The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-04
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. JUNE A. 1900

Of the goat has a strong. disagreeable
odor and flavor. says the Sheep Breeder,
Another popular delusion is that the odor
Of a goat has quite a healthful result on
horses, and thus it is that In large stables
such as those of the street railroads. be-
fore horses were displaced by electric
pewer. a. large billy goat was kept for its
supposed invaluable service as a prevent
i've of the common results of mistakes in
feeding the horses. Indeed. in some old
books, such as the popular tracts issued
two generations ago by that renowned So
ciety, the purpose of which was 20 diffuse
useful knowledge, The conhding pubic
were told among other things chat the
goat was provided with some glands placed
somewhere In Its body, the purpose OF
which was to diffuse special and peculiar
odor which exerted a most useful medlci-
nal effect on horses, by which the appe-
tite was encouraged, and the digestion
was stimulated. 1t was well that the lat
ter advantage was added, otherwise Il
might have been thought and believed by
the confiding readers of the tracts of that
society that the powerful odor alleged to
be given off by the horse-barn goat was
exceedingly nutritious and served as a
help to support the horses in frst-rate
condition On only quite moderate ra tons
There were many other similar facts 20
in natural history which appear to US now
in our present condition of useful knowl-
edge, especially in regard to sheep and
particularly in reference 10 that disease,
as we now think 1t is, of sheep the scab
of which this useful society, for the diff
fusion of knowledge, alleged that il was
caused by retained perspiration, and eff
fects OF sudden changes of the weather.
This shows how we have gone back to
the cultivation of useful knowledge, and
now We should ransack the ancient book
stores and recover these useful books.
and revise what we think we know OF
sheep and goats, and get back to some
where near the truth of these things
But In the light of what we think we
know in these present degenerate days,
when the useful tallow candle has gone
with other means of imparting light on
serious and useful subjects we must saw
with all due respect to our useful ances-
tors-of the work of whom, we must adj
NIT, We are enjoying some of the fruits
tnat we nave to differ in a few respects
in opinion on some branches of useful
knowledge, and that In these DAYS we
really have to think better of the useful
goat than to keep 1t in the bad odor in
which IL has been left by our most con-
venient and worthy ancestors. And first
let US say that the flesh 81 the goat is
excellent mutton with little OF the ven
ison flavor and tenderness about it, And
the Kid is really exquisite lamb, and has
been sold In the markets of the big East
ern cities as such, of course the feet hav-
ing been removed from sight lest they
might lead the unskiiled city people 10
suppose that some fraud was attempted
upon them. And so far as the kids go.
1t may be thought all to the advantage
OF the goat, for 1t is by no means I'M
common for those goats which pasture
on the outskirts of the great cities, on
the fertile unoccupied city lots, to have
Kids twice in the year, and to rear twins
eacn time. But the goat, the Angora, has.
we think come to say with us, and will
be found very desirable helpmeet to the
sheep in supplying most desirable meat
ana most useful variety of raw material
ior popular FABRICS. Goatherd.