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said, have been fostered, fed and cared for by the affectionate 
mother goat. 
The goats of Ireland, doubtless derived from the Mediter¬ 
ranean stock, are fine, gentle and large milkers. Their udders 
are large, hang almost to the ground, causing a peculiar gait in ’ 
walking. The yield of milk will average about seven pounds 
daily, even without much corn or food. [ 
The city of Lyons, the second city of France, is supplied with | 
cheese and milk from goats, and doubtless the health of that j 
city of narrow and filthy streets, with high and crowded build¬ 
ings, is largely dependent upon the best milk and cheese supply 
of any city in the world. Lyons is located very like New York, 
on a toneue of land between the rivers Soane and Rhone. Had 
Lyons a Waring, and New York a supply of goat’s milk and 
cheese, both cities would possess a very much better health 
record. 
“ There is no flock, however watched and tended, 
But one dead lamb is t’^ere ; ' 
There is no fireside, howsoe’er defended. 
But has one vacant chair.” 
Goats dg not have the diseases common to sheep. They bear 
confinement better than any other species of domestic animals, 
and when well fed and cared for the female goat can raise and 
fatten two lambs at a cost of one with the ewe. The milk of the 
goat, though richer in the proteids—fleshmakers and menders—is 
more easily digested than cow’s milk, and therefore specially 
adapted for the nourishment of delicate children and consump¬ 
tives. 
In Spain and Portugal, the goat is mainly cultivated for 
its milk, and the flesh of the kids. Travelers tell us that the 
goats there are to be seen driven into the cities in the morning, . 
and milked at the doors of the houses. 
The goat is frequently kept with other animals because of t 
the supposition that his presence among them promotes their j 
health. And more certainly his presence with vicious bulls or I 
stallions softens their vicious tempers from the social friend- j 
ships formed between them. This should teach the breeder 
