THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



country place not forty miles from New York 

 City. 



But to return to the two scraggy goats the 

 settlement had furnished us with. They were 

 pure white, but of a nondescript breed, as per- 

 tinacious as most ill-kept animals, and pos- 

 sessed an appetite able to destroy incredible 

 quantities of brush. They were neither of 

 them giving milk when we bought them, but of 

 course that had not been taken into considera- 

 tion. When their kids arrived, and Reika 

 owned to a knowledge of making Molken- 

 kase and Mont D'Or cheese, we became in- 

 terested in the amount and quality. Number 

 One had two kids, and seven days later Num- 

 ber Two had one, all of which were weaned 

 when five weeks old, when we were able to 

 measure and test the milk. Number One gave 

 five pints a day, Number Two three pints and 

 a half; rather poor in quality, which was due 

 to the nature of their food during the preced- 

 ing fifteen weeks, so the brush was supple- 

 mented by a quart of mash every night, which 



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