Good milk goats bring good prices and in most instances will cost almost as much as a cow. They are much more prolific, however, permitting more rapid additions and offering greater revenue from the sales of young animals, wherever there is a market for them. The two principal breeds are the Toggenburg and the Saanen, both originating in Switzerland, and the Spanish Maltese whose original home was in the island of Malta. Goats are thoroughly domesticated, are contented with a small grazing area and may be easily handled. They are subject to stomach worms, indicated by loss of flesh and weakness, and to Malta fever, which can be transmitted to man, in whom it is evidenced by recurring high temperatures. The former can be controlled by using, as a drench, a copper sulfate solution of 1 ounce to 3 quarts of water. Where the latter trouble is present the milk should be pasteurized or scalded before it is consumed. As an economical source of easily digested milk, the goat is recommended, especially to those families with rather small acreage. They can make the most of poorer pasturage, are clean in habits and docile. _Do's_ Use milk freely for its food value to every member of the family. Make sure of the quality of the milk purchased. Acquiring a family cow is the best and cheapest source of an adequate milk supply. Management of the right kind will make the family cow an invaluable asset. Learn to use surplus milk in nutritious and palatable ways. Determine the possibilities of securing from the goat an adequate milk supply for a small family. _Don'ts_ Don't use canned milk except as supplement to liberal, fresh supply. Don't overlook the need of pasturage for economical milk production. Don't supply family with milk of doubtful sanitary quality. Don't neglect to have a veterinarian make health tests of the cow or goat. _Chapter_ XII MARKETING FARM PRODUCTS The distribution of farm products on an efficient basis is one of the most difficult problems in agriculture. Because of the demand of the consumer for small quantities of products at each purchase, the breaking up of wholesale packages, involving additional labor and containers and the elimination of unfit specimens, increases handling costs and delays the arrival of the product from the farm to the consumer. In recent years the producer has sought various means of eliminating some of these costs of distribution so that he could get a larger share of the consumer's dollar, and the consumer has welcomed the opportunity of buying products direct from the producer.