What Goat Breed To Consider

 

Much like Noah, provisioning the ark for a fresh start in a world wiped clean, European explorers of the 18th and 19th centuries included livestock on their journeys. The Arapawa goat, a small, shaggy line valued for its milk, meat, and skins, originated in this manner……….

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Three pairs of Arapawa goats were imported to the United States in 1994. They were brought to Plimouth Plantation, a living history museum of 17th-century Pilgrim society in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to populate its rare-breeds barnyard. The 32 Arapawa goats that Ober keeps on pasture in upstate New York trace their lineage to that original group of six.

……….Does typically produce just half a gallon of milk daily and thrive on pasture and browse without the supplemental feed required by such large, specialized breeds as Boers (for meat) or Saanens (for milk)………..

………. In his latest census, Ober confirmed a breeding stock of just 145 mature does and bucks in the United States. “I’m keeping these animals,” he says, “because I believe in the value of genetic heritage.”

 

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Article source: Rodale’s Organic Life
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