Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-02


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ana the best means q caring for Il. IN
Nneland rabbits command about the
same price q poultry and Il q believed
that by degrees Il may be possible to
popularise them 70 almost the same
extent in this country. During the
past year there has BEEN great. In
crease in the number Of rabbit breed
ing farms established here.
uss ~ oeat Meat.
Despite much prejudice. which the
animal does not altogether deserve.
there IL a growing amount Of goat
meat sold in the United States for food
and the number Of goat herds. espe-
cially in the southern states, Is also
increasing. There are now estimated
between two and three million goats, in
this country according to a recent ami
NAL census. This includes the common
variety and also the Angora goats Of
which there are about q million. These
last, however. have little to do with
bred chiefly for the mohair wool which
Is produced from their fleece. The
common goats are raised also for their
hide. but this does not prevent the
utilization Of the meat as food IL prop
erly prepared. From the earliest bibli-
cal history. the meat Of a young kid
has been considered delicacy and no
one who eats II now can deny its fla
vor and quality. Many OF the young
kids which are seen upon the back al
leys In cities do not attain maturity
because they pass over the butchers
block as Lamb and there Is no dealer
on record who admits Of having a COM
plant as to the quality Of such
lamb" Many mature common goats
are purchased by packing houses and
sold either In the carcass or canned.
While they may not be quite as palat-
able as the best mutton they are quite
as good as poor mutton SO the con-
sumers criticism concerns the quality
and not the kind.
The prejudice existing against the
common goat as an article Of food is
as inconsistent as any human vagary
upon record. 1t Is usually based upon
the supposed heterogenity of the goats
diet. although little consideration
will show that this is not more char
acteristic OF the goat than Of the chick
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popular as food supplies. In many in.
stances. the goat is fed entirely upon
vegetables and the practice of utfliz-
ing goats for the clearing of light
brush upon partially cleared ground
certainly provides an animal whose
diet should not be regarded as making
1t unfit for human consumption. The
fact that packing houses now buy
goats. paying little lower price per
pound than for sheep indicates that
there might be a ready market for this
meat but for the existing prejudice.
Another use for the goat In the food
supply Of the nation Is the supply Of
goat milk which is in some respects
superior to cows milk. The same pre-
JUDGE obtains regarding this as the
goats meat. however, although It has
been ordered frequently by physicians
for delicate children. Several city
school teachers who were boarding up
on Virginia farm recently demon
strated the fallacy Of this prejudice.
For several weeks they had revealed
in the quantity Of milk with which the
table was supplied, drinking 1t heartily
at each meal while praising it's rich
ness and flavor. Then accidentally one
Of them discovered that all the milk
came from a flock OF goats which was
kept upon the farm and unreasonable
though 1t seems, not one Of them was
willing to drink another drop Of milk.
Perhaps the newest addition to the
meat supply Of the country would be
the use Of hippopotamus meat II these
animals could be acclimated to
American soil. This idea Is credited
to Senator elect Broussard of Louisi-
ana, who Is anxious to have some hip
popotoami imported from Africa and
placed in some Of the streams of his
state. He believes that they could per-
form valuable service in cleaning out
the hyacinth growth which obstruct
the streams, as the water hyacinth Is
a favorite food of the big water beasts.
After they have been established here. |
Senator Broussard sees no reason why |
they should not also be used for food
since natives in Africa believe hippo
potamus steak a dainty worthy Of any
epicure.
Tomorrow-Some New Vegetable |
Foods.
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