AMEBIC AN AGRIC ULTURIST 
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“AGRICULTURE IS THE MOST HEALTHFUL, MOST USEFUL, AM> MOST NORLE EMPLOYMENT OF MANV-Washinotos. 
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VOLUME XXIX. No. 10. NEW YORK, OCTOBER., 1870. NEW SERIES-No. 285. 
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FRESH M 1 L K. — Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
Those who live in cities and large towns 
manage to pass a portion of the summer in the 
country. The more wealthy have their coun¬ 
try residences, while those of limited means 
content themselves with a visit to a farm-house 
for a few weeks. With all classes one of the 
strongest inducements for this change of resi¬ 
dence is the ability to procure an abundance of 
fresh milk for the children. The change from 
heated streets to open fields is not greater, than 
that from the liquid dispensed by the milkmen, 
to the pure milk, fresh from the cow. How the 
little ones thrive on it, and with what eagerness 
they watch for milking time! The artist has 
represented a happy group of these city chil¬ 
dren in the fall enjoyment of their healthful 
country fare. Milk is the natural food for all 
young animals, children included, and contains 
all the elements necessary to growth. The milk 
of the cow differs from human milk in con¬ 
taining much more caseine, or curd, consider¬ 
ably less of sugar of milk, and more of the 
mineral constituents; the proportion of all solid 
substances in the two is nearly the same. The 
milk of the goat is more nearly identical in com¬ 
position with human milk, than is that of the 
cow, though that contains a larger proportion 
of caseine. While milk forms so important a 
diet for young children it is liable to become a 
source of disease from the readiness with which 
its composition is affected by the health of the 
animal furnishing it, and (he rapidity with 
which it undergoes change after it is drawn. 
Nature has indicated in the most positive man¬ 
ner, that the food should he transferred from 
the mother to the young without change. 
Whenever we depart from this in any par¬ 
ticular, unpleasant effects are likely to follow. 
Let the milk for children really he Fresh Milk. 
