Show GOAT AS A MILK PRODUCER Germans GermanI Appreciate Animals Animal's Value and It Is Increasing In Popularity In That Country The raising of ot goats in Germany has become increasingly popular during the last 20 years It is claimed by goat breeders that four goats are as productive In milk as a sized medium cow cow and that tho the milk possesses besides besides be bo- sides sIdes a greater great or nutritive value In hospitals childrens children's homes and houses for tor the treatment of sickness goats goat's milk Is often orten preferred largely on account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of Its Us purity and Its Us freedom from tubercular Infection Goats possess possess pos pos- sess today as many advantages as a household animal as they did in ancient an aa- aa cleat clent times Umes In Asia Minor and Persia Two goats could furnish a small German German German Ger Ger- man household with milk and the cost of maintenance is small Trials have havo been made In the vicinity of or large cities clUes with goat dairies but In almost every case they had to be bo discontinued on account of ot losses Such large I dairies have not been successful because be be- I causo cause large amounts of fodder had bad i. i t k c to t-to to be purchased for the herd and because because be be- cause of ot the lack of or sufficient meadow mead mead- ow land Finally public opinion In cities must be educated to use and appreciate the milk of the goat in order order order or or- der to create a retail demand for it It is no doubt less palatable than cows cow's milk and even in southern Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope where here goats are much more common than in Germany German it is used chiefly for tor the manufacture of cb cheese ese |