Keeping milk goats in India / by J.L. Goheen.

  • John Lawrence Goheen
Date:
1933
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Keeping milk goats in India / by J.L. Goheen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    48/72 page 34
    3o4 2. If new-born kids are unable to suck the milk from: their mother’s teats for any reason, they may be taught to- .drink out of a shallow vessel, first by letting them suck one’s finger that has been dipped into such milk, then. later by pushing their mouths gently down into the milk itself. Only small quantities of milk should be fed this way, never more than a pint at atime. Because it is so easy to get this milk, without any sucking or effort, the kid will want more than it should have. Hence only a small amount should be given at a time, and absolute clean- liness every-where is essential, if this method of feeding needs to be done. CHAPTER. VI. DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. It is probably largely because goats themselves are such clean animals, preferring clean food and quarters to spoiled food and dirty quarters, that they are generally so free from diseases or ailments of one kind or another. And it is largely because man, in his care of these animals (or perhaps more truly lack of proper care ), does not see to proper cleanliness or sanitation, ventilation, etc., that goats do occasionally suffer from a comparatively few ail- ments. Now, one must learn to take a constructive attitude towards this matter of disease or bad health. One must never forget that it is far easier, in the long run, to keep one’s animals healthy and strong than to: cure or even at- tempt to cure animals that. have become sick, In other ewords, the old proverb, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is so very true that we do not take to heart
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3