The Book Of The Goat - Containing Full Particulars Of The Various
Breeds Of Goats And Their Profitable Management. By H.S. Holmes
Pegler. "The Book of the Goat" in its original edition was the
first work devoted to the subject printed in the English language.
First published in London in the 1880s, it is now a very scarce and
desirable book in any early edition. HOME FARM BOOKS have now
re-published the 1917 edition incorporating the original text and
vintage photos and illustrations. This edition had been
considerably revised and enlarged giving many more pages of
comprehensive information on this popular animal. Three hundred and
sixty six pages contain twenty nine detailed chapters: - Origin and
Early History of the Goat. - Varieties of Goats. - British Milch
Goats. - Continental Milch Goats. - Oriental and African Goats. -
The Angora or "Mohair" Goat. - The Cashmere or "Shawl" Goat. -
Cross Bred Goats. - Selecting a Milch Goat. - Housing. - Pasturing.
- Stall Feeding. - Breeding. - Rearing Kids. - Milking. -Goats'
Milk: Its Virtues and Utilities. - Goats' Butter and Cheese. - The
Flesh of the Goat. - Other Products. - The Goat as a Foster Mother.
- He-Goats and Goat-Carriages. - Goat Farming. - Shows and Showing.
- The British Goat Society. - Goats and the Malta Fever. -
Diseases, Parasites, etc. - Dishorning. - Preventing Growth of
Horns. - Breeding Hornless Goats. - etc. Since this book was first
published the advance in goat keeping has been most marked. The
improvement in the culture of the goat as a source of milk, fleece
and meat has been manifest not in England alone, but globally. This
historical record will be of major interest to goat keepers
worldwide, with much of itscontent remaining relevant even to this
day.
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