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rich and the poor alike, the master and the slave, of the illiter¬ 
ate and the learned, of the timid Hindoo and the warlike Arab, 
of the European and the American. It is of the first impor¬ 
tance that the workers of the home should have a good and an 
ample supply of pure sound food, and as goat’s milk is the most 
perfect food for the children of all, all should possess it in 
the fullest and amplest supply for the home. 
With veritable rapid transit for Greater New York, the 
workingman can reside in the healthy suburbs, from which he 
can reach his place of business within an hour for five cents 
each way. 
“ From toil he wins his spirits light, 
From busy day the peaceful night ; 
Rich, from the very want of wealth, 
In heaven’s best treasures, peace and health.” 
To include another class I quote a couplet from Pope : 
“ Reason’s whole pleasure, all the joys of sense. 
Lie in three words—health, peace and competence.” 
To include the whole human family I cannot resist a coup¬ 
let from Goldsmith’s “ Haunch of Venison ” : 
“ Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt. 
It’s like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt.” 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Bureau of Animal Industry, 
Washington, D. C., September 24, 1897. 
Dr. A. S. Heathy Morris Ave. & Ash St.^ Nezv York^ N. Y. 
Dear Doctor :—I am in receipt of your letter of the 23d 
inst., and would say in reference to your suggestions concerning 
the use of goats’ meat, milk and cheese, that I have often won¬ 
dered why goats are not more extensively used in this country, 
at least for the production of milk for young children. Certainly 
there would not be the danger of tuberculosis infection from the 
milk of the goat that there is from the milk of the cow under 
present conditions. There appears, however, to be an unreason¬ 
able prejudice against the animal with most Americans. 
This, no doubt, could be overcome by proper educational in¬ 
fluence. 
As to the part which may be taken by the Government in 
curtailing human and animal tuberculosis, this is at present 
