. The book of the dairy : a manual of the science and practice of dairy work. Dairying. 54 SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF DAIRYING. peculiar to the skin of the goat (fig. 19), and is imparted to the milk externally. In the year 1883, 2,600,000 goats were kept in Germany, that is to say, they numbered 5-8 for every 100 inhabitants. Between the years 1873 and 1883 the number of goats kept increased by 13-8 per cent. It is a well-known fact that goats are characterized by a high milk yield. If we take the live Aveight of a goat at 30 kilos. (66 lbs.), and the annual yield of milk at only 300 kilos. (660
. The book of the dairy : a manual of the science and practice of dairy work. Dairying. 54 SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF DAIRYING. peculiar to the skin of the goat (fig. 19), and is imparted to the milk externally. In the year 1883, 2,600,000 goats were kept in Germany, that is to say, they numbered 5-8 for every 100 inhabitants. Between the years 1873 and 1883 the number of goats kept increased by 13-8 per cent. It is a well-known fact that goats are characterized by a high milk yield. If we take the live Aveight of a goat at 30 kilos. (66 lbs.), and the annual yield of milk at only 300 kilos. (660 lbs.), it will appear that goats yield in. Fig. 1!>.—Pyienean Milking Goat. milk ten times their live weight. Animals Avith large milk-yielding capa- cities can, if well fed, yield annually 800 kilos. (1760 lbs.), or even more. Goats carry their young, on an average, about 154 days, and the lactation period is four to five months. The time of their milk-yielding period in the year is generally about six months, less frequently four months, and on occasion it may extend to ten months. So far as investigations have shown, goats' milk on an av Water, Fat, Caseous mattei-, Albumin, Milk-sugar, ... Mineral matter, Total solids, erage has the following composition:— 8o-5 4-8 3-8 1-2 4-0 7_ 100-00 14-5%. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fleischmann, Wilhelm, 1837-1920. London : Blackie
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