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parchnicMit. The United States especially 

 uses these skins in manufactures, impf)rting 

 annually not less than twenty-five million dol- 

 lars' worth. The hair of goats is also very 

 useful for the manufacture of brushes of all 

 kinds, as well as for hats; in Eastern countries 

 it is used in the manufacture nf shawls, and 



cows' milk so dangerous to children and to 

 sick or feeble persons. Throughout Europe 

 and America cattle are much infected with 

 tuberculosis, which makes great ravages among 

 men, whereas it may be said never to appear 

 among goats. It is an established fact that 

 while the milk of cows may convey disease 



-Swiss Milch Go.ats 



Zoological Garden of Acclimation 



mohair is obtained from the fleece cif the An- 

 gora goats of Turkey. 



II. Go.\TS' MlI.K 



It is well to give a few details concerning 

 the chief product of the goat in Europe, — its 

 milk, which is very nourishing on account of the 

 great quantity of fat and albumen which it con- 

 tains, and also because it is easy to digest, and 

 comes from an animal species little subject to 

 disease, having especially great strength of re- 

 sistance to tuberculosis, a disease which makes 



unless boiled f)r pasteurized, the milk of goats 

 presents no such danger, and is even a passive 

 preservative against tuberculosis through the 

 absence of the bacillus thereof ; which does 

 not mean, however, that it is an active pre- 

 servative. It is much to be desired that 

 experiments should be made in this direction. 

 A movement has lately been started in the 

 United States for the raising of Angora goats 

 in the foothills of Texas, California, Arizona, 

 and Oregon, by patients in the first stages of 

 tuberculosis, as a promising means of cure. 



