Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-24

Many persons are turning their attep.
ton To raising these auimalS aS II profit
able occupation,
In personal appearance the goat is
not very graceful; boys sometimes in
towns and cities train them 10 draw
their Wagons, hut very often the master
and driver gets An unlooked.for hunt
from this owner OF u heard. And ms to
his habits around town. everybody
knows this native ot the mountain will
hrousc ctrthe finest shrub or ulant YOU
have in your doeryard, and feel no re.
grctS, His defiant impudence is pro-
vcrhml.
In some localities goats arc kept for
milk, both in Europe and America
They are the COWS of the poor and they
live whore sheep would s,arve, The
principal value Of the goat Is his skin
and hair. Large quantities of skins are
annually imported for tanning, Goat
skin morocco make thohcSt otshoos for
ladies and chiarrn'S wear. Shcep-skin
is worked So rs to resemble very closely
the goat, hut expert leather dcalers
readily detect the difference, and tho
buyer soon finds ont the deception when
tho shoes are worn,
The Angora goat produces n fleece of
mohair" valuable for variety of
manufacturing purposes; while the
Cashmere coat has M undcrgrowth of
fine wool. from which the well-known
costly shawl of that name is made. by
crossing with the Angora males, the
common goat can soon hc bred up to Il
grade of tincneSs where the fleece is
worth aS much aS the pure breed. Tho
poorest and toughest land will satisfy
the goat, liz il no Cpicurp, and like his
distant relative the sheep, he seeks tho
rocks, the hills and the mountains
Pure air wind aud altitude, cali him
away from wet meadows and damp
mvines. There are millions of waste
acres in Virginia, Tennessee and Ken
tuckey, indeed all along the Alleghnny
range and the vast and sublime moun-
tain slopes of tie Rocky Mountain
chain, ms well rs in the moro barren por-
tions of every state in the Union, where
this Arab ofanimuls might live, multiply,
and add to tile wealth Of man. ut IL
nominal cost The care of II flock of
gonts differs little from that of sheep,
the rules Of feeding and breeding being
essentially the same, Young Folks
RmdI
Wucu Is RlunEsr MnnNNG's OR
EVENINGS Mnk,~-rhls subject has now
been put to the test ofchumicnl nalysis,
and the result il that the evenings milk
is found 10 be the richer. Professor
Bocdekcr analysed the milk of n healthy
COW at different periods Of tic dnY. Tho
Professor found that the solids Of the
evenings milk l3 per cent exceeded
those of the mornings milk (l0) per
cent.G while the water contained IN
the fluid was diminished from 80 per
cent. to S6 per cent. The fatty matter
gradually increases NJ the day progress
cs, In the morning IL amounts to =
and 4 per cent, ut noon ) and IA per
cent, and IN the evening o and 5-S per
cent. The practical importance Of tins
discovery Is 1T once apparent; II de-
volops the fact that while rs oz. Of
mornings milk will yield but II oz. Of
butter, about double the quantity can
he obtained from the evenings milk
The casein is also increased IN the
evenings milk from and IL to2 and
3.4 per cent, but the nlbumen il dim
inisted from Al l0Oths per cent. 10 81
lO0ths per cent Sugar j. least nhund-
AMI III midnight (i and IA per cent?
The percentage Of the salt undergoes
almost no change at any time of the
day. Gdndttd GhDbe.