Show TD T D drowse browse supplies sullies good feed for far goats coats E essential to afave H ave succulent grass and weeds for does in summer ideal range for angora goats should Ios possess sess suitable forage at all times of the year be well drained and free from continued heavy rains and be adequately supplied with watering places and suitable bed grounds according cording to IV R chapline la in charge of range research forest service united states department of agriculture feed for fop goat As browse furnishes much of the forage for goats on the ranges and in the winter Is the principal goat feed an abundance of good browse should be available some important browse plants of high palatability are mountain mahogany the blue brush of the pacific coasts fendler of the rocky mountains fend lera lern bitter brush and service berry the oaks looks aro are less palatable lut Import important nut browse plants in the west it Is also essential to have succulent grass and weeds for does docs at kidding time and during the summer good range management includes stocking dividing the range so as to afford the best teed feed during each season and obtaining as nearly even utilization of till nil parts ot of the range as possible the grazing capacity of a range area Is the number of animals which may be carried on it year after year without injury to the forage and with sufficient lelent palatable teed feed an average of approximately four acres of the grass brush type and from three to si six acres of the true brush type can be allotted to each goat for yearlong year long grazing signs of overgrazing reduction in the quantity of palatable forage increase in non palatable plants stubby appearance in the browse species and thin goats are signs of overgrazing overgrazed Over grazed areas should have the number of animals reduced so the palatable forage plants will not be injured and it vos possible sible such areas should be protected from grazing until after the main forage plants have matured seed open quiet herding and the bedding of the goats on a new ground every night are recommended mr chapline discusses tho the management of goat range in more detail in miscellaneous circular no DOM DO 50 M I the angora angola goat and mohair industry ye re bently published by the united states department of agriculture at any other time of the year this means that they can be fattened and sold on the market with grenter greater net returns than at any other season |