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MILK OF OTHER ANIMALS. 



Goats' Milk. 



Goats' milk is for the mountaineers what cows' milk is for the 

 inhabitants of the flat lands, for the reason that at places where 

 cows fail to obtain sufficient nourishment on pasture, or where this 

 could be obtained only under great danger, the goats will yet 

 thrive. The goat serves as the poor man's cow. The properties of 

 goats' milk are as follows : 



Appearance : Color, white to yellowish. 

 Consistency : Generally thicker than cows' milk. 

 Odor : Specific and strong, especially developed in the milk of 

 goats which are kept in the stable. 

 Taste : Specific and sweetish. 



Specific gravity : Varies considerably and averages from 1.028 

 to 1.036. 



Chemical composition : It is richer than cows' milk, but vari- 

 able in composition. 



Specific gravity average, 1.032. 



"Water and volatile substances .85.0 - 87.00 



Salts 0.5 - 0.75 



Albuminates 4.0 - 6.00 



Fat 3.5 - 5.00 



Milk sugar 3.5 - 5.50 



Sheeps' Milk. 



Similar to the goats, the sheep are indigenous to mountainous 

 countries. It is in such countries only that sheep are kept, mainly 

 on account of the milk which they furnish ; so for instance, in the 

 Lozifere, the Appenine and the Karpathian mountains. The many 

 points which mountain dairies and the dairies of the marshy flat 

 lands have in common, is also illustrated by the fact that sheep are 

 kept for their milk in Holland (Martiny). 



Appearance : Color, yellowish-white. 



