The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-03-24
GOATS TO BE RAISED HERE
Industry Already Has Found FOOthOld in
the State MIX Better For Infants Than
That of Cows.

While mich goats have received
proper recognition in many European
countries, says the Seattle Post-Intel-
ligencer. the people Of the United
States have been slow to appreciate the
valuable qualities Of these interesting
animals. This is probably due to preju-
dice or lack of reliable information.
Many persons associate the goat with
tomato cans, circus posters, garbage
heaps, etc., and say goats milk tastes
strong" We admit that the alley or
shanty goat is not very particular about
her feed, being driven to pick it from
any source obtainable; but the we'll
bred goat is more fastidious. She will
eat nearly anything that grows, but it
must be clean. Hay or grain that is
soiled or tainted will not be eaten.
With wholesome food and proper care,
goat produces excellent milk, superior
to cows milk for all purposes.
A New York physician says: We
cannot do without the mich goat. She
has saved the lives Of many babies l
have had under my care. Her milk is
easily digested and nutritious in cases
where the use of cows milk or even
mothers milk might be attended with
great peril"
The following is an extract from a
recent article by Dr.. J. A. Hornsby, Of
the Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago:
People in all lands have known for
ages that goats milk is good for well
babies and even better for sick ones.
Two years ago the Michael Reese Hos
pital undertook a scientific study of
milk in connection with the sick chill
dren's department of the hospital. All
kinds of milk entered into the tests:
Mothers milk, wet nurses milk, goat S
milk, ass milk and milk from various
brands of COWS. Fifteen COM
mon, back-lot nanny goats were pur-
chased, and they were pastured and
fed in the big hospital enclosure. They
were MIXED all summer.
Books were carefully kept of every
detail in the life of every goat-the
quantity and quality of the milk, the
amount and variety Of the food they
ate, the name and hospital number Of
every baby that each goat fed; and the
record of each baby showed in minutest
detail all the results. There was big
tent in the yard and the sick babies
were kept out nearly all day in fine
weather, and the goats hung around the
tent to be MIXED every time baby
cried. The nurses said each goat knew
by the cry when it was her time to be
MIXED. At any rate, the babies got
warm milk, under the cleanest and
most antiseptic conditions, and the
youngsters thrived amazingly.
Later, the hospital bought European
buck for the purpose of getting cross
breed that would have the milking
qualities Of the European breed, and
the hardness and rustling qualities o.
the common goat. Next summer the
Michael Reese Hospital hopes to have
its herd OF hardy half-breeds on the
job, feeding the sick children in it:
new Sarah Morris hospital for children
now in construction. b"
Cows milk has never been satisfac-
tory for the diet of infants. Usually il
has to be modified SO far as to bt
almost beyond recognition as milk be
fore it can be borne by most infants
and even then more often than not i
is attended with serious disturbances
The principal objections to cows mill
as an infant food are these:
First-That fat globules are so large
as to be hard of digestion and assimi
lation.
Second-The casein, when coagu
lated, as it must be on its way to tht
stomach is coarse and hard, wherea
that of human milk is soft and hoccu
lent. This is why in the modification
Of cows milk only the top or cream
layer is used. Sometimes the curd j
completely removed by operation witt
rennet.
Third-It sours so easily and is S,
often impure, either because draw
from diseased COWS, or because of un
scrupulous handling.
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