The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07
MORE FAMILIES SHOULD KEEP GOATS

milk goat breeder tells me-mind, know as little about goats as the average doctor does that cream does not rise on goats milk, al though goats milk contains larger propor- tion of fat than cows milk does He declares that cream will not rise on goats milk unless the milk is kept at 90 degrees F.
 According to a Bulletin (No. s20) issued by the Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Agricul- ture Department, goats milk contains 5.s9 per Perhaps that Is tri1e higher than goats milk ordinarily contains. Other sources put the pro- portion of fat in goats milk at somewhere be- tween 4.07 per cent and 4.80 per cent.
 Goats milk contains rather less sugar than cows milk, the average milk sugar (lactose) content of goats milk being 4.50 per cent and of cows milk 5.S0 per cent.
 The same milk goat breeder who furnishes these data with their cources indicated, tells me that goats milk is alkaline in reaction whereas he says cows milk is acid. That is not quite correct as to cows milk; cows milk is al- kalne. and only becomes acid as 1t sours.
 However, goats milk is slightly superior to superior because 1t is slightly more nutritious, slightly more digestible and especially free from tuberce bacilli.
 The goat Is practically immune to tubercu-
 osis. The COW is extremely susceptible to tu- berculosis Cows milk is not unlikely to con- tain tubercle bacilli. I don't know, if indeed anybody knows just what effect such bovine tubercle bacilh may have in the baby or child, if the baby child receives as food cows milk which happens to contain living bovine tuber- cle bacilli. Many pathologists believe bovine tubercle bacil may produce glandular and bone tuberculosis in children. The more study the matter the less know about it. But anyway, I think should insist on one of three measures to protect infants and children against the possibility of such infection, name ly. certified milk exclusively. or else tuberculin testing of all cows and removal of all reactors from the milk k-producing herd. or else boiling of all milk or par-boiling (pasteurization) to kill off any such germs before the milk is giv- en the baby or child.
 Of course where family is fortunate enough to have a milk goat of Its own, or to be able to buy goats milk. the baby or child if in luck.
 Prejudices such as the one based on the no- ton that goats malodorous, should not de- ter any family from keeping a milk goat. Does are no more malodorous than are cows. A goat requires comparatively less feed than a COW, per quart of milk produced. and gives | two to four quarts of the purest and choicest milk daily
 1 Suburban, village and small town families are often situated so that milk goat may be kept, and such goat can nd her own feed throughout the summer months.
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