This vintage book contains a complete guide to keeping goats, with information on breeds, housing, milking, and all other aspects. A highly accessible and novice-friendly handbook, "e;The Indispensable Goat"e; will be of considerable utility to those with little previous experience, and would make for a handy addition to collections of farming literature. Contents include: "e;The Indispensable Goat"e;, "e;The Chief Breeds"e;, "e;Selecting the Goat"e;, "e;Housing"e;, "e;Internal Fittings"e;, "e;Litter"e;, "e;Feeding"e;, "e;Suggested Rations"e;, "e;Breeding"e;, "e;Selecting the Mule"e;, "e;Mating"e;, "e;Kidding"e;, "e;Weaning"e;, "e;General Management"e;, "e;Milking"e;, "e;Utensils"e;, etc. Many vintage books like this are becoming increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality addition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on goat farming.

This early work on goat keeping is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains details on the methods of selection, housing, breeding and other aspects of goat management. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in the techniques of keeping livestock. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.