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Advantages of Goat-Keeping. [march, 



County Agricultural Shows. By the introduction of foreign 

 blood, not only the size and comeliness, but the milking powers 

 of the nannies have been increased. People who have never 

 met with any goats other than the chance-bred aboriginals of 

 the United Kingdom have no notion of the appearance or value 

 of a Pgood goat, but in Switzerland, France, Germany and 

 Scandinavia, the value of the goat as a milk producer has been 

 developed to a remarkable degree. 



An advantage offered by the goat as a milk-producer lies 

 in her small size and accommodating ways in the matter of 

 food. Another point in the goat's favour is the quality of her 

 milk, sometimes nearly twice as rich as cow's milk. A third 

 argument for goat's milk is that the hardy animal which yields 

 it, though not immune to tuberculosis, is seldom attacked by 

 that disease. 



Quality of Goafs Milk. — As to the richness of goat's milk, 

 the following tables speak for themselves : — 



From Stevenson and Murphy's " Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health." 



Milk. 



Total 

 Solids. 



Proteids 

 (Flesh- 

 formers). 



Fats. 



Milk 

 Sugar. 



Salts. 



Water. 



Goat's ... 



14-29 



4-29 



4-78 



4-46 



0-76 



85 71 



Cow's ... 



12-83 



3*35 



3-69 



4-88 



0-71 



87-17 



Human ... 



12-59 



2-29 



3-78 



6-21 



0-31 



87-41 



Analyses by Dr. Voelcker of Goat's Milk in comparison with Milk drawn from the 

 Winner of the Milking Prize at one of the Dairy Shows. 



Milk. 



Casein. 



Butter Fat. 



1 



Milk Sugar. 1 



Water. 



Goat's* ... 



4-18 



I 



7'3o 



4- 10 



83-21 



Co\V's ... 





3-63 



8-8it ; 



87-56 



* Ash 1 '21 to be added. t Includes casein and ash. 



Goats' milk is particularly serviceable in the case of infants, 

 for whom doctors are increasingly recommending it. 



The belief that goat's milk has " a taste " is founded on 

 acquaintance with milk which has been kept in dirty vessels, 

 or is old, or is the product of a goat which has had access to ivy, 

 garlic, or some other strong-scented food. Unwatered goat's 

 milk tastes richer and sweeter than cow's, and unprejudiced 

 people who have the choice generally prefer it. 



