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materially increased the richness of the milk 

 and enabled Reika to make the coveted cheese, 

 which was indirectly the cause of our realizing 

 the marketable value of goat's milk. Among 

 old friends who often came for week-end visits 

 was a doctor from the city. One day, Molken- 

 kase being on the table, brought up the sub- 

 ject of goats and the value of their milk for 

 invalids and infants. The doctor asked us if 

 it would be possible for us to let him have one 

 quart a day, for a baby patient in which he 

 felt specially interested. As we shipped eggs 

 every day it was quite possible, and within a 

 week he wrote enthusiastic thanks to our goat 

 for saving the little sufferer's life, and begged 

 us to make some business arrangement about 

 supplying it for an indefinite time, and for 

 other cases which might arise in the future. 

 As the little patient was under the care of a 

 grandmother not overburdened with wealth, 

 we preferred to add the express charges to 

 incidental expenses on the ledger, but agreed 

 to supply future customers at twenty-five 



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