Today I continue my quest in creating and posting one block a day of the fabulous That Town And Country Quilt by the lovely Susan-Claire Mayfield. This is day three hundred and twenty-nine of that project.

This quilt block shows a majestic wether goat standing on a mound of grass. The mound is a dark green fabric with no stitching. On top of the mound is a tan fabric in the shape of a goat. The back legs are shaded in with pen. The goat's head is outlined with stitching and with brown pen. The horns are a black fabric with some white stitching on them. — Click To Enlarge

Goats can be a wonderful addition to a farm. Baby goats are one of the barnyard’s cutest and most entertaining species.

A few milk goats can provide enough milk for a family, and it’s tasty. They are usually good-natured and more manageable to milk than a cow.

I had milk goats when my oldest son was little because he tolerated goat’s milk better than cow’s milk.

A wether goat (castrated male) can be a good pet. They can learn to pull a small cart, and my father always had a wether goat with his stud horses. Something about that relationship makes the stud calmer and easier to manage.

They are foragers, not grazers. They won’t mow your lawn but are much better at weed and brush control.

The biggest challenge to raising goats is that they are the most difficult four-legged animals to contain in a fence. My nanny goat could clear a 5-foot fence from a standing start.

If I had to fence goats again, I might try a fence with some juice.