Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1918 — Goats' Milk is Favored. [ARTICLE]

Goats' Milk is Favored.

Everyone who is at all acquainted with the milk goat knows of the value of the milk for infants’ and invalids’ use—one of the first points about the milk goat that presents itself, asserts a writer. The goat is practically free from tuberculosis. According to the annual reports of the bureau of animal industry (U. S.), covering federal inspection of animals slaughtered for food, there were inspected during the eight years, 1907 to 1914, inclusive, 1579,617 goats, of which not a single animal was condemned for tuberculosis. This fact alone should be the strongest argument in favor of the milk of the goat. The cream globules of the milk of the goat are smaller than those of cows’ milk, and because of this milk being condensed the cream globules are contained in a more perfect state of emulsion than the cow’s milk. An argument in favor of sterilized milk is that authorities agree it is actually more easily digested than is the fresh milk, this referring to goats’ and cows’ milk alike.