The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-01-07
One Good Milk Goat viii Supply an
Average Family.

Average Family.
good milking qualities will supply an
average family with fine quality
rlllk for the greater part of the year.
How Much Milk?
About the first question that per-
spective goat buyers ask Is ''how
much milk will a goat givef' A doe
with an average production Of two
quarts a day for seven or eight
months Is considered good animal.
Three quarts is thought to Indicate an
excellent animal. Reliable authorities
say that good goat will yield ten
times her body weight of milk an
nuaily. The lactation period covers
from seven to ten months. The milk
mas q special value as food for In
fants and Invalids. II family keeps
d milk goat. 1t can be well assured of
a supply Of clean, wholesome food,
since 1t Is then possible to control the
sanitation OF the dairy by personal at
eention.
The esteem In which the milk is
held by those who have used It is In
Dictated by the fact that 1t often re-
tails at so cents q quart. Goats milk
can be utilized In all ways that cows
aniik can, although for some 1t is not
SO well suited. For general use, for
drinking, cooking and In tea and ccf-
zee the milk has proved very salts
factory. II is not so good. however,
rs butter-making material. Good
Butter can be made from goats milk,
but the operation presents some diff
Guilty due to the fact that the cream
rises very slowly. Cheese made from
goats milk Is very popular.
Most of the feeds that are valuable
for the production of milk by dairy
cows are also suitable for does. The
advantage for the suburban family Is
chat a smaller quantity of food is re-
uulred by milk goat than by cow.
II Is ordinarily considered that from
six to eight does can be kept on the
feed required for one COW. When
does are In milk they should be al
lowed all the roughage that they can
consume, such as alfalfa, clover, or
mixed hay. and corn stoyer. They
should also receive a liberal guam
sfy OF succulent feed-silage, carrots.
parsnips, and turnips answer this pur-
nose. Corn, oats. bran. barley, lin
SEED OH meal. or oil cake are the grain
feeds best suited for a milk-goat ra-
zion. A ration that has been used
and approved by the United States
Department of Agriculture for the
goats milking season consisted Of two
hounds of alfalfa or clover hay. one
and half pounds Of silage or tur-
alps. and from one 10 two pounds OF
grain. The grain ration is made up OF
\ mixture OF 100 pounds Of corn. 100
pounds oats. 80 pounds bran and ten
pounds Of IInseed ell meal.
Care In Feeding.
Care should always be taken TO see
mat the f.od Is clean and Of good
quality. Siiage. turnips and similar
foods that have a rtrong odor or flavor
should be fed after milking. and ail
zsneaten food should be removed
frpm the trough. A good supply of
f<e<h water Is necessary, and rock
salt should be kept where the ani-
mails can reach II whenever they wish.
In purchasing milk goats 1t Is much
more satisfactory to observe the does
during their lactatioD period. This
gives the buyer an opportunity to
study their conformation when they
are producing. and the ndaer develop
.nent. which Is very important. can he
s.r,,er considered. Generally speaking.
fhe marks and conformation which DIS
ssnrulsh good dairy COW should ap-
pesr IN = good doe