"And Thou Shalt Have Goat's Milk" 151 



apology in one of the universities in order to devote her 

 time and attention exclusively to goat-raising. 



A good goat gives daily from two to four quarts of 

 milk of superior quality. It is entirely free from the 

 germs of tuberculosis, wonderfully nourishing and 

 wholesome, and many who can not digest cow's milk 

 have no difficulty whatever with goat's milk. This fact 

 is coming to be generally recognized by physicians, with 

 the result that goat's milk is in great demand for babies 

 and invalids. It also sells in the markets for from two 

 to three times the price of cow's milk. This is doubtless 

 partially due to its scarcity; but also to its superior 

 quality for certain purposes. One sanitarium offered a 

 dollar a quart for a goodly supply, and from forty to 

 fifty cents a quart is not an uncommon price for it to 

 bring in large cities. The only valid objection to goat's 

 milk of which I have knowledge is that it spoils one's 

 taste for cow's milk, which makes it inconvenient if one 

 is so situated as to be unable to get goat's milk. 



The first virtue of the goat, from the standpoint of 

 the home-in-a-garden family, is that it can be stabled 

 in a very small space. And the stable is so cunning — 

 almost like a doll's house! When I visit Luther Bur- 

 bank, I make a bee-line for his goat stable. He favors 

 the white Saanen ; and his goats stand on their hind 

 legs with their fore feet on the top rail of the fence and 

 welcome the visitor by rubbing their noses against his 

 coat-sleeve. It should be said that the goat is a family 

 pet. People come to love them dearly, and their kids — 

 usuallv twins, but sometimes triplets — are the cutest 

 little playfellows in the world. It is an endless joy to 

 see them frisk and cavort about their small barnyard, 



