a period of a few days. If the milk is to be used to make cheese, homogenization is not recommended as this changes the structure of the milk, affecting the culture's ability to coagulate the milk as well as the final quality and yield of the cheese.

Dairy goats in their prime (generally around the third or fourth lactation cycle) average--6 to 8 lb--(or 3 to 4 U.S.qt)--of milk production daily--roughly during a ten-month lactation. Goats produce more after freshening and gradually drop production toward