The possibility of procuring a milch goat at reasonable prices in our 

 country will, in years to come, be an easy matter and their low cost com- 

 pared to that of a cow will be within the reach of the poorest families. 

 The milch goat gives considerable more milk in proportion to its body 

 weight than the cow, and also utilizes its feed to much better advantage. 

 It is satisfied with little feed and with feed that could not be utilized by 

 other animals (provided it is not musty or soiled), which is to be had at 

 much less cost than feed required by the cow. By keeping two goats 

 instead of one cow, the family may be provided during the entire year 

 with milk, with the proper regulation of the birth of the kids. 



"As to the question of human nourishment, the goat occupies an im- 

 portant position. It yields a wholesome nourishment for the family, serves 

 as a useful and agreeable occupation for wife and children, and awakens 

 in its owner a desire for industry and a spirit of frugality. So long as the 

 workingman is happy in the possession of a business, has a small bit of 

 ground to call his own, and a profitable domestic animal, just so long will 

 he be an opponent of social strife; a careful provider for his family, and 

 an adherent of some recognized creed." Hilpert. 



"In Saxony the goat plays an important role as the source of the milk 

 of the household; likewise that the homes that are here under consideration 

 belong to that class of people who are without much means. Especially in 

 the industrial districts of the mountains, with a preponderance of the smaller 

 manufactories, the goat is the supporter of the family in a broad sense, 

 of the people among which it finds its manifold uses. In this way it comes 

 about that goats' milk is such a universally established food material, and 

 one of which the people have become so fond, that they will pay the same 

 price, (or in many places even a pfenning higher price), for it than for 

 cows' milk, which latter serves to help out when there is a scarcity of 

 goats' milk. The reason for this may be found in the higher nutritive 

 value of goats' milk, and the assertion is often made here that anyone 

 who has become accustomed to the use of goats' milk for coffee feels it a 

 degradation if he is compelled to be content with cows' milk in its stead, 

 which is not so pleasant to the taste and is poorer in fat than goats' milk. 

 But the goat is beginning to rise in prominence and gain in numbers in 

 highly developed thickly settled districts where the people are more pros- 

 perous." Dettweiler. 



COMPOSITION AND FLAVOR OF GOATS' MILK 



THE ingredients and analysis of goats' milk vary with the different 

 time of day when milk is drawn, by the particular part of the milk 

 whether the first or the last part drawn and other minor causes. 

 In order to determine the percentages of fat in goats' milk as they 

 appear in the various milkings in the morning, at noon and night, District 

 Veterinary Dr. Loer in Weimar, made far reaching experiments and found, 

 that the fat contents are the largest if the goat is often milked. A goat 

 that is milked three times per day produces a richer milk than the one 

 milked but twice and if milked four times per day, her milk-fat increases 



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