year — Dr. H. II. Lauderdale, 
 Sulphur, Okla., "Forestwater, " first; Dr*. II. 
 H. Lauderdale, "Mountain Girl," second. 
 
 5. Nuburg. — Buck over two years — C. W. 
 Griggs, Trout Run, Pa., "Nuburg Chief," 
 first, 
 
 Buck under one year — C. W. Griggs, "Prem- 
 ium," first; Mrs. H. Viger, Clarendon, Pa., 
 ' ' King Nuburg, ' ' second. 
 
 Doe over one year — C. W. Griggs, ' ' Prin- 
 cess, ' ' first ; C. W. Griggs, ' ' Nettie, ' ' second. 
 
 Doe under one year — C. W. Griggs, " Mas- 
 cotte, " first; C. W. Griggs, "Brownie," 
 second. 
 
 6. Angora. — Doe over two years — W. D. 
 Reynolds, Belfast, N. Y., "Angora R, " first. 
 
 Doe over one year — W. D. Reynolds, ' ' Ara- 
 bella, ' ' first. 
 
 Doe under one year — W. D. Reynolds, "An- 
 nabelle, ' ' first. 
 
 7. Grades. — Buck over one year — Jager- 
 hof, ' ' Homelad, ' ' first, 
 
 Buck under one year — M. A. Nieholls, 
 ' ' Kugler, ' ' first ; M. A. Nieholls, ' ' Johnny, ' ' 
 second. 
 
 Doe over two yeais — Geo. Hak, Lockport, 
 N. Y., "Almona," first; Mrs. C. C. Shannon, 
 ' ' Maxilla, ' ' second. 
 
 Doe over one year — M. A. Nieholls, "Valen- 
 tine," first; Miss E. E. Hunnikin, Fullers, 
 N. Y., ' ' Lady Bess, ' ' second. 
 
 Doe under one year — Geo. Hak, "Lora," 
 first ; M. A. Nieholls, ' ' Susan, ' ' second. 
 
 8. Native. — Buck over one year — Jagerhof, 
 "The Veterinary," first; Jagerhof, "Graf 
 Walheim," second. 
 
 Buck under one year — Jagerhof, "Browsing 
 Lad, ' ' first, 
 
 Doe over two years — M. A. Nieholls, ' ' Mag- 
 nesia, ' ' first ; .1 agerhof , ' ' Miss Browser, ' ' 
 second. 
 
 Doe over one year — Jagerhof, ' ' Cinderella, ' ' 
 first; .Jagerhof, "Black Irene," second. 
 
 Doe under one year — Jagerhof, ' ' Eomula, ' ' 
 first ; Jagerhof, ' ' Main of Avon, ' ' second. 
 
 9. Driving Class. — Best single driver, boy 
 under ten years — Hans Graf, first. 
 
 Best single driver, boy over ten years — ■ 
 
 F. T. Servis, first. 
 
 Best matched pair in harness — F. T. Servis, 
 first. 
 
 Best trained goat — F. T. Servis, first ; Jag- 
 erhof, second. 
 
 Best decorated wagon — F. T. Servis, first. 
 
 10. Dairy Class. — "Minnie," native doe, 
 three years old, fresh April 16, 1913; owner. 
 H. L. Webster, Warsaw, N. Y., third prize. 
 
 ' ' Elmcroft Polly, ' ' Toggenburg, one year 
 old, fresh May 2, 1913; owner, James G. 
 Greene, 520 Ger. Ins. Bldg., Rochester, X. 
 Y., second prize. 
 
 "Elmcroft Fanny," Toggenburg, four 
 years old, fresh June 15, 1913; owner, .lames 
 
 G. Greene, first prize. 
 
 "Nanu G," Maltese grade, five years old, 
 fresh April 8, 1913; owner, J. W. Grute, 
 Cochranton, Pa., fourth prize. 
 
 "Nancy,'' grade Toggenburg, four years 
 old, fresh August 16, 1913 ; owner, Geo. B. 
 Ripley, Andover, Mass., fifth prize. 
 
 The ten days ' dairy test convinced the 
 management that it is unwise to hold such 
 in the future in connection with regular milch 
 
goat shows, as the animals, excited from the 
 shipping, and unaccustomed to their surround- 
 ings and feed, and strangers to the milkers, 
 will not respond as they would at home. The 
 best goat, being often the easiest excited, 
 may reduce her milk flow over fifty per cent 
 and the result would be anything but fair to 
 the goat and her owner. For the future this 
 club hopes to arrange such milking contests 
 entirely separate and apart from milch goat 
 shows and arrange for them during the early 
 months of spring when most milkers are in 
 their prime. By the time we have secured 
 our State trial grounds, we expect to arrange 
 that our state vice-presidents can hold such 
 annual milking contests, after the goats en- 
 tered have become accustomed to their new 
 surroundings and familiar with the attendants. 
 The average produced by the goats was 
 around two quarts per day, and the milk 
 was used in public demonstrations. Thousands 
 of visitors who had heretofore harbored a 
 prejudice against goat 's milk were converted, 
 and many hundreds of them promised to get 
 a goat at the earliest possible opportunity. 
 
 SPECIAL PRIZES. 
 
 Five dollars in gold for best exhibit to 
 Dr. E. Schmidt, Hannibal, Mo. 
 
 Five dollars in gold for best herd of three 
 to Dr. E. S. Gordon, Cranbury, N. J. 
 
 Both of these Grand Specials were won by 
 pure-bred Toggenburgs, one buck and two 
 or more does. 
 
 Five dollars in gold for best display of 
 literature, etc., to "Jagerhof, " Barnard, N. 
 Y. This farm had a separate tent erected, 
 where goat periodicals, goat books, photo- 
 graphs, etc., were on display and could be 
 purchased. C. S. Spillsbury was in charge and 
 assisted by many other fanciers were sur- 
 rounded at all times by a throng of eager 
 folks in search of ' ' more light. ' ' 
 
 The Champions of the show are the follow- 
 ing: 
 
 Toggenburg buck, "AH Baba, ' ' owned by 
 Dr. E. S. Gordon. 
 
 Toggenburg doe, ' ' Howie, ' ' owned by Dr. 
 Schmidt. 
 
 Saaneu buck, "Sam," owned by M. A. 
 Nicholls. 
 
 Saanen dot, "Snow Queen," owned by 
 ' ' Jagerhof. ' ' 
 
 Nuburg buck, "Nuburg Chief," owned by 
 ('. W. Griggs. 
 
 Maltese buck, "Silver King," owned by 
 L. W. Banker. 
 
 Special nieiil ribbons were awarded to the 
 exhibits of graded goats entered by M. A. 
 Nicholls, graded goats by James G. Greene, 
 graded goats by Geo. Hak, Nuburg goats by 
 C. W. Briggs, native goats by C. L. Webster. 
 
 The President's Silver Cup, mounted, a 
 nandsome trophy donated by M. A. Nicholls. 
 was awarded to the exhibit of Dr. R. Schmidt, 
 who showed two bucks and two does of the 
 Toggenburg breed. 
 
 The Vice-President's Trophy, donated by J. 
 
 G. Greene, was awarded to the Saanen entry 
 of M. A. Nicholls. 
 
 The Secretary's Trophy for best Maltese 
 display went to L. W. Banker. 
 
 The Akins goat stanchion was awarded to 
 the exhibit of Dr. B. Schmidt. 
 
 The Judges ' Special for best Toggenburg 
 or Saanen buck in show was won by ' ' Ali 
 Baba, ' ' a Toggenburg owned by Dr. E. S. 
 Gordon. This special consisted of a full set 
 of hand-made imported Swiss goat bells. 
 
 OTHER SPECIALS AWARDED. 
 
 One year's subscription to Bural Life, 
 Bochester, N. Y., to Miss E. E. Hunnikin, 
 Schenectady, R. D. 49, N. Y.; M. A. Nicholls, 
 Loekport, N. Y. ; C. L. Webster, Warsaw, 
 N. Y. ; Mrs. C. C. Shannon, Brighton Station, 
 N. Y. 
 
 One year's subscription and a free insertion 
 in the breeders' directory for one year in the 
 Angora Journal, Portland, Oregon, to James 
 G. Greene, 520 Ger. Ins. Bldg., Bochester, N. 
 Y. ; Dr. E. S. Gordon, Cranbury, N. J.; Jager- 
 hof, Barnard, N. Y. ; F. L. Thornton, 164 
 Pond St., Providence, B. I.; Gust. Belkey, 
 Glyndon, Minn.; Geo. Hak, Loekport, N. Y*.; 
 H. L. Webster, Warsaw, N. Y.; M. A. Nich- 
 olls, Loekport, N. Y. ; Miss E. E. Hunnikin, 
 Fullers, N. Y.; Dr. J. P. Torrey, Andover, 
 Mass.; G. B. Ripley, Andover, Mass.; C. W. 
 Grute, Cochranton, Pa.; W. D. Beynolds, Bel- 
 fast, N. Y.; Dr. H. II. Lauderdale, Sulphur, 
 Okla.; Mrs. C. C. Shannon, Brighton Station, 
 N. Y.; F. T. Servis, Charlotte, N. Y.; E. C. 
 Arlidge, Barnard, N. Y.; C. W. Griggs, Trout 
 Bun, Pa.; Mrs. H. Viger, Clarendon, Pa.; 
 Mrs. M. B. Ettien, Easton, Md.; Dr. B. 
 Schmidt, Hannibal, Mo; Ambler Goat Dairy, 
 Kendal Green, Mass. 
 
 Copies of Todd 's ' ' Practical Goat Keep- 
 ing" were awarded to Geo. Hak, Loekport, 
 N. Y. ; C. W. Grute, Cochranton, Pa.; Jager- 
 hof, Barnard, N. Y. ; Hans Graf, Gates, N. 
 Y.; C. L. Webster, Warsaw, N. Y. 
 
 Copies of Bull's "Money in Goats" were 
 awarded to C. L. Webster, Warsaw, N. Y. ; 
 Hans Graf, Gates, N. Y. ; F. L. Servis, Char- 
 lotte, N. Y.; Mrs. M. B. Ettien, Easton, Md.; 
 Gust. Belkey, Glyndon, Minn.; F. L. Thornton, 
 164 Pond St., Providence, B. I. 
 
 The "Griggsvale" Special, Nuburg buck, 
 was won by Jagerhof, while the "Griggsvale'' 
 book for best type family goat entered by a 
 lady was won by Dr. E. S. Gordon. This 
 was a larye spendid type of a pure (horned) 
 Toggenburg. 
 
 The C. S. Spillsbury Cash Special for best 
 buck and besl doe was won by Dr. E. S. Gor- 
 don 's ' ' Ali Baba, ' ' and Dr. R. Schmidt 's 
 "Howie," respectively. 
 
 Dr. J. P. Torrey, Andover, Mass., won 
 the Shoo-Fly Special with his Maltese buck 
 ' ' Kaiser Wilhelm. ' ' 
 
 Dr. B. Schmidt caotured Hie "Cowease" 
 Special with his Toggenburgs for best con- 
 ditioned exhibit. This is remarkable when 
 we take into consideration the fact that the 
 animals came such a long distance. 
 
Mrs. C. C. Shannon won the "Gibbs" Spe- 
 cial for best pair of graded Toggenburgs in 
 show. 
 
 F. L. Thornton captured the Ehode Island 
 State Trophy for best entry from that state. 
 
 Many other minor specials were awarded 
 that were handed directly to the exhibitors 
 and that were not published in the regular 
 prize list. 
 
 SIDE LIGHTS OF THE SHOW. 
 
 This, the first milch goat exhibition ever 
 held on this continent, proved marvelous to 
 all outside of the inner circle of ' ' goatdom. ' ' 
 President Kogers and Secretary Edwards of 
 the exhibition company thanked the manage- 
 ment for this unique drawing attraction, and 
 assured us that we shall have better accommo- 
 dations and more publicity in another year. 
 Goat shows have come to remain with us 
 forever. Let us hope that other states will 
 profit by this ' ' gate-drawing ' ' show and ask 
 us for advice in conducting an up-to-date 
 exhibit. 
 
 The dairy tent was at all times surrounded 
 by an eager throng looking for a free sample 
 of goat's milk, and hundreds of them took a 
 one-fourth pint bottle home. These were sold 
 at 10 cents. This makes 80 cents per quart 
 for goat's milk — and it's worth it, when we 
 take into consideration that it can save 150,000 
 babies in a year. 
 
 Mrs. J. S. Comins came all the way from 
 Battle Creek, Mich., to renew old friendships 
 and to shake hands with others. Mrs. Comins 
 is a living vademecum of goat lore and as 
 such proved of great help to all in the show. 
 
 Dr. E. S. Gordon and her able dairy man- 
 ager, who was justly proud over his success 
 in winning in Toggenburgs, spent many days 
 
 with us, always eager to learn more and buy 
 more, that more patients can be cared for 
 in their sanitarium at Cranbury, N. J. 
 
 Dr. Louis G. Knox, who has just started 
 with an extra fine lot of Togs, said that 
 Danbury, Conn., is anxious for a goat show 
 next fall. Oil the road, doctor, and we will 
 be there. This club is ready to show in 
 several states next year, as publicity alone 
 will help us, the breeders, and overcome goat 
 prejudice. 
 
 Dr. J. P. Torrey, the typical New Englander 
 from Andover, Mass., was elated over his 
 Maltese buck winning the blue. This buck, 
 "Kaiser Wilhelm, " by name, is a sure enough 
 ' ' warlord in white, ' ' and a great conversa- 
 tionalist. He — the buck, not the doctor — 
 talked, growled or complained all the time. 
 He would prove a great attraction on the 
 midway as the "talking goat." 
 
 Miss E. E. Hunnikin sold her entries long 
 before the show was really in full swing. 
 Reason — they were good ones. L. W. Grute 
 cleaned up everything, four-year-olds, year- 
 lings and kids. Reason — ditto. It pays to 
 have good stock; good stock is always in 
 demand. 
 
 Ambler, the man who put "a-b-l-e" in 
 "Ambler goat dairy," came here and reported 
 that he had sold stock, dairy and good will 
 to W. H. Gannett of Augusta, Maine. Wisely, 
 Mr. Gannett retained him as manager. It 
 is time now that we hear of some rapid strides 
 around Kendal Green, Mass. A man that can 
 raise goats and get the lacteal fluid out of 
 the same backed by a man who knows how 
 to find a market, or rather to let the demand 
 know what is offered, is sure to make a very 
 profitable enterprise. 
 
 Saanen Doe and Graded Saanen Buckling. 
 Shown by Mrs. Kathryn Jager. 
 
"Jim" Greene took all the cream in the 
 dairy class, winning both the blue and red. 
 " Elmcrof't " tacked in front of a goat has 
 ;i meaning after all. 
 
 Weather? Did you ask how the weather 
 was? * It was just changeable enough to suit 
 all tastes. We had some rain, some wind, 
 some hot days and some real shivery hours. 
 We and the "goats managed to get along with 
 the weather pretty good; none are the worse 
 for it. C. S. Spillsbury sold the milk as a 
 ''hot-weather antidote" ice cold on hot days, 
 and blood warm ou the days when people were 
 looking for sweaters. He has been connected 
 with patients and hospitals long enough to 
 know what is wanted. He sold milk to people 
 that never tasted any milk before, and that 
 is some record. 
 
 "Teddy" Eoosevelt was there, he saw the 
 parade of prize winning goats as they wormed 
 their way through the masses of parading 
 militia in front of a grandstand packed to 
 its full capacity. Swinging his hat in the 
 well known way, the "hat that often was in 
 the ring," he shouted a hearty "Hurrah" 
 when the mammoth bucks pranced past him. 
 It was a spectacle greatly enjoyed by all. 
 Here a canopy of humanity, rich in the color- 
 ing of the ladies apparel, there a martial 
 drama played by the sons of Mars and wind- 
 ing along, curbed in their haste to get on, a 
 long string of the best goats ever seen in 
 any land. It signified, in a measure, the time 
 that is here now: The often despised nanny 
 is accepted by society, she has a mission to 
 fulfill and finds a welcome everywhere. 
 
 I tender the fraternity and the members of 
 our club this report with the request that 
 if they find anything good in it to let those 
 know who might derive a benefit from it ; 
 for them it is mainly compiled. On the other 
 hand if there are ' ' bricks " to be thrown or 
 kicks to be registered, send them to me, for 
 I am the "goat of the club" and duly elected 
 as Secretary to take all the blame. 
 
 Yours for more and better goats, 
 
 Theo. F. Jager, 
 Secretary-Treasurer Standard Milch Goat 
 Breeders' Club of North America. 
 
 THE FAMILY MILCH GOAT. 
 
 ,A he goat came from the west on the face of 
 the whole earth. Daniel 8 :5. 
 
 He who knows what sweets are in the 
 ground, or what revenues can be extracted 
 from the same, either directly or through the 
 agencies of animals subsisting on the products, 
 is the right and royal man, the man who 
 can look the future in the face with equanimity. 
 This is the substance of an old truth. I 
 doubt if there exists an animal outside of 
 the faithful family goat, which is able to 
 equal it in frugality, ease of keeping, profit, 
 and last, but not least, in adaptability and 
 richness of products, a rich suitable milk for 
 the ailing baby, and a nourishing meat, when 
 the surplus kids are served as a tempting 
 roast. 
 
 It is high time that we open our eyes to 
 the possibilities of the family milch goat. 
 We cannot afford to allow prejudice and ignor- 
 ance to drain our pocket book, while innocent 
 children suffer for the want of the milk, that 
 by experience and test is the best suitable 
 for weak digestions. The goat has been lauded 
 by the wise men of all ages. Solomon says 
 in his Proverbs, chapter 27:26, 27: "The 
 lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats 
 are the price of thy field. And thou shalt have 
 goats' milk for thy food, for the food of 
 thy household, and for the maintenance of 
 thy maidens." Goats' milk will bring the 
 blush of health again to pale cheeks ; it will 
 build up run-down systems, and give new 
 life and red blood to those in need of a rich, 
 easily assimilated food. 
 
 Here is a short story in letters, which 
 shows what goats' milk did to insure one 
 baby's life. The father wrote under date 
 of July 19, 1913: 
 
 ' ' Our baby boy, only one we have, is now 
 six months old, weighed eight and one-quarter 
 pounds at birth, now w T eighs eleven pounds. 
 He weighed ten pounds when nearly five weeks 
 old, but has been losing ever since, and is 
 doing so now. He took sick when five weeks 
 old. Our physician called it inflammation of 
 the bowels. He has not been well since he 
 was weaned from natural food and since he 
 was put, under physician's order, on prepared 
 foods modified with cows' milk and that the 
 best of milk from our own dairy. He is al- 
 ways constipated. If goats' milk will help 
 him, it will be a godsend, as all foods we 
 have tried so far have failed to benefit him." 
 
 A goat was shipped at once, for here was 
 a tiny life in the balance, and the baby 
 started on diluted goats ' milk as soon as the 
 animal had settled down to her new condi- 
 tions. We advised the Dr. Sherman formula 
 of feeding. Within seven days, to be exact, 
 on July 2G, we received the following letter : 
 
 "We gave the baby first feeding this morn- 
 ing of the goat's milk, after the goat had 
 calmed down and was over her excitement 
 of the trip. We reduced it as per your 
 directions one-third with boiled water, cooled 
 down, and he is resting on it nicely. The 
 doctor said to reduce it one-fourth but we 
 thought best as you said, since his other food 
 is only prepared for one three months old. 
 Most of the trouble was caused by the medi- 
 cine the doctor gave him, when sick. He gets 
 no medicine whatever now and is not worse. 
 I do not mean to say, that the doctor was 
 prejudiced against goats' milk, only he had 
 no experience, perhaps, and did not know; then 
 again, he had a prepared food of his own 
 to recommend. 
 
 Several years ago my sister lost a child 
 of bowel trouble, ending in spinal meningitis. 
 They had the best physicians hold a consulta- 
 tion and one good old doctor, now dead, told 
 them that nothing could be done for the 
 child, as it was too late, but if they had 
 any more trouble at any time with others 
 and could not nurse them, to get a goat and 
 feed the milk." 
 
That goats' milk agreed with the buy, is 
 shown by subsequent reports, notably the one 
 which was written a few weeks later, Aug. 14.: 
 
 "Our 'little man' seems to be picking up. 
 He is on goats ' milk now over two weeks 
 and has already gained thirteen ounces, some- 
 thing new, as he has not gained for some 
 months, rather was losing slowly. We think 
 of giving the milk full strength in a few 
 weeks, as he has never vomited or been nau- 
 seated since fed on goats' milk." 
 
 Today the boy is well and the father is a 
 milch goat enthusiast, one of those that keep 
 on spreading the gospel of truth. 
 
 Another case was reported to us from Dans- 
 ville, N. Y., by the neighbor of a family, 
 who had a puny baby which was crying con- 
 tinuously, day as well as night. It was slowly 
 losing and no remedies seemed to do any good. 
 We advised goats' milk as the only possible 
 remedy, because in our opinion the baby was 
 dying of slow starvation on account of un- 
 suitable food. The goat was loaned and 
 shipped on trial, because the parents were 
 prejudiced against goats. But behold, as soon 
 as the goat was over her excitement and felt 
 at home, the very first ration of goats' milk 
 given to the babe in the evening full strength, 
 was proving its value. The child stopped 
 crying within one hour and slept the entire 
 night through without awakening, suffered no 
 nauseating spells and again enjoyed her goats' 
 milk breakfast, and has gained every day 
 since. The parents think goats' milk is a 
 blessing from heaven. They have since bought 
 goats in advance for future delivery, so that 
 they will never be without goats' milk again. 
 
 Listen what the world 's foremost medical au- 
 thorities say regarding the value of goats ' milk. 
 Think and ponder them well ! Then go and ' ' get 
 a goat. ' ' The mother and father who have the 
 best interest of their children at heart, will 
 provide them with the milk that is best suited 
 to make them physically perfect and robust. 
 Remember it takes a perfect and sound body 
 to give the mind again a chance to expand 
 and grow properly. 
 
 "I have never met with a ease of tuber- 
 culosis amongst the goats of Mont d'Or during 
 the whole of my twenty-four years of practice 
 in that region, ' ' says M. Provent, D. V. S. 
 ' ' There are in Belgium at the present time 
 300,000 milch goats and 900,000 milch cows," 
 states Dr. Pol Demade, ' ' amongst these 300,000 
 goats there is probably not one affected with 
 tuberculosis, whilst amongst the cows, accord- 
 ing to whether the estimate be made by an 
 optimist or a pessimist, there might be any- 
 thing between 50 per cent and 75 per cent 
 of animals suffering from or showing signs of 
 this disease; the goat is almost immune from 
 tuberculosis, while the cow never is." ''"'All 
 the different stages of our existence depend 
 not only upon nourishment, harmless in char- 
 acter, but its perfect assimilation for best 
 results," asserts Dr. Louis G. Knox, Dan- 
 bury, Conn., "the ideal food for our purpose 
 is human milk from healthy, unimpregnated 
 mothers. Its only substitute of equal value is 
 now offered us and can be supplied from 
 
 healthy, matured, unimpregnated milch goats." 
 As a matter of fact, this statement, true as 
 it is, tloes not embrace its entire value. A 
 mother, engulfed with the duties of household 
 and with the petty worries of everyday life 
 surrounding her, and often disinclined or 
 unable to partake of suitable food or in other 
 ways modify her life to best suit her offspring, 
 is but rarely able to feerl her babe as nature 
 intended it should be fed. Every brain wave 
 affecting her disposition and every strain 
 unduly exerting the energies of her physique, 
 are in turn communicated to the babe that 
 she nurses. What a Godsend the family goat 
 is! She munches her feed contentedly every 
 day, she produces the same rich milk, germ- 
 less, and easily assimilated every morn and 
 night. The milk is ready for the babe, when 
 drawn. It does not need to be pasteurized, 
 heated, and made artificially sterile or pure. 
 Give it as the goat gave it to you, and it 
 will be the "Manna" that will bring the 
 baby out of the desert of sickness, troubles 
 and worries. 
 
 ' ' The milk of the goat approximates more 
 in its composition and digestibility to human 
 milk than that of any other animal, ' ' says 
 Dr. Barbellion of Paris. Goats' milk and 
 human milk are digested completely in twenty 
 hours, while cows' milk shows only a very 
 slight advance after sixty hours. There is a 
 reason why weak stomachs rebel against cows' 
 milk and why nauseating often sets in. Milk 
 is not merely a nutritive liquid, but is en- 
 dowed with a desirable activity upon digestion 
 and absorption. If the milk is treated, this 
 biological activity is lost. We must drink 
 it raw, that the natural ferments, contained 
 in the milk, aid the weak stomach to assimil- 
 ate it. 
 
 Now let us see what it costs to keep a goat 
 and what income may be reasonably expected. 
 W. G. Todd, who has devoted a long and busy 
 life to the solving of this problem, says: 
 
 "It costs, on the average, $10 a year to 
 keep a milking goat, but this cost may be 
 reduced one-half, or more. Now for the in 
 come. A good native goat, well cared fo", 
 having kids in January or February, will have 
 her kids ready for weaning when grass starts in 
 April, and will give one quart of milk a da\ 
 for 5 months thereafter, and half that amount 
 for 3 months more, making 195 quarts of milk 
 that may be retailed in almost any city at 25 
 cents a quart among wealthy customers, or 
 for infants and invalids. Allowing 5 cents 
 a quart for cost of retailing, or, in other 
 words, calling the milk 20 cents a quart at 
 wholesale, the cash value of the 195 quarts 
 is just $39.00. This shows the annual profit 
 to be $29.00 on the one-quart goat — the lowest 
 grade of native goat that we consider it 
 worth while to keep. The two-quart goat, a 
 selected native, costing no more to keep, will 
 produce a profit of just twice as much, or 
 $58.00. The three-quart goat, a low grade 
 Swiss, will produce a profit three times as 
 much or $87.00. The four-quart, and the 
 five quarl goats, high grade Swiss, will produce 
 a profit of $116.00, and $145.00 respectively. 
 
 
All of this refers only to the annual pro- 
 duction of milk. It does not take into con- 
 sideration the value of the kids. Most goats 
 have two kids, and most often they are a 
 buck and a doe. The buck kid should be 
 sold when two weeks old in order to give 
 the greatest growth possible to the doe kid 
 before weaning time, and there is always a 
 demand for him. The doe kid from the one- 
 ijiiart goat, if sired by a thoroughbred Swiss 
 buck, is worth $10.00 at weaning time. The 
 doe kids from the two-quart, the three-quart, 
 the four and five-quart goats are worth pro- 
 portionally more. Any well grown three- 
 fourths Swiss doe at weaning time is worth 
 $20.00, and will be well worth $40.00 when 
 she has her first kids. Adding this value of 
 [he kids to the annual value of the milk 
 shows the immense profit that there is at the 
 present time in goat keeping. There is no 
 other domestic animal that pays half as well 
 for its feed and care. This ascending scale of 
 profits in milk production also indicates the 
 proper scale in the prices of milch goats, and 
 clearly shows how much more valuable is the 
 five-quart, high grade Swiss than the one- 
 quart native. 
 
 And there is still an additional, though per- 
 haps a somewhat more speculative profit. If 
 one has brush land to be cleared, or will buy 
 cheap sprout land for clearing, the profit by 
 increase of value in the land is large. Four 
 goats to the acre will clean up average sprout 
 land iu three years and bring in a good crop 
 of clover. This sprout land is very cheap in 
 some localities. Much of it may be bought 
 for $10.00 an acre and made worth $50.00 
 an acre in three years. If near cities the 
 land will cost more, and the increase in value 
 will be proportionally less, but in every case 
 it will be enough for a substantial profit. 
 
 A piano box kept against the side of the 
 fence in the backyard can be made a very 
 comfortable stall for a family milch goat, and 
 
 where there are children in the family, it will 
 prove to be the unusual case, where a boy 
 or girl will not find delight in caring for 
 nanny. Much of her food can be secured 
 for the gathering from roadside or waste lot, 
 even in the suburbs of cities, and stored for 
 winter use, or nanny herself can be tethered 
 out on (he lawn or on the vacant lot. It is 
 really surprising how little a goat will con- 
 sume. Adam Kittelberger, Webster, N. Y., 
 who had a goat all summer to keep the grass 
 mi his fronl lawn in trim, said that he could 
 not see on what the goat really lived and from 
 what she furnished the milk that raised his 
 children. Again, all who have a garden, will 
 be able to use the waste vegetables and weeds 
 to advantage for nanny. She will also devour 
 with delight potato peelings, and other greens, 
 especially if a little salt is sprinkled over 
 the same after having been washed clean. 
 Nanny is a clean animal, and whatever is 
 offered her, must be free from dirt taints. 
 For the same reason her stall should be kepi 
 scrupulously clean, and her hair combed or 
 brushed every day. If a goat is in milking 
 condition, the long hair on her flanks and 
 bag had best be clipped off short every few 
 weeks. 
 
 To keep a goat successfully requires so 
 little and the profits from kids and milk are 
 so great, and the keeping of a goat has such 
 benefiting influence on the children, who should 
 be taught to care for them, that any house- 
 holder, who has children and the room to 
 keep a goat, neglects his opportunities to get 
 on better in life, if he fails to get one. After 
 the first cost of purchase is out of the way 
 and forgotten, many years of pleasure and 
 profit, good health and independence, are sure 
 to result. 
 
 Twenty million of our people should have 
 milch goats to give the little folks their 
 natural food. — Dr. J. M. Tracy. 
 
 Imported Saanen Goat gave 1.845 lbs. milk in 1 
 months' test at N. Y. Agrl. Exp. Station. 
 
The Goats Milk Juveniles of "Jagerhof.'* 
 
 The lad and lassies that have been raised on goats milk, who 
 tend the goats, milk them and enjoy their products, rich 
 milk free from germs, and "roasted kid," the dish of kings. 
 
 Graded goats due to freshen in spring, $25.00 to $50.00. 
 
 Kids of both sexes, in May and June, $10.00 and $15.00. 
 
 "Get a Goat" and watch the "baby grow." 
 
 MRS. KATHRYN JAGER, 
 
 Owner of "Jagerhof" Goat Ranch, 
 Barnard, N. Y. 
 
 Pr. HENRY JAGER, Manager. 
 
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Toggenburg Goats 
 
 BRED FROM 
 
 The Most Remarkable Milch Strains 
 
 EVER IMPORTED 
 
 DR. KNOX, 
 
 Danbury, Connecticut. 
 
 insr STUD: 
 
 Knox's ■■KINGCRAFT/' No. 655. A. M. G. R. Ass. 
 Fee $15.00 
 
 Knox's "KNOXCRAFT," No. 710. A. M. G. R. Ass. 
 Fee $10.00 
 
 If interested send for PEDIGREES. 
 
j±.rr STTJID: 
 
 Pure Toggenburg Buck 
 
 ALI BABA No. 412 
 
 Champion Rochester Exposition 
 
 A REAL Buck. 
 
 Fee Ten Dollars 
 
 No charge for keeping Does over one period. Atten- 
 tion and care of same, naturally of our 
 standard — the best. 
 
 DR. E. S. GORDON, Cranbury. N. J. 
 
 A few choice Toggenburgs for sale — the kind you will 
 eventually buy. 
 
 WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF THE BEST 
 
 High Bred Pure Swiss Milch Goats 
 
 Magnificent 
 
 Bucks 
 
 Large, Heavy 
 Milking Does 
 
 Promising Kids 
 
 Schwarzenburg 
 
 Guggisburger 
 
 Toggenburgs 
 
 "SWISS ECHO 390 1 - 
 
 This young doe "Swiss Echo 390" (pure Saanen) gave at first kidding, when a two-year-old, in a little less 
 than 8 months, 2,373,619 lbs. of milk, and during her entire period of lactation 2,564,968 lbs. (year 1912). She was 
 raised by 
 
 J. S. COMINS, R. No. 6, Battle Creek, Mich., Box 64. 
 
 
DOUBLE QUICK 
 
 Grain Sprouter. 
 
 THE PERPETUAL SILO 
 
 GROWS GREEN FEED WHILE YOl! WAIT. 
 
 Large quantities of sweet, crisp 
 sprouts produced in three to six 
 days from nothing but clean 
 grain, water and the lamp's 
 heat. 
 
 Makes two to four bushels of 
 feed from one of dry grain. 
 
 Growing sprouts of living sil= 
 age has a life and vitality that 
 common dairy silage lacks, 
 hence is more potent for results. 
 
 The Double Quick Sprouter is 
 double walled, metal jacket in= 
 side, lamp heat passing up between the walls, grain trays for 
 root ventilation which causes quick growths, vapor pan just 
 above lamp from which the warm vapor rises and bathes both 
 roots and sprouts contributing to immense growths in very 
 short time. 
 
 Made in six sizes holding from one-fourth to eight bushels 
 
 of dry grain. 
 
 Send for full information. 
 
 CLOSE -TO -NATURE COMPANY, 
 
 133 Front Street, Colfax, Iowa. 
 
 DR. WILL H. POTTER, 
 
 Kootenai, Idaho, 
 
 NUBIAN AND TOGGENBURGS. 
 
 None better. Nuff sed ! 
 
 Front Door removed showing Oat Sprouts 
 8 to 10 inches high, grown with noth- 
 ing but warmth and water. 
 
M. A. NICHOLLS 
 
 Lockport, N. Y. 
 
 Breeder of Milch Goats 
 
 (Est. 1830. Over 40 Years Breeders. "Three 
 generations on the Square.") 
 
 Griggsyale Herd Nobnrg Milch Goats 
 
 The modern composite breed "with a Rea- 
 son." (Also pure Toggenburg and Saanen; 
 closing out latter.) The Nuburgs, constructed 
 from choicest strain pure, Six-Quart Toggen- 
 burg and renowned Champion Nubian aristoc- 
 racy. Progenitors regarded by official authori- 
 ties as "wonderful" in yield of Triplets and 
 Milk Analysis; a rich, balanced milk, most 
 soluble and superior for infants, invalids and 
 table use; also the rational nerve tonic. NU- 
 BURG POINTS OF MERIT:— 1— Large, with 
 great bone structure. 2 — Hardy and vigorous 
 (of our fine winter's crop not a kid died). 3 — 
 Does remarkable for lack of beard, horns and 
 wattles — great advantages. 4 — Prolific, model 
 mothers and milkers. 5 — Most Peaceable and 
 Gentle. 6 — Handsome, economic "Pets that 
 Pay." 7— Pronounced "The Best Milk on 
 Earth ; ' ' lots of it and long in flow. Rarely a 
 doe to offer. Bucklings much sought. "Nu- 
 burg Chief" (Champion triplet) fee, $10; 6 
 bred does $50, including Ry. runs, right care, 
 etc. — Address further, 
 
 "GRIGGSVALE," 
 
 Troutrun, Pa. 
 
 Dr. H. H. Lauderdale 
 
 Fremont, Ohio 
 
 Breeder ol BRED FOR-MILK GOATS 
 
 Toggenburg and Guggisberger 
 and their Grades. 
 
 A choice line of specially 
 grown kids is offered to 
 discriminating buyers in the 
 summer of 1914. Write me ; 
 let's get acquainted. If I have 
 not what you want and need, 
 you cannot give me your 
 money. 
 
 GOAT LITERATURE 
 
 All persons interested in Milch Goats, 
 especially beginners, will find it to 
 their advantage to send for the practi- 
 cal information we have had put into 
 print. 
 
 Two Leaflets, briefly outlining facts, both 
 together, 5 cents. 
 
 Be klet, containing detailed information, 
 15 cents. 
 
 THE PRACTICAL GOAT FARM, 
 
 East Bridgewater, Mass. 
 
 Saanen Milch Goats 
 
 STOCK FOR SALE 
 
 M. S. GOODING, Brockport, N. Y. 
 
 H. L. WEBSTER, 
 
 Warsaw, N. Y. 
 
 Toggenburg and Graded Doe 
 Kids for Sale. 
 
 , 
 
HEALTH 
 
 AND 
 
 Goat Culture Farm 
 
 The Original Home of 
 
 Certified Goat Milk 
 
 SCHWARTZENBURQ- 
 
 QUGQISBURGER 
 
 FLORA McKEAND, 
 
 Ebenezer, N. Y. 
 
 PURE 
 
 Toggenburg 
 
 MILCH QOATS 
 
 AND THEIR 
 
 GRADES 
 
 BRED AND FOR SALE. 
 
 ADDRESS EITHER 
 
 William C. Shirley, 
 
 or 
 GEORGE W. PREWITT, 
 
 Orleans, Orange Co., Ind. 
 
 Dr. Will H. Potter, 
 
 KOOTENAI, IDAHO, 
 Vice President for State. 
 
 Breeder of Choice Pedigreed 
 
 Bred=for-Milk Goats, of 
 
 the best 
 
 Anglo-Nubian 
 
 and 
 
 Toggenburg 
 
 GRADE STRAINS. 
 
 Choice Kids for Sale, Spring of 
 1914, $25.00 upwards. 
 
 MONEY in GOATS. 
 
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 The booklet that every beginner should 
 carefully read and study. Highly com- 
 mended for its sound doctrines by the 
 leading goat keepers. 
 
 Price 25 cents per copy, postage 
 paid. Address the author, 
 
 W. SHELDON BULL, 
 
 204 Ashland Ave., 
 
 BUFFALO, N. Y. 
 
 GUST. BELKEY 
 
 Glyndon, Minnesota, 
 
 Vice President for the State 
 
 Have good graded Milch Goat 
 Buck for service. 
 
 Send your Does to Me. Service 
 Fee, $5.00. 
 

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 This buck, "Alta Franz," I imported from Switzerland, where he was 1st 
 prize winner and considered perfect in color and coat. 
 Write for prices for his services. 
 
 MRS. A. W. LEE, - TOLEDO, OHIO 
 
 SAANEN BUCK 
 
 "Tioronda" No. 424 
 
 A large, well proportioned 
 individual, winner at Rochester 
 in aged class, defeated only 
 by his sire. Fee, $5 00. No 
 charge for keeping does over 
 one period. Best of experi- 
 enced attention. 
 
 For Sale, Saanen and Grade 
 Does and Kids. A specialty 
 of broken drivers. Complete 
 rigs for young folks. 
 
 FRED T. SERVIS, Charlotte, N. Y. 
 
 Frank L Thornton 
 
 No. 164 Pond St. 
 
 PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND 
 
 As Vice President for this State, I 
 am now enrolling all goat keepers. 
 Write me; let's get acquainted. 
 
Costs 1 Cent per Gallon. 
 
 Cooper's Powder Dip destroys all the lice 
 with one dipping. Kills both live lice and young lice 
 which hatch out later. 
 
 Two dippings are necessary with Coal Tar Dips. 
 
 One dipping in Cooper Dip destroys all lice and 
 protects against reinfection. 
 
 Cooper's Dip has been in use over 70 years. 
 There's a reason. 
 
 Be Sure It's Cooper's— Then Dip 
 
 Write for booklet showing pictures of 1913 State 
 Fair winners— it's free. 
 
 WILLM. COOPER & NEPHEWS 
 
 Box E. 
 
 Chicago, Illinois 
 
 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 "CHIEFTAIN JR." No. 590 
 
 A Thoroughbred Swiss Toggenburg. Service Fee, $10.00 
 First Prize Winner, Rochester, N. Y, 1913 
 
 i Chieftain, No. 281. Imported. 
 "Chieftain Jr." No. 590 
 
 ' Faun, No. 115. Imported. 
 
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 First and third on Bucks under one year, first and second on Does, including 
 Championship for best Doe in show, Gold Special for best exhibit, all breeds com- 
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 To genburgs, also Special for best conditioned exhibit, and one for comiDg with UP 
 
 the best goats the longest distance, and three other Specials awarded for excel- ^ 
 
 lency in points. All the above were siven to my herd of thoroughbred Toggen- Jfi 
 
 burgs, making this a win that stamps thf m a> pre-f m'inently THE BEST. UT 
 
 Grade Does, bred to my best Bucks for pale as follows : rj- 
 
 }4 Swiss, $25 % Swiss, $30 % Swiss, $35 Toggenburg Buck Kids, $75 . ^ 
 
 DR. R. SCHMIDT, Hannibal, Mo.