GOATS IN AUSTRALIA
In some districts of New South Wales goats are a pest. But in other parts of the State, notably the big western areas, where pasture is scarce and the running of dairy cattle is impracticable, the goat is, very often, the only source of milk supply. Unfortunately, however, the average goat outback is a mongrel, capable of yielding only a pint or two of milk a day, and with an appetite so insatiable that it takes a very strong fence to keep the animal within bounds. With its stud of high-bred milkers giving anything up to two quarts of milk a day, one of the State Experimental Farms showed some years ago what could be done with well-bred goats. But, with the closing of the farm, many goat herds outback are to-day crying for new blood. An effort is now being made to improve the goat herds by importing stock from abroad, especially from the United States.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20785, 21 April 1939, Page 12
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160GOATS IN AUSTRALIA Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20785, 21 April 1939, Page 12
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