It is a known fact that packers of the present day utilize all of the
carcass of most food animals, but it is not the fertilizer which the
packer makes from the blood and offal of the goat which we shall
consider here.
Sheep's manure has been used for years on orchards and vegetable
gardens, and in the last few years goats' manure has been in demand,
selling at from $6 to $7.50 a ton, depending upon the purity of the
fertilizer. It must be remembered that only a small portion of this
manure is dropped at the night bed-ground, the balance is evenly
distributed over the land upon which the goats are feeding. The goats
not only rid the farm of objectionable weeds and brush, but they help to
furnish a rich soil in which grass will grow. This fact has been so
thoroughly demonstrated that western farmers, who have large tracts of
wheat or barley stubble to rent during the summer, are always anxious to
get goats upon this land.