A LIVING FROM THE LAND 



Utilizing a Large Supply of Milk. The urban 

 consumer of milk accustomed to I or 2 quarts 

 daily may wonder how an average of 10 quarts 

 or more per day can be utilized. Plenty of uses 

 will be found for the product. Milk will be used 

 more often as a beverage; cream will be found 

 delightful in many ways, in the form of butter 

 and home-made ice cream, for example; and 

 cheeses will provide an outlet for surplus whole or 

 skimmed milk. Milk of good quality can be 

 disposed of readily to neighbors. If two families 

 own one cow each, a plan may be worked out 

 for furnishing each other with milk when one 

 cow or the other is not producing. Wherever 

 facilities are available and there is a willingness 

 to care for a family cow or two, the availability 

 of large amounts of milk will compensate for 

 the trouble and bring health and vigor to the 

 rural family. 



The Goat as a Source of Milk Supply. The 

 milk goat is especially useful to those who desire 

 a smaller quantity of milk than that produced 

 by a cow and where the space is inadequate for 

 keeping a larger milk-producing animal. In 

 composition, goat's milk closely resembles that 

 of the cow, the butter fat ranging from 3.2 per 

 cent to 4.4 per cent with total solids of nearly 

 12 per cent. The average production of a good 

 milk goat is about 2 quarts of milk daily, suffi- 



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