New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05

course. -. :
. Naturally goat nomenclature is
somewhat associated with East India
and Egypt. One has only to learn
the names Of Miss Jenks's goats to
discover that. For instance, Miss .
jerks considers Inkyo Beldookie her,
best buck. He is of imported stock,
having an Anglo-Nubian pedigree.
Then there is Tartak IT,, which ia.
related to a doe that once gave nine
quarts of milk @ day. Miss jerks.
afhrms that She best goats for use:
In America are the Anglo Nubisns
and the Toggenburg. The ToggenS
burgs are Swiss. The Anglo-Nubianss
are q cross between the English and.
Indian or African goat, with enought
infusion Of English blood to make,
them impervious to the rigorouaA
Northern climate. Z
Among sothers Of Miss Jenks's fa-s
vorites are Tano-ku and Kalo-ku. thes
latter Of which has won severast
prizes on the Pacific Coast. Sharealt
and Kemble Katrinka are Tosgen-i
burgs and are naturally hornless.
All of these goats, far from carry.
ing out the tradition that would REQ
quire them to butt anything or any-s
body that happened to get i'm front,
OF them, are as docile among chill
dren as any pet. Miss Jenks's young
sisters and brothers romp and tum-e
bic with them without dire results. .
''My interest in goats began whens
was only eleven years DID," said,
Miss jerks as she sat ON a bundle of,
hay surrounded by her pets, which,
continually interrupted her to have
their heads patted. "My father.
bought me an ordinary common gar,
den variety of gost. / grew 90 fond.
OF 1t that later I was given q Toy.
genburg, which I named Lady GRAY. :
She was noble little beast, Just as
P3CSSy as Su6 C0UlQ WSI'' .
AS Miss jerks talked an ANGLO
Nubian walked up and demanded i'm.
perlousiy to be petted. His demand
was expressed in plaintive beats. '.
1.-THE goats used to follow me all .
over the pastures and around the
hills" continued Miss jerks. sThcyf
still do, for that matter. have as
many as half dozen goats following
In my footsteps, SO that when I 90
on walks where the company Of ),
goats is not desired I have TO take y
special precautions to keep them at
home.
The Jerseys of the Family :
well, I began to read about goats4
and to learn more of their possible
ties. We took great interest in pro-i
vlding suitable stables and seaIIs fors
them. I kept adding +" the herd
until have had at one time as mspv;j
as forty mich goats. regard the,
1ndo-African mich goats as the aris-f
tocrats OF the species. They CORE;
spond to the Jersey in the cow FAM;
lily. Their milk shows a high per-n
centage of butter fat, running from,
b to per cent. The Toggenburgsa
may be said to correspond to the
Hoistein and Ayrshire breeds amonpc
cattle and are to be highly recom-n
mended for their milk. Why the.
Toggenburg has no horns I don't.
know. He is beautiful animal, hav-.
ing chocolate brown coat with white
markings and white streak on each,
side of his face.
THE problem that most interests
me is how to get other people inter-
ested in owning goats. Every year;
IN our big cities there is troubles
about the milk supply. The threat is,
made that the babies will not get,
milk. The farmers say it DOESN'T
pay them to keep diaries, and the
distributors always say they will.
have to put the price up. The prob
lem may be solved at least in part if
every one who has facilities for one
WILL own mich goat. A small FAM.
lily living in the suburbs can easily
keep goat where the keeping of a
cow would be impossible. In this.
way the family milk supply can be
produced at the cost only of feeding =
the goat. Ordinary grazing would
provide the greater part of the goats .
food. =
"A good mich goat will yield two .
quarts Of milk day, but the best of Z
them will give sometimes as much as j"
sewn or eight quarts. 1t is a milk y
superior to the cows in richness andh
degestibility, and is especially suit =
able for infants and invalids. Ex-
perts say that goats are freer from =
disease than cows are. It has been, n
found that cows, for instance, are
frequently infected with tubercu- %
losis, whereas goats seem immune .