FIRST AMERICAN MILCH GOAT SHOW At Rochester, N. Y., 1913. ALSO STANDARDS FOR Saanens and Toggenburgs And Other Pertinent information of The Standard Milch Goat Breeders’ Club of North America THE LITTLE DAIRYMAID. THE AMERICAN SHEEP BREEDER COMPANY 9 S. Clinton Street CHICAGO ILLINOIS Copyrighted by American Sheep Breeder Co. 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Ari pngewea ~ wWAdD ¢ 306 SF 3e3 8 PARK. N XHIBITIO ER E ST E TO ROCHE ANC ENTR THE GOAT WILL BE THE FOSTER- MOTHER OF GENERATIONS YET UNBORN. Dr. Louis G. Knox, Danbury, Comn., 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 people require in an absolutely prophylactic pabulum and delicacy. Innoxious, uninfectious, sanitary nourishment for the infant, the child, che 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 cases 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: ~Asa prophecy, remember that the goat will be the foster-mother and wet-nurse of generations yet unborn, FEB ~5 |9]4 CONSTITUTION OF THE STANDARD MILCH GOAT BREEDERS’ CLUB OF NORTH AMERICA. ARTICLE I—NAME, This club shall be called ‘‘Standard Milch Goat Breeders’ 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 he 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 eall. 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 sms a Arlidge, Barnard, N. Y.; C. W. Griggs, Trout Run, Pa.; Mrs. H. Viger, Clarendon, Pa.; Mrs. M. B. KEttien, Haston, Md.; Dr. RB: Schmidt, Hannibal, Mo; Ambler Goat Dairy, Kendal Green, Mass. Copies of Todd’s ‘‘ Practical Goat Keep- ing’’ were awarded to Geo. Hak, Lockport, 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’’ weze 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, R. 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. 8S. Gordon. This was a large spendid type of a pure (horned) Toggenburg. The C. 8. Spillsbury Cash Special for best buck and best 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. R. Schmidt cavtured the ‘‘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 Rhode 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 Rogers and Secretary Kdwards 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-le’’ 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. 9) 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. ‘‘Blmeroft’’ tacked in front of a goat has a 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. ©. S. Spillsbury sold the milk as a ‘‘hot-weather antidote’’ ice cold on hot days, and blood warm on 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’’ Roosevelt 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 Breeders’ Club of North America. Goat 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, 19138: ““Our baby boy, only one we have, is now six months old, weighed eight and one-quarter pounds at birth, now weighs 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 26, 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 boy, 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 erying 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. ‘“T have never met with a case 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. 8. ““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 owr 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, does 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 feed 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: ‘Tt 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 day 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-quart goats, high grade Swiss, will produce a profit of $116.00, and $145.00 respectively. _— _ - = = a ee ee 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- quart 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 the 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 in 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 the 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 on his front 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 kept 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 M. Tracy. natural food.—Dr. J. Imported Saanen Goat gave 1,845 lbs. milk in 10 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, Barnards NY: Pr. HENRY JAGER, Manager. Toggenburg Goats BRED FROM The Most Remarkable Milch Strains EVER IMPORTED DR. KNOX, Danbury, Connecticut. 1a a RE = oll Bl 8 9 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. BOD oo es Le: 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 Saanens ©: cf , er . a Schwarzenburg Large, Heavy Gussisburger Milking Does Togsenburgs z Promising Kids “SWISS ECHO 390”’ 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 b : J. S. COMINS, R. No. 6, Battle Creek, Mich., Box 64. Front Door removed showing Oat Sprouts 8 to 10 inches high, grown with noth- ing but warmth and water. DOUBLE QUICK Grain Sprouter. THE PERPETUAL SILO GROWS GREEN FEED WHILE YOU 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! M. A. NICHOLLS Lockport, N. Y. Breeder of Milch Goats (Est. 1830. Over 40 Years Breeders. generations on the Square.’’) Grigésvale Herd Nuburg 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, economie ‘‘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, ‘SGRIGGSVALE,”” Troutrun, Pa. “¢ Three Dr. H. H. Lauderdale Fremont, Ohio Breeder of 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. Bo: 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 SCHWARTZENBURG= GUGGISBURGER FLORA McKEAND, PURSE Toggenburg MILCH GOATS 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.” 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. This buck, ‘‘Alta Franz,’’ | imported from Switzerland, where he was Ist | 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 Frank L. Thornton individual, winner at Rochester in aged class, defeated only No. 164 Pond St. | by his sire. Fee, $500. No | PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND | charge for keeping does over erry 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. As Vice President for this State, I am now enrolling all goat keepers. Write me; let’s get acquainted. ILLS ALL THE LICE Costs 1 Cent per Gallon. Cooper's Poerder 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 Sipping in aoe Dip destroys all lice and Caspers Dip has been in use over 70 years. Tt There's a reason. Be Sure It’s Cooper’s---Then Dip Write for booklet showing pictures of 1913 State Fair winners—t’s free. WILLM. COOPER & NEPHEWS Box E. _ Chicago, Illinois LIBRARY OF CONGRES crmeaeneaiciiaanesineels | Il i il, IN THE STUD: a “CHIEFTAIN JR.” No. 590 eet A Thoroughbred Swiss Toggenburg. Service Fee, $10. 00° eA re We First Prize Winner, Rochester, N. Y.. . 1913, RG oh Deg 3 Ta ; Chieftain, No. 281. Imported. eT: “Chieftain Jr.’”’ No. 590 Bi as the wae of : Faun, N 11s. Imported. Last aay 624, ir ) and Champion. ) “Howie,” First Priz ier 1 Chieftain 281— ‘i p Tetzel 528 oe : iil degard 18 ; Le Big nS ee Prince 2 “HOWIE,” No. 624, | : | z St Hedda 447 : Y Vee [ODN jam | milker ; { . ( Bees My winnings at the Rochester Milch Goat ‘Show. Said a aese: and a First and third on Bucks under one year, first and second on Does Championship for best Doe in show, Gold Special for best exhibit, all peting, President’s Silver Cup (the much coveted trophy), for best To genburgs, also Special for best conditioned exhibit. and one for c the best goats the longest distance, and three other Special awarde lency in points. All the above were given to my herd of thoroughbred T burgs, making this a win that stamps them as pre-eminently THE BEST. Grade Does, bred to my best Bucks for sale as follows: 1g Swiss, $25 % Swiss,$30 % Swiss, $35 Toggenburg Buck Kids, $75 | DR. R. SCHMIDT, Hannibal, Mo. id eee eee ena ae eae eae eee eaeeaeaeieieibie icici riral ee