212 The 'Book of the Goat. 



position of the goats' milk more nearly approaches the one 

 of the bitch except in the quantity of casein; and for 

 that reason renders goats' milk a more desirable food for 

 puppies, being less susceptible of disturbing the digestive 

 organs, and easier of assimilation. The greater propor- 

 tion of fat, taken in conjunction with the lesser propor- 

 tion of casein and sugar, undoubtedly renders goats' 

 milk less indigestible in minimising the quantity of curd 

 formed in the stomach. . . . Another reason suggests 

 itself why goats' milk should be a natural food of better 

 quality than cows' milk, and it is this : The proportion 

 of solids is greater in goats' milk than' in cows' milk, and 

 as those solids are in part constituted by soluble salts, 

 such as phosphates of lime, of magnesia, and of iron, with 

 chlorates of potassium and of sodium, and as these soluble 

 salts are required for the formation of bone, the feeding 

 of puppies with goats' milk gives the little animals the 

 required substance in a form similar to the one they were 

 having from their mother's milk." 



Mr. W. K. Taunton, who made his name as a mastiff- 

 breeder from the remarkable litters of puppies he used to 

 exhibit and which carried off so many honours, informs 

 me that he attributes his success in this respect to the use 

 of goats' milk in his kennels, having given it to his young 

 dogs whenever he could obtain it. As Mr. Taunton kept 

 goats for this purpose only, it is sufficient proof that he 

 believed in the utility of the milk. I should add, however, 

 that this breeder does not endorse the statement made 

 above, that puppies fed on goats' milk are free fiom 

 worms, having found that most young dogs have them 

 more or less, no matter how fed. 



Goafs Sticking their Otvn 



A goat will sometimes contract this objectionable habit 

 through her milking being neglected for a long time, and 



