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parchment. The United States especially ctnvs' milk sf) dan,f,^erous to cliildicn and to 



uses these skins in manufactures, importing sick or feel^Je ])ersons. Throughout Euroj^e 



annually not less than twenty-five million del- and America cattle are much infected with 



lars' worth. The hair of goats is also \-er)' tuberculosis, which makes great linages among 



useful for the manufacture of brushes of all men, whereas it ma)- be said never to a]ji)ear 



kinds, as well as for hats; in Eastern countiies among goats. It is an establislied fact that 



it is used in the manufacture of shawls, and while the milk of cows may convey disease 



Swiss Milch Goats 

 ZofiloLiical (Tarden of Acclimatirm 



mohair is obtained from the fleece of the An- 

 gora goats of Turkey. 



II. Goats' Milk 



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 C(3n- 

 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 or jiasteurized, the milk of goats 

 presents no such tlanger, and is c\-en a passive 

 preser\'ati\'e against tuberculosis thi'ough the 

 absence of the bacillus theix'of ; which does 

 not mean, howe\'er, that it is an acti\'e pre- 

 ser\'ati\'e. It is much to be desired that 

 experiments should be made in this direction. 

 A movement has latch' been started in the 

 United States for the raising of Angora goats 

 in the foothills of Te.xas, California, Arizona, 

 and Oregon, bv patients in the first stages of 

 tuberculosis, as a promising means of cure. 



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