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however, it is given them even a httle too cool, the result 

 is likely to be scours. 



If a lot of kids are being raised together, a bottle for 

 each is certainly too much trouble. ' In such cases a 

 " gang-feeder " is employed, as described in Chapter 

 XVII. If pan feeding is used for a lot of kids, a sys- 

 tem of little stanchions must be planned to protect the 

 milk from the disastrous onslaught of the kids. Sucli 

 an arrangement is illustrated on page 129. 



Milk Substitutes.— Is there any substitute for goat 

 milk that can be safely used in raising kids? Cow milk, 

 of course, is the most usual substitute when invalids oi' 

 babies need the goat milk. A kid does very well on part 

 rations of cow milk, in equal parts with goat milk. But 

 if cow milk is to be fed alone, it must be modified, as it 

 forms, undiluted, a curd in the kid's stomacli too tough 

 for easy digestion. A gruel n)ade of good, clean, rolled 

 oats (two cups to a gallon of water), cooked tliorouglily 

 an hour or more and strained, makes a safe, satisfactory 

 and economical modifier for the cow milk. It should be 

 used one part gruel to two or three parts cow milk. A 

 goat's milk is not very palatable for the first week or 

 two. If the kid lias the mother's milk for that time and 

 is then changed gradually to the mixtin'e of gruel and 

 cow milk he will do about as well on it as if he were given 

 his proper rations. There is a little more danger of 



