lly feed from
them, but it should be kept as near as possible to protect the kids from
wild animals. Towards evening one must go out and gather up the kids and
drive the mothers to the corral. The large herd should be driven home
in advance, keeping a little apart from the does with kids so as not to
coax the "wet does" away with the "dry herd."

When the wagon with the kids reaches the ranch, the kids should be put
in a small corral. They should be placed a few feet apart, and the
mothers should be allowed to select their own kids. They also should be
allowed to remain in the corral for the night at least. In case a doe
will not take her kid she should be placed in one of the box stalls and
a kid which has no mother placed with her and fed.

When plenty of small corrals and good hay are available, each day's kids
should be left in a separate corral until the mothers have been with the
kids one or two days. It will be found that the kids are always given a
very good start in this way. When it is deemed advisable, the kids are
put together in a large corral, and as soon as the mothers in the
smaller corrals are thought to know their kids sufficiently well, they
are added to this wet band in the large corral. Thus the round is
completed from the dry band to the wet band, the small corral being
simply an intermediate step to insure familiarity between the doe and
her kid. The dry band rapidly diminishes while the wet band increases.

The mothers are now ready to go on the range during the day to feed, but
the kids should be kept in the corral until they are at least six weeks
old. The does may be turned out over a "jump board" placed across the
gate. A jump board is a two-inch plank, eighteen inches high, with a
four-inch strip nailed on the top for the does to put their feet on as
they jump over. The kids come to the board but cannot get over. If some
of the larger kids bother by trying to get over, some one can stand at
the gate to scare them back by pounding on the board with a stick. The
does will soon learn to pay no attention to the noise.

[Illustration: THOROUGHBRED ANGORA DOE.]

Even now there will be a few kids which will not be mothered. Every
morning, before the wet band is allowed to go over the jump board, one
should walk through the herd, pick out the kids that have not been
nourished during the night, and select does that are not suckling kids.
These does should be held until the kids have been fed. A r