Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1919 — TO USE WHALE MILK [ARTICLE]

TO USE WHALE MILK

Salem, Ore. —Whale milk may some day settle the question of milk Supply for Oregon, according to State Veterinarian Lytle;- who- is -entirely serious in the matter. “The milk shortage,” said Mr. Lytle, “may be swatted some day by domesticating the whale. With the whole Pacific ocean as a farm the domesticated whale would put the Oregon dairy business on a mammoth scale. Whales are mammals, each of which furnishes about i barrel of milk at a milking, and while at present they are a little, too shy to be exactly classed as easy milkers, some day they will be domesticated.” Doctor Lytle suggests placing a sheep or two on every lawn in Oregon as a more Immediate means of curing the milk and wool shortage. “A good sheep of long or medium wool will give as much milk as a $75 milch goat, and it is the finest obtainable for infants. In addition, from $6 to $8 worth of wool can be obtained. If the lamb is raised, $lO can

be obtained for it at three months, but, of course, if the milk is wanted the lamb must be sacrificed.”