GOOD MILKERS FOR POOR LAND.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1017, 5 January 1911, Page 8

GOOD MILKERS FOR POOR LAND.

BIVALS-OF THE COWS. • I . i-riw'. Tdrniers, ' probably,'. ' Hoy*-valuable. th'e,'gf)at is bs a' .milksandMter-fat producer.' In Europe' £-" where economy. in. grazing lands liSs be-. > ' come necessary her vbhie is appreciated, i.-' : .V and .in the' United Slates, the increasing valu£ of, land and the advance in the f price of. milk are making goat dairying j'.. increasingly''.attractive. . Potrie-jofn tho cfiief points ;about the ifiiliSKgoat is that''she' thrives on wefeds .'. jajM brush that other stock ignore; that IKh'p in proportion to her weight 'moA'irtilK than thfi cow; and that her .■milk is richer and more nutritious than I. ithat of . tile- ooiv, and is free from the . dreaded bacilli of tuberculosis so frequently found '.where, tattle are impr.o-, perly kept.i' . ' " j: '■ The importance of the 'matter seems ■ to'have been realised lalely in various countries where cows only were thought of as milkers. Every country, has its ' - poor ( lauds, aisd therefore the goat is being generally , experimented with". The f animal has beeij taken so seriously, in ! the United States that the State Depart meut of Agriculture has taken, up', tho 5 'matter, and is experimenting with a '. State-established herd. In fact, there is ii. d mild rush of inquiries for goats in p 6ome .parts of America. , !■' , 'Thr« breeds of.'Swiss goats. are' tho !-' - To'ggenburg, the Saanen, , and ~ the Schwartzenbujg. The: Tog|enburg, is. cont ' sidered- the finest' kiiid. M colcur they r— vary from light- to a dark brown on the i ) body, with white bars down each side of !■ the . face, and white from the, kiiees and f • 'bocks. down. Tho coal, also varies . in I length, soilie haviug short and other? p., Jopg coats, but the hair in either case I iiS' thick and fine. . Tiey are hornless, iv Tho " Toggenburgs, when, properly shapdkd, yield from, .three to five quarts ; .of milk per day, and should givo as f ; much ns two qutfrts eight or ten months after kidding. '"Panette," a' Colombiaj -6wned goat, gave ITOSIb. .of'niilk between ! .•■/'• .'-February 14 and January . 29: .Her greats' -est record for one day was on April 7, when she yielded 91b.-10oz;, or approxi- •"... m&tely 5-quarts' of milk," containing .7 per, c«nb butter-fat. Goat milk is-a very valuable food for young' children. 'The researches of Dr. . Barbellion. of Paris', on. the" digestibility i ; of' the .different- kinds of milk,' reported at the - International - Congress; of Medicine,. bring *p.ut the benefits in a sig- (: , nificant manner.' His report shows' that ' the. curd'of cow's milk forms a dense adhering mass, which by agitation separates into clots that nro but slightly soluble. On the other hand, the curd of; ; go'atX millr forms, into very small, light-flakes, which are soft,', very friable '.. , and verv soluble, like those-in hunian . • ini.l k. in both human ntilk and'that nf the goat after;'agitation'is ■precipitated very slowly' and. i worn pletejlv, -while'the curd >f coir's'"milk is precipitated- -very rapidly and . very • com- , pletely. ; Submitted to .tho. ootion of dU gestiye ferments, liuTOanVmilk aiid. the , ■ milk- of . the goat- were, digested completely iii twenty hours,: iyhile. the 'same . process applied to cow's milk showed only a very'->light v 'advance after- ; -sixty hours. Probably the statement which, commands greatest interest is.-that the milk of .the goat' approximates more • ' nearly in. jts cbmposition and. digestibility to ; hhmnn-milk than that ,of any other, animal. : " j. The following-is an interesting com- • parative analysis:'—'.' ' ? . Goat's milk. Cow's piilk. - Percent. Percent. '"'•''Water... 83.2 R. 87.56 j Blitter-fat 7.30 '3.63. '• Casein- ..' : 4.18-.' 3.75 Milk sugar- 4.10 .5.0(1 ■ Ash ' ■ 1.21 . .75 ■