IN GOAT-KEEPING 33 



a diameter of 7 inches. I have several agate pails (of varying 

 capacity) with small neck and tight-fitting covers and into one 

 of these pails the milk is poured as soon as milked and measured. 

 I have several straining cloths, made of fine cheese-cloth, which 

 is folded to six or eight thicknesses, wet in cold water and laid 

 over the neck of the pail ; this strainer is kept over the pail until 

 the milking is finished, when 



it is replaced with the cover » j 



and the pail immersed in a \ '* r 



larger pail and set under the 

 water tap, the cold water 

 flowing in and out and cool- 

 ing the milk. After being 

 cooled it is put into the ordi- 

 nary milk bottles, pints and 

 half-pints, with card tops, 

 and set in cool closet or re- 

 frigerator. I like the idea 

 of bottling it, as you can see 

 at a glance just what you half toggenburg doe. 



, 1 T T -i ■ 1 A prize winner in England; an ex- 



nave on hand and it is ai- cellent illustration of great improve- 



ways in most convenient "^"* '" """^' '='"°^^- 



shape for either sale or use. It should never be bottled or tightly 



covered until it is quite cold. 



It is generally said that the cream does not rise on goat's 

 ■milk, and this is in a great measure true, the particles of butter 

 fat being so small that they do not readily separate and rise to 

 the top, as with cow's milk. This makes the milk comparatively 

 thick and very rich "all the way through " However, when 

 allowed to stand for a full day or more, some cream will be found 

 on the top. 



CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GOAT'S MILK. 



This varies considerable in different animals and breeds. 

 The following table, taken from Pegler's "Book of the Goat" 

 shows, according to the author, a fair average sample of the milk 

 from a cross-bred goat, compared with other milk of average 

 quality : 



Goat Ewe Cow Ass Human 



Casein 4.06 5.37 4.48 1.82 1.52 



Butter-fat 5.14 3.65 3.13 0.11 3.55 



Sugar 5.28 5.46 4.77 6.08 6.50 



Salts 0.58 0.79 0.60 0.34 0.45 



Total solids .... 15.06 15.27 12.98 8.35 12.02 



Water 84.94 84.73 87.02 91.65 87,98 



100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 "The Nubian goat has the characteristic of giving milk very 



