Excerpt from Goat-Raising in B. C, Vol. 64 Unfortunately, the supply is not nearly equal to the demand, and in consequence high prices prevail, and will do so for some time. Prospective buyers should not be deterred, 'however, by the apparent high cost, because the subsequent expense Of feed is only nominal. It is possible that after the war we may be able to import goats from Europe to help supply the undoubted need for them. Though there are only about a thousand milk goats in the Province at the present time, the number is rapidly increasing, and it may safely be said that they have come to stay. British Columbia is an ideal country for goats, and there is no reason why the milk-goat industry should not rival that of Switzerland and Germany, which before the war produced between them annually nearly of milk goat products. As an indication of the interest being taken in the goat industry may be mentioned the formation of the British Columbia Goat-breeders' Association early in 1917; this association at the end of its first year had a membership of 176. There has also been incorporated the Canadian Goat Society, which, together with the Canadian National Live Stock Records Board at Ottawa, has initiated registration of pedigrees for goats, thus putting them on a par with other classes Of live stock in this respect. The office of both of these associations is at Victoria, bc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.