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Volume 85 Number 6
November/December, 2007
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| Winston and Harry, Nubian yearling bucks at the Via Lactea Farm owned by Andrew and Jenny Tapper, New Hampshire, have been life-long buddies. See more about them and other productive Nubians in this issue’s Commercial Dairy Diary, page 42 . Photo by Jenny Tapper
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| From the editor: |
| Bucks Are Stupid | 6 |
| By Jennifer Stultz |
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| Make the Best Better | 8 |
| By Todd Biddle |
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| Good Genetics and Milk Production Records Are Key to Caprikorn Farm's Success in Producing Top Milking Saanens | 16 |
| By Tim King |
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| Prairie Wood Ranch, New Mexico: Home to Miniature Goats for 20 Years...And Counting | 20 |
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| Buck Basics | 24 |
| By Bob Breese |
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| Choosing a Herd Sire | 26 |
| By Nancy Nickel |
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| Black Mesa Ranch Builds a Buck Barn | 30 |
| By Kathryn Heiniger & Jennifer Stultz |
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| Buck judging contest: |
| Nubian Buck Judging | 32 |
| By Todd Biddle |
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| Nutritional Causes of Reproductive Losses in Dairy Goats | 36 |
| By H.H. Van Horn & G.F.W. Haenlein |
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| Goat Goiter: Congenital or Iodine Deficiency? | 38 |
| By William J. Kelch, DVM, PhD |
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| Harvesting From the Herd | 40 |
| By Emily Dixon |
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| Commercial dairy diary: |
| Dairy Goats Earn Their Keep at Via Lactea Farm | 42 |
| By Andrew & Jenny Tapper |
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| ADGA Performance 2006 Breed Leaders | 49 |
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| Ambrose, the Unlikely Hero | 52 |
| By Linda Barnett |
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| Upcoming events | 52 |
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| Goat prose and poetry: |
| A Walk in the Woods | 54 |
| By Robert Woodbury |
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| Photo gallery | 58 |
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