The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1903-10-22
A BOSTON ADMlRER
OF THE ANGORA COAT
Tie Points Out Some OF the White Beaut,'s
Good and Profitable Qualities.
Maldcn. Mnss.. Oct. 10. 800

half dozen families were induced Ia
abandon the Over-crowdcd cities and to
cast la their lot with the good people Of
Taney county, through my efforts, aid.
cd by the Kansas City Farmer and
Frui,man and your late progrt ssiye and
useful fellow citizen, w. H. Johnson
| have experienced II feeling Of interest
and sOlicitude for the material and
moral growth Of your community. a
country that will produce stalk OF
millet eleven feet in heightand three to
four crops of alfalfa u year, is not To be
'sneczcd at
! sec from your bright and useful pa.
per that you are thoroughly alive, act.
Ing upon the adagc that God helps
those who help themselves" The corn
show was not only good advertising
card, but well calculated To inspire II
spirit OF emulation, and pride in your
own county, which will induce greater
effort and larger production Of the
actual necessarics of life OF all pro-
fes,ions tha, Of the farmer is most hon
orablc, because most useful and most
necessary 10 human existence.
Among the natural resources Of Ia.
uey county, ils lead and 2 nc, its spark.
ling rivers and iimbcr.crowncd hills,
it, adapiability TO apples, peaches and
small fruits, its brush.covcred forests
nrc II vcrimblc paradise for the goat,
which, rs scavcnger, a. Il success. con-
suming and destroying the brush and
weeds and converting the bosky glcbc
into fertile pastures, working for man
without cost and paying for the priv
ilcgc with his skin, to he converted into
gloves and shoes, his flesh more deli
cious than the SouthdOwn lamb, his
ileeecc for rugs, robes, and the finest
dress goods and upholstery, the milk
for the finest Swiss cheese, the best sub
stitute for mothers milk, ana specific
for mal-nutrition in infants and in all
pulmonary diseases.
The government is calling attention
to the milk goat, and proposes tn
purchase for introduction II fcw of the
best specimens Of the Maltese and Nu-
bian. These goats yield as high as six
and seven quarts daily Of milk, entirely
immune from tuberculosis and Of doub.
| L. the richness of cows milk in cream
and butte: fats.
The demand for goats milk will not
cease 81 long ~ there ARE mother, who
can no, ar will not nurse their infants;
50 long ur there Is tuberculosis In COWS
milk: 80 long as there are children who
need safer and more nourishiug food
than Is supplied to thcm ~ long as
there are people who can afford To own
goat aud not Il COW.
II Is not necessary 10 buy II Maltese,
as any common goat will furnish about
two quarts OF milk daily 'or nine 10 ten
months in the year and at the same
time produce two To three kids AT u
birth. The poor farmer who has II few
acres cleared around his cabin in the
forest can buy good common poat from
Mr.. \. B. Hulii, of Springfield, for II
few dollars. II can be tied out among
the brush, will save him many II hard
Gay's work in grubbing. and will yield
enough milk for his own family and II
portion to spare for neighbor's sick
child
Entcrpri-ing business men who are
keen enough TO see the want are prcpar.
Ing To supply it by the establishment Of
goats milk dairies. They see that 1t
can be produced Ut cheaply as cows
milk, has far more nu,ritive and med.
icinal qualities, and is sold when oh.
tainable ut u cents quart,
A syndicate has been formed In this
city, composed OF doctors, who require
the milk In their practice, and business
men, who are after the profits. They
have purchased II small herd Of Maltese
goats, including young buck whose
dam nourished twin kids and gave live
pints surplus milk, and rs the expert
mcnt has proven financial success are
preparing to purchase II carload, and
hope TO be able 10 supply every family
in the city, alta low price, and on lime
II necessary, who can own II goat but
not COW, j +. B.