Vol. LXVI. No. 2994 
NEW YORK, JUNE 15, 1907. 
WEEKLY, il.00 PER YEAR. 
MORE ABOUT MILCH GOATS. 
Increase in Value and Appreciation. 
To answer some questions that have already been 
asked, and to anticipate others that some interested 
friends might like to ask relative to the nature, care 
and habits of the milch goats, I would say, first, that 
much of the antipathy people have against goats’ milk 
or the taste of it is due to their taking it too strong. 
Goat’s milk is much richer in fat than ordinary cow’s 
milk, and if diluted by adding a little water, one finds 
it not at all unpleasant. The same idea holds good in 
cooking with it; add about one-third water. Some very 
good authorities claim that the unpleasant flavor, which 
is frequently found in goat’s milk is wholly a matter of 
cleanliness. My experience does not bear this out. 
Others have expressed themselves after the same man¬ 
ner, showing that goat’s milk does taste more or less 
goaty. Right here I will say that our family has 
found that by adding a 
very little salt to the milk 
just before drinking it 
makes a great difference 
in the flavor, and adds ma¬ 
terially to the pleasure of 
using. 
Several have inquired 
where they could procure 
milch goats, and what 
ought they to pay for 
them. I might answer by 
telling a little experience 
of my own, since I started 
out to find some one who 
had a nice large herd of 
goats, so that I might have 
a better stock to select 
from, and possibly get one 
a little cheaper. I visited 
18 or 19 keepers of goats; 
one was an Englishman, 
one an Irish woman, an¬ 
other a Pole and all the 
rest were Italians. Not 
one of the people I called 
on had more than five or 
six young and old togeth¬ 
er, and most of them had 
but one or two. Neither 
could I hear of anyone 
who had any number of 
common milch goats. I 
liked the looks of one goat 
very much, and asked the 
price. They would not 
sell, because just a month 
before she had dropped ROCK 
five young ones, that were 
very smart little kids (at least the two I saw were' 
I hose that had any to sell wanted anywhere from 
$10 to $15 each, and as I went on from one to another, 
asking prices and finding that they all ranged about 
the same, 1 concluded I must be three or four years 
behind the times, for about that long ago I could get 
plenty of fair goats at from $5 to $8 and $10. So if any¬ 
one interested can get a goat under $10 I would consider 
him fortunate. 
In looking for goats I would advise inquiring for the 
nearest Italian settlement or where any considerable 
number of foreigners, especially from Central or South¬ 
ern Europe, are congregated, and you will be pretty 
sure to find goats among them, for it has been very 
well demonstrated that the peasant class of Europe has' 
learned not only the habits of industry, but also the 
secrets of economy. 
Now about bringing up little ones, without using the 
mother's milk and this wilj answer the query of Fr S. Mi 
on page 383, on feeding young animals. Last February 
we had two little kids come during the coldest weather, 
and we took them into the house for two or three 
days and fed them on milk from a bottle; then took 
them back to the mother, and she refused them. Then 
we took oil meal, about one tablespoonful to a quart of 
water and boiled it well for an hour, and added a very 
littlei milk when we filled the bottle, only one or two 
teaspoonfuls on top. The kids grew and flourished as 
well as those that were left entirely with the does. I 
know of others who have raised young calves on the 
same plan when they felt they could not spare the 
milk. So much for the poor man’s cow; now a few 
words about the rich man’s goat. I have learned that 
there are goats that sell in this country for from $50 
to $100 each, and that these goats give large quantities 
of milk for their size. One correspondent writes me, 
concerning these Swiss goats, that he saw one that sold 
for $105. It is also stated that the milk from the Swiss 
tary at a farm In Essex, who had previously disbelieved in. 
such a yield from any species, at home or abroad. That 
controversy .being ended by his experiments, the society 
will, no doubt, add to the value of its previous efforts on 
behalf of the rural laborer’s children by promoting im¬ 
portations of this profitable breed. Among its supporters 
there are some men of large wealth and many acres who 
have afforded repeated evidence of their desire to give 
the goat a higher position in English estimation as an 
economical food producer. But the English farm hand 
requires a deal of talk before he is convinced that in many 
details of human life new ways are better than old. This 
perversity of conservatism has broken down, odd to say. 
in the sister isle; the Irish goat, well tended and carefully 
bred as it usually is, ranks far higher than the English 
as a milk producer, and the society finds little difficulty in 
securing the co-operation of the peasantry in further im¬ 
provements.—London Globe. 
-P 
1 . 
Gov 
letin , 
which w 
the relative 
is full of valt. 
lowing clipping 
in England for thv 
friend: 
^URE FOR THE POOR MAN’S COW. Fig. 223. 
be distinguished from cow’s milk, 
fcter for invalids and children. I 
terested in this subject to send 
Superintendent of Documents, 
Washington, D. C., for Bul- 
Tndustry, “Milch Goats,” 
he different breeds and 
l a and other goats. It 
subject. The fol- 
f they are doing 
’e poor man’s 
VHEATON. 
Swiss 
d. 
It shows what cam be acco. 
well 
directed investigation that th. 
has 
made discovery of a particular *- 
gaflon of milk ppr diem for mar^ 
u 
This remarkabjg animal—it is of S> 
4 
personally and .exhaustively tested by 
^cre* 
SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE LIMA BEAN. 
The cultivation of all varieties of beans is decidedly 
easy, except, perhaps, the 
pole Lima. This variety 
of beans, unlike most of 
the other kinds, requires 
high culture, and succeeds 
best in rich, sandy loam. 
The seed when germinat¬ 
ing is very sensitive to 
sudden changes and irreg¬ 
ular temperature, and for 
this reason there are more 
failures in growing the 
crop than any other vege¬ 
table in cultivation. The 
majority of failures are 
due to early planting. It 
may sometimes be true 
that when planted early 
they will give fair returns, 
but this is only when the 
condition of the weather 
is highly favorable. It is 
not practical to plant the 
Lima bean until the 
weather becomes warm 
and settled, which is usu¬ 
ally about May 20. Seed, 
when planted in cold 
ground, is much more lia¬ 
ble to rot than to germi¬ 
nate, and if they do come 
through the cold ground, 
they are seldom found in 
a healthy condition after¬ 
ward, and its future exist¬ 
ence appears to be nothing 
but a struggle. When the 
soil is warm and the con¬ 
ditions favorable for quick 
germination how different their appearance. They 
will come through the ground in a few days, the 
seed leaves quickly expand, and the character of the 
whole plant will develop in 48 hours. 
• METHOD OF PLANTING.—The pole Limas are 
usually cultivated in hills, four or five feet apart. The 
best poles are made of young cedar, and they should 
be nine or 10 feet in length. Eight feet is high enough 
for convenience, but the foot of the poles will soon 
rot or decay. Chop this off and resharpen, and the 
poles will last for a number of years. The poles must 
be set firmly in the center of the hills. Well-rotted 
manure is decidedly the best for Lima beans, and a 
liberal forkful should be used in each hill. After the 
poles have been set the hills should be formed around 
them. The term hill is an unfortunate one, as it often 
leads inexperienced persons to suppose that a large heap 
or mound must be made. It is a common mistake to 
form miniature hills of unusual size, into which seed 
