Article: GOAT on farm

GOAT on farm
c. 1840 Riddle-Book 12. Some may think it all a fable, When I say that in the stable I'm a doctor, and my scent Does many maladies prevent.

1858 DENHAM North of England (1895, 75) One of these animals kept about an Inn or Farmstead, is not only conducive to the health of the other … animals, but also brings good luck to the owner.

1866 Manchester Courier 29 Jan. 4. It is very remarkable that … we hear very little of the cattle plague in Wales or yet in Ireland, both places notorious for breeding and keeping goats on the farms. The old farmers looked upon the goat as the doctor among the cattle.

1872 ELIOT Middlemarch IV XXXIX. There was an aged goat (kept doubtless ...

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