It is true that goats thrive best when unconfined. But this does not mean that your goats should be allowed to range on other people's domains. They are a very real nuisance in orchards and gardens, and if your place is small it is no place for goats. A fence need not be very high to restrain a flock of goats. They are climbers and once in a while there is one who would take a prize for the "high jump." Ordinarily a fence three and a half feet high is all that is necessary. Boards, rails, or wire will make a good goat fence. It should go close to the ground to prevent crawling under. If wire is used, take care that the mesh is too small for a goat's head. You must take your market's demands into consideration when deciding whether to breed Angoras or common goats. An Angora fleece weighs from four to eight pounds. This can be cut every year for ten or twelve years. The common goat's skin is valuable, but he has only one! This makes the Angora look like the best business proposition, although requiring more capital to start, as the care required is about the same and the value of by-products practically equal. THE COMMON GOAT Two arguments may be brought forward in favour of the common goat. In the first place, the herd increases much faster as the Angora doe usually has only one kid, while twins are the rule with common goats. There is a decidedly growing demand for goats' milk near large cities, especially for hospitals. We all know how commonly goats' milk is used in foreign countries. We Americans have a rather silly prejudice against it, but we will get over this when we realize how often goats' milk saves the lives of babies and invalids. The following statements are vouched for by physicians and others of experience: [Illustration: Photograph by Helen W. Cooke. Feeding the Goats] Goats' milk is more easily digested than cows' milk. Analysis shows goats' milk has a marked similarity to human mothers' milk and is more readily assimilated by infants. Goats' milk is generally claimed to be free at all times from germs of tuberculosis. Cannot be told from cow's milk by taste. Excellent for coffee and in cooking. The goat is claimed by its friends to be greatly the superior of the cow for milk, for the following reasons: The goat is naturally cleanly. The goat is easy to keep clean because of her small size. Goats can be and are put into tubs and scrubbed and sterilized when being used as foster-mothers in baby hospitals. But no such treatment is possible with a cow. A goat can easily be taken from place to place with a family. A cow could not be transported without great expense. Goats eat far less than cows. Eight milch goats can be kept on the food of one milch cow. The same quality of food should be furnished. I believe there is a great future in America for the milch goat. TWENTY ACRES REDEEMED: THE STORY OF A SATISFACTORY EXPERIMENT WITH GOATS IN NEW ENGLAND