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By THERESA REYNOLDS Hap|>ahnnn<»«'k V-»m Nt*ff 1 ril**r
New to the landscape in Flint Hill is a herd of French Alpine and Saanen goats, posing gracefully on top of rocks, reaching for persimmons from a lone tree and serving as pets for the Adams children who are raising them, a long with sheep, chickens and other barnyard animals.
Laura. April and Willy Adams are members of a newly-formed goat club, a 4-H club which includes children from Culpeper and Madison as well as Rappahannock. The Goat Club, started in January of this year, is a pet project of Joyce Adams and Linda Holt of Amissville, who serve as the adult leaders. They're hoping that more local 4-H’ers will choose to raise these fascinating animals for fun and for show.
The Adams goats - Daisy, Pansy. Heather, Tango. Clover. Killy. Charlie and Tiffy - are more than a 4-H project for the family. "They're more like pets,” Joyce Adams explains. They have little fear of people, running happily up to the children who help them reach the precious persimmons by pulling down branches so the goats can reach. They provide milk for household use made into cottage cheese and ice cream when there's enough left over.
Two of the children, April and Willy, entered the Virginia Stale Dairy Goat Association's essay contest and won the first and second prizes. The first prize - a purebred French Alpine has been happily incorporated into their family.
The Adams also did well at the Culpeper-Madison - Rappahannock Farm Show Goat division.
April won first place in the junior category for showing and fitting, second place for grade kids, 3rd place for grade doe in milk.
Laura won first place in grade kids, second in junior showing and fitting, and second in grade doe in milk. She also had the
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