Tht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
1059 
Live Stock and Dairy 
A Talk About Goats 
How long does a milk goat give milk? 
Ilow long do goats live? Can they be 
kept on hay that is not first-class? Would 
it be profitable to keep a milk goat when 
all the Alfalfa hay has to be purchased 
from a grain and hay dealer? What do 
hospitals pay for a quart of goat’s milk? 
Do goats need corn during Winter? Why 
is goat’s milk so good for sick infants? 
Sparta, N. J. r. c. ii. 
A good milking doe of the improved 
breeds, such as the Nubian or Toggen- 
berg, will milk as long as the average cow 
will. If a doe is bred once a year, she 
must have a rest of four to six weeks, and 
receive the same care and treatment that 
we would ordinarily give to a milk cow. 
Milk goats have been known to produce 
well for 14 years ; perhaps a safe estimate 
is 10 to 12 years, depending upon the in¬ 
dividual, and the care and attention she 
has had. 
No; hay that is moldy or not bright 
and clean is not fit to feed anything; peo¬ 
ple often make mistakes when they think 
“The Goat World,” which contains an 
article stating that goats’ milk has been 
known to cure rheumatism. If that is so 
I would like to learn about it. Is it 
hard to take care of a milk goat? How 
long will a goat live? hrs. a. m. a. 
Illinois. 
Goat’s milk is used in infant feeding as 
cow’s milk is. being diluted or modified, 
according to the requirements of the in¬ 
dividual case. It has a valued place in 
infant feeding, being found ueeful as a 
substitute for cow’s milk in many in¬ 
stances where the latter cannot be fed. It 
is not superior to cow’s milk in all cases, 
however, and would probably not replace 
the latter, even is as easily obtained. The 
milk of the goat differs but little from 
that of the cow. It is a little richer in 
fat than average cow’s milk, containing 
about 5 per cent, is sweeter to the taste, 
does not form as large or hard curds in 
the stomach, holds its fat in smaller 
globules, less easily separated in the 
form of cream, and has a characteristic, 
though not disagreeable, taste of is own. 
Those Who advocate the use of goat’s 
milk make much of the fact that goats 
are comparatively immune to tuberculosis, 
and that they are not at all likely to con- 
Good Specimen of Milk Goat 
goats will eat “anything.” They won’t, 
and, like any other domestic animal, must 
have, clean feed at regular intervals 
Never feed sour or musty hay or grain to 
goats; they are the cleanest of animals, 
and consequently more free from disease. 
It would be profitable to keep a goat, 
or two goats, for family use, even if all 
the feed must be purchased. A few cents 
per day will keep in good condition a 
milk doe that will give you from two to 
three quarts of rich, sweet milk. 
The price for goat’s milk will depend 
upon the demand and supply ; from 25 to 
50 cente per quart is an average price. 
Goat’s milk is much alike in composi¬ 
tion to mother’s milk, therefore best suit¬ 
ed to infant feeding. In all European 
countries the milk goat has administered 
to the needs of man since the earliest 
times of which we have any record. In 
America we have considered the goat as a 
“joke,” but we are fast awakening to the 
fact that we have long overlooked one of 
the greatest assets, if we can believe what 
we read concerning the great number of 
mal-nourished children here in the United 
States. The figures before us are start¬ 
ling. The Milk Goat Journal says in its 
July issue, in part: 
“Here in the United States, where we 
brag about our prosperity, we have 6.000,- 
000 mal-nourished children of our own. 
And we do far less for them than for the 
orphans of Europe. Those 6.000,000 chil¬ 
dren constitute one-third of our child pop¬ 
ulation—one-third of our citizens of the 
future. And you can’t make good citizens 
out of half-fed children. Health is the 
foundation on which to build brains and 
character. Raise your children on goat’s 
milk.” WILLET RANDALL. 
Goat’s Milk for Children 
I have been told that some mothers 
with a sick baby have had gratifying 
results when goats’ milk was used when 
all other foods failed and the child was 
dying. In a case like that could the 
goats’ milk be given as it is, or is it to 
be diluted with water? I have a copy of 
vey this disease through their milk. They 
are apt to overlook the fact, however, 
that goats are subject to another disease, 
Malta fever, that is conveyed to human 
beings of all ages chiefly through the milk 
of goats. This is a disease of the coun¬ 
tries about the Mediterranean Sea, where 
goats are the customary sources of milk 
supply, but it is also well known in the 
Southwestern States of this country and 
in Mexico. There ie sufficient danger 
from this source, in the States mentioned, 
at least, to lead some very good health au¬ 
thorities to advocate that goat’s milk 
should not be sold for human food unless 
pasteurized, and even to forbid its sale in 
cities where there is a plentiful supply of 
cow’s milk. As to its value in the cure 
of rheumatism, it lacks the widespread 
reputation acquired by the horse chestnut 
in the hip pocket in that disease, but I 
know of no evidence for or against it. 
Goats may be expected to live to the 
age of 10 to 13 years. They are easily 
cared for; respond to good and suffer 
from ill treatment; need about the same 
kind of foods given cows; can be kept in 
small quarters; if well bred, give from 
two quarts of milk up daily; do not 
taint their milk with undesirable odor or 
taste if properly fed and kept in a cleanly 
manner; can be kept for perhaps one- 
sixth the cost of keeping a cow; yield 
milk for from four to six months out of 
the year; carry their young for five 
months, and usually give birth to two 
kids at a time ; may be kept where cows 
cannot well be ; cost from $15 each up to 
fancy prices, and come in both native and 
imported breeds. Of the imported breeds, 
the Saanens and Toggenburgs are best 
known, though there are a number of 
others that are also popular as milk pro¬ 
ducers. These have been crossed upon na¬ 
tive stock, to the improvement of the lat¬ 
ter. Breeders’ associations are active in 
bringing the merits of “Ford cows” to the 
attention of the public, and ancient pre¬ 
judices against them are disappearing. 
While there is no evident danger of their 
displacing cows in this country, there is 
also no doubt that milk goats are capable 
of filling a place as milk producers for 
both infants and adults that they have 
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