THE GOAT AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 
533 
and owner of domestic animals that severe confinement and 
seclusion from their kind or fellows of the breed, creates in 
males, especially, vicious habits and morose tempers. And it 
should be borne in mind that these evil tendencies are transmis¬ 
sible to offspring, thus perpetuating vices which render them 
dangerous to man and to their own species. The goat being 
more intelligent than most animals, becomes a leader when as¬ 
sociated with them, and the kindly treatment and education re¬ 
ceived from man naturally exerts a benign influence over his 
animal associates. 
When well fed and kindly treated the female breeds twice 
in the year, generally giving birth to twins. Beyond the econ¬ 
omy of milk production, and the service the goat can render 
in protecting sheep from the destructive ravages of stray and 
worthless dogs; the wholesome sanitary protection against 
tuberculosis by furnishing rich, pure milk, free from the dis¬ 
ease bacilli, and the meat of the male kid as wholesome as the 
milk, will render a service of superlative sanitary value to man¬ 
kind and to the domestic animals he prizes. 
Analysis of Milks. 
It will be seen that cow’s and ewe’s milk contain too much 
cheese, rendering it too indigestible, and that human milk and 
that of the goat are nearly alike in butter, and by adding a very 
little water to goat’s milk, it is very like human. 
Woman. 
Cow. 
Ass. 
Goat. 
Ewe. 
Proteids. 
1.52 
4.48 
1.82 
4.08 
4.50 
Butter. 
3-55 
3.13 
0. II 
3.32 
4.20 
Milk sugar . 
6.50 
4.77 
6.08 
5.28 
5.00 
Saline matter. 
0.45 
0.60 
0.34 
0.58 
0.68 
Water. 
87.98 
87.02 
91.68 
86.80 
88.62 
To correct a popular error that sterilization is a safeguard 
against contracting disease from milk thus treated when kept 
for a day or two, and that it improves the value of the milk 
as food, I give Dr. Conn’s valid objections against sterilization : 
I. It changes casein in such a manner that it is not easily 
curdled by rennet. 
