l he learns to
suckle. After he has been sufficiently fed, place them together in a box
stall and leave them for a day or two. Then, in all probability, the
mother will take care of her kid.

The box stall is about three feet square and three feet high, with a
little door on hinges to save lifting the animal. A row along the inside
of the shed next to the wall is a great convenience. A doe with her kid
should be disturbed as little as possible, because, as a rule, she knows
how to care for her kid better than a herder.

When goats are handled on a larger scale, with no pasture available,
entirely different methods should be adopted--for the mother must go out
to feed every day and the kid cannot go.

Probably the most extensively used methods are the "corral method" and
the "staking method," either used individually or combined.

THE CORRAL METHOD.

In the corral method, two or three large corrals and numerous smaller
ones are necessary. First, the does should be separated from the
wethers, if they have been running together, and a "wether band" made.
Then every morning the "doe band" must be looked over carefully for does
that will kid during the day. Such does must be put in a corral by
themselves and allowed to kid in this corral. They should be fed some
hay, or if that is not possible, they should be herded near by for a few
hours. It has been our experience that most of the kids will come
between the hours of ten in the morning and four in the afternoon. The
more does which one can pick out in the morning the better it is, for
the doe, after dropping her kid, is allowed to stay with it the rest of
the day and all night. In this way she learns to know it. If one has hay
to feed the doe, so that she may be left with her kid for one or two
days, it is a great advantage.

After all the does have been selected which can be found, still some
will be overlooked, and they will go out on the range with the rest. The
best way to handle these is to have the herder make a straight drive to
a certain point where the feed is good, and then stay around this one
place, allowing the kids to come within as small a radius as possible
without starving the goats. If it is necessary, quite a distance can be
covered in this way, and yet the kids will not be scattered over a large
section of the country.

As a kid is dropped, the doe should be allowed to remain with her kid
and take care of it until evening. The herd will gradua