24 OCTOBER 1908, Page 27

We are glad to see that a second edition of

The Case for the Goat, by "Home Counties" (G. Routledge and Sons, 35. 6d.), has been called for, and this within a comparatively short time of the appearance of the first. A very practical proof that the work has not been published in vain is the fact that the Board of Agri- culture has been induced to take up in more than one matter a more friendly and helpful attitude. One point which the author emphasises in his new preface is the desirability of a census of goats kept in the United Kingdom. It is a great advantage in in every way to know how things actually stand.