Show Many Advantages in II Milk i of the Goat t I Both Bolh as a milk k producer Od a and a aa an aD article of diet the tho goat oat it has hns been muck much neglecter neglected I This at least is tho the opinion of the tho Duchess of oC JI who is president of If thu tho British Goat Gont society t She says that goats goat's milk mill an and goats goat's ll flesh h be more moro used an and her grace raco practices what she sho preaches Her 1101 four children the oldest of whom is not yet ret 5 years ears old ohi have all been fed goats goat's milk and wherever they go o a I goat accompanies them so o that there is always a supply of gont goats goat's 8 milk at ban hand I In od addition the duchess advocates tho the I eating of goats Fonts s 's flesh h which she says I Irese rese bles Welsh mutton in flavor I Thu Tho great rent advantage of goats goat's mill milk a well known expert in matters I of di diet diot t said is that there is little or orno orno no danger of phthisis bein being contracted from rom its use Tho The germs of consumption as knows knotts are frequently found in cows cow's milk but as goats oats rarely larely if ever suffer from tho disease their milk can ran not contain its germs Why these animals should he ho immune is not clear cear but tho the fact remains that they are arc I Again goat goats goat's 5 m milk is vcr very ri rich h in nutriment mitri I ment and aud is of great re value in the feeding feed feed- I jag ing of children It contains a high proportion pro I portion of cream and has no unpleasant taste or anything like liko that as a draw backI back I I cannot understand at all why everybody does not use 1180 it especially a. a as asa asa a good goat can be bought very cheaply from from to 10 I believe and r and one would yield quito ju to enough enol milk for tho the average t erl e family Besides tho they thoy are arc very cry hardy barely animals will cat anything from bro brown n paper upward ald and have ban no difficulty difficulty difficulty culty in n ll finding sufficient nutriment where a 1 cow would starve A friend of mine a IL scientist thought he would keep I a goat Jat as a hobby so 64 he bought a milk I goat ont tethered it on his lawn and fed it on oats of which be he gave c a it a pound a day dav aI a I The a average e amount pf of milk he ho got ot It was as a n. quart in the mornin morning and a pint I in tho the afternoon and awl be he said ho ha preferred preferred pre pre- I d it to that from the dairy I If If people were cre only wise if c they would copy his example h b care should be betaken betaken betaken taken to keep the animal a away a from tho the flower lower beds bells I I t I think the most amusing amusin sight I over o saw was his gnat and his h bulldog sleeping affectionately side by sido side in inthe inthe inthe the latter's Matters kennel II lie He He wa was however cr reluctantly compelled com corn to discountenance tho the friendship after a W as ho fou found d that the tho goat stole the thc do dogs dog's 5 biscuit which of course coursol I contained meat When I was in South Africa I frequently fre ire had goats goat's flesh to eat usually stewed ind nd some one told me what it t was I thought it was I do not know of a nicer dish than thana I a whole kid gently roasted over an open fire It tastes like liko lamb with a venison flavor The prejudice against goats is inexplicable A goat oat needs little or no attention costs but little to feed and any average domestic servant could learn to milk the family goat oat in half an hour I II I |