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wide nutritive ratio, and therefore requires feeding with foods rich 

 in protein, as, for instance, linseed meal and wheat middlings. 

 Where the meals available on the farm are of a starchy 

 character, the introduction of a little earth-nut cake, pea meal 

 or bean meal will be of value. For feeding to pigs, whey has 

 about half the feeding value of skim milk, i.e., 10 lb. of whey 

 equals about 5 lb. of skim milk. Whey is laxative in character 

 and should be fed with foods producing the opposite effect. 



Buttermilk, — Buttermilk has substantially the same value for 

 pigs as skim milk, and the remarks as to the value of skim milk 

 apply generally to buttermilk, except perhaps with regard to 

 calves. Buttermilk has been used successfully with calves, but 

 cannot be generally recommended except in cases where scrupu- 

 lous cleanliness prevails. Unless such conditions exist, fermen- 

 tation sets up in the buttermilk, and a comparatively harmless 

 and useful feeding stuff then becomes dangerous. 



The Department of Agriculture for British Columbia has 

 recently issued a third edition of its Bulletin No. 64, entitled 



Goat kee in in " ^ oa *' ra ^ s ^ n § m British Columbia." The 

 t* -i.- L « i ^. place of the milch goat in the Province is 

 British Columbia. 1 „ , , v , f , , ; 



now well established, and what was at one 



time considered a passing fad is looked upon as a profitable and 

 useful branch of the live stock industry. 



The chief place of the milch goat in the Province is as a 

 provider of wholesome milk for the household at a moderate cost, 

 but it is considered that there is money to be made from the 

 regular supply of goats' milk to large cities owing to the well- 

 known pre-eminence of this milk as the best form of nutriment 

 for infants and invalids, as a result of which it commands a ready 

 sale at double the price of cows' milk. 



Under the rules of registration of the Canadian Goat Society, 

 it is interesting to note that in the case of British milch goats. 

 Toggenburgs, and Nubians, animals are admitted for registration 

 if they have already been registered in the British Goat Society's 

 Herd Book. 



The Bulletin gives valuable information on the housing feed- 

 ing and general management of goats. Tt also describes methods 

 of making goats' milk into butter and cheese and deala with the 

 utilisation of goat flesh for the table. Tt is stated thai goat's milk 

 has been known for centuries as an ideal food for infants and 

 invalids, because of its easy digestibility, and many hospitals and 

 sanatoria keep herds to supply milk for their patients. Though 



