Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-14
SIOUX CITY FIRST IN IOWA TO
ENGAGE IN BUSINESS ON
EXTENSIVE SCALE.
KIDS TO BE RAISED
TO BENEFIT INFANTS
Only Farm and Herd Of Type In Uni
ted States to Be Developed at Cost
Of $15o,000-Goat Milk More Near
ly Like Human and Is Adapted to
Needs of Babies.

Sioux City, Aug. 14.-Sioux City is
the cradle Of Iowa's latest industry.
It may be termed either an infant
industry" or kid industry" since it
involves the raising of kids for the
benefit Of infants. In other words,
Sioux City is to have a goat dairy.
Goat herds for the purpose Of
clearingland are no novelty in Iowa,
but this common or garden variety
of goat differs from a dairy herd as
a mongrel pup from thorobred coll
lie.
The idea was conceived by Benja-
min De Haan, who has lived in many
lands, and who learned the advan-
tages of raising mich goats in those
"a mongrel pup from thoroughbred
collie.
De HAN marveled at the way the
little animals made the best from the
worst. and he had vision of what
they might be. given the best. 4 So
clear was the vision that he had the
power to make others see 1t too. and
the result is the establishment of the
farm at Leeds, an enterprise involv-,
ing $4,000. the only one Of its type
in the United States.
About the Goats personality"
They are attractive little animals.
clean and tractable. Their. coats are
silky and sleek. giving every evidence
OF content and well being. IN their
new world. They are easily cared for,
displaying good humor. kindness, and
sagacity.
At the call of "Gibby, gibby, glib
by" they leave off grazing and come
running to see what's new. They
trustingly take anything held out to
them. and willingly submit to being
handled or petted.
A common doe will produce from
three pints to two quarts a day. while
a pure-bred Toggenburg or Saanen
will average a gallon. large yield
considering her weight and the small
amount OF feed required.
! Goats milk is pure white In color
and differs in composition from
cows milk In having a higher per-
centage of fat, silids, and protein.
Analysis shows the milk to be more
nearly like human milk than that Of
any other animal, and In this lies the
value Of the herd. for 1t has BEEN well
established that babies thrive better
on 1t than on cows milk.
| There is peculiar quality to the
milk attributed by some to the small
ness Of the fat cells. by others to the
presence In large degree of those
substances known as vltamines, that
makes the milk Of pronounced benefit
to invalids and children, especially In
cases Of malnutrition and tubercu-
losis. aud this fact Is by no means
lunimportant, that, 1t is claimed for
goats that they, are practically Inn
mune from tuberculosis.
AS the benefits of the goats milk are
becoming more known and appre-
ciated In the states the demand for
pure bred stock increases. Already
Cook county. Illinois. is planning such
a herd in connection with its chill
dren's hospital The farm at Leeds
| receives queries from ali over the
United States showing that there Is
a movement for such herds by many
hospitals and institutions.
This year for the first time prizes
are offered for mich goats at two
| state fairs, New York and Califor-
MIA.
The value Of the herd at Leeds is
estimated to be $40, 600.