CHAPTER XIV 



"AND THOU SHALT HAVE GOAT'S MILK" 



"Thou shalt have goat's milk enough for thy food, for the food 

 of thy household, and for the maintenance of thy maidens." 



Proverbs. 



MILK, butter and cheese are as essential to the 

 economy of the garden home as fruit, vege- 

 tables, eggs and meat. Our scheme of produc- 

 tion for the family that has set its heart upon the larg- 

 est measure of independence and self-sufficiency would 

 be woefully incomplete if it could not solve the problem 

 of supplying itself with those necessaries. Of course, 

 there is the good old family cow, which will doubtless be 

 in evidence in the garden city of the future; for it is 

 possible to keep the cow in an intensive way, and to 

 work out a cooperative plan of pasturing. Indeed, the 

 man who first aroused my interest in the possibilities of 

 little-landing kept a most adorable cow on his third of 

 an acre, and that cow was the largest source of his cash 

 income, even though she rarely stepped outside of her 

 diminutive barnyard. 



The modern milch goat is the thing for the garden 

 home, since five to eight goats may be kept at the cost 

 of keeping one cow ; and since two good goats will main- 

 tain the family milk supply throughout the year. 



To speak up for the milch goat is, of course, to put 

 one's self immediately on the defensive. The average 



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