Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-24
THE GOAT BUTTS IN
4 SURE FACTOR IN SOLUTION or
 MILK PROBLEM FOR ciTiEs.
New York City lnelinins Favorably Towards the Little Nanny as Source of Supply of Ab-
 soiuteiy Pure Milk.

The Irish families squatting on the rocks of Harlem. and the Italians who live on the western slopes of the Pal isades have long appreciated the value of the goat as a source of the milk supply. but New York city in the main is only waking up to the possibilities of Miss Nanny as a member of the domestic establishment, and soon the slogan may sound over the city:
 Keep goat in your back yard"
 Or. as an enthusiast would say: Better still. keep two goats" Such is the advice which has been already g.ver by the United States department of agriculture. to all resi- dents of the suburbs of the large cities of the country.
 George Fayette Thompson, of the bureau of animal industry of the United States department of agricul- ture, says in one of the departments recent bulletins: "The goat is needed by the poor man who cannot afford to keep a COW. and by those people espe- cially who live in :he suburbs of the large cities and who work in the min ing districts"
 Prof Thompson quotes Peterson. great German authority. as follows:
 The possibility of procuring goat is generally within the reach of the poorest fa-l.iies; the risk and the in surance premium are disproportion- ately much less in the case of the goat; the goat utilizes its food better than the COW and gives considerably rlore milk in proportion to its body weight; the goat is satisfied with little feed, and with feed of any sort, which is to be had at much less cost. By keeping two goats instead of a COW the family of the working man may be provided with milk during the en- tire year by the p-oner regulation of the time of the ''n .f t"e isid. The goat gives a more rs 2lssome milk than the COW, and the milk is richer in fats
 Dr. Demade, director of the sani- tarium at Haelbert, Belgium, says:
 Goats milk, being wholesome and beyond suspicion. there is no need to sterilize it It may be taken raw, still palpitating with those mysterious forces which constitute life. while cows milk. which needs to be boiled, ste1lized-killed, in fact-is a con gealed. defunct liquid" So much for the quality and quantity of the milk.
 All that goats need n the way of house is shed that will keep them dry. Each goat should have a stall with a feeding rack from which the animal can pull its food without spill ing it. For milking it Is best tt let the goats stand upon low bench with their heads in sort of guillotine. The animals soon learn to jump up on tie teach.
 Where says Prof Thompson, in ,, been handled most intelligently in Europe for family use. the plan is to have no fewer than two does for each family One of these should kid in the sp, ingtime and maintain a milk flow for not less than six months. while the other should be so managed as 10 kid six months later than the
 
 for six months. This plan provides | for a constant supply of milk and is especially desirable if there are small children in the household. When the does are in full flow the, should be | miiked three times day"
 There are many varieties of milch goats, to say nothing of the Angoras. which are grown for their hair. but l the ordinary commuter who is medi. tatsng start with goats needs not to worry himself about the breed if he
 proves before buying his nannies that they are of a reliable milking stock, and if he follows the same course when selecting buck. The initial
 cost of pedigreed goats Is very little -nore than that of nondescripts, and
 the yield of milk will. with prope'
 treatment be vastly greater.