Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1918 — Back-Yard Cow. [ARTICLE]

Back-Yard Cow.

The milk-goat industry in the United States has not as yet developed to any Important extent The interest shown during the past has come largely from people who were either raised in or it least are familiar with conditions In countries where the milk goat has proved a Success. It requires time to educate people to the value of any new ndustry, especially one that has been greatly handicapped as has been tie case with the milk goat. In Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France, Norway, and Spain milk goats are largely used by families not so situated as to penult keeping a cow. F. 8. Peer,, a well-

known American importer of livf stock, after making an investigation of the industry in Switzerland some years ago, stated that “the goat oi Switzerland is the Swiss peasant’s cow and Swiss baby’s foster mother, a blessing to the sanitariums for inva lids, and a godsend to the poor.” The milk goat is adapted to this country and the industry is likely tc become of greater importance every year. The goat is especially useful to those who desire a small quantity of milk and do not have the room, oi cannot afford, to keep a cow. In fact, a goat can be kept where it would be impossible to keep a cow, and it wiD consume considerable feed that otherwise would be wasted. The fact that goats are rarely affected with tuberculosis is another point in their favor The demand for good goafs appears to be far greater than the supply.