GOAT FARMING IN THE VRBAS BANOVINA

The aim of the paper is to analyze goat farming in the Vrbas Banovina based on published and unpublished sources and available literature. In certain areas of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, goat farming was a major branch of stockbreeding. The portion of the population that did not have enough land to sustain a cow was able to successfully keep two to three goats. For the poorer population in the country, goats were the most significant domesticated animals, and they provided a substantial income. The paper compares the number of goats in certain European countries, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, its banovinas, and the districts of the Vrbas Banovina. It also focuses on the lives of the people, the traits of the domestic Balkan goat, goat breeds, goat housing and feeding, stockbreeding trends, goat diseases and restrictions on keeping goats.