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Newspaper
Melfort Moon
Location
Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jul 10, 1918
Page
8
An American livestock importer describes the goat as a practical milk source for families, especially in Europe and in small towns here. Goats provide sufficient milk at low cost, fit urban and rural settings, and can be kept where cows cannot. A doe yielding three pounds daily is only a fair milker.
The text discusses goat milk as nearly pure white with small fat globules, causing slow cream rise. Proper handling keeps it sweet like cow milk and suitable for same uses, though butter is less satisfactory while cheese may be better. It notes growing goat dairies and minimal equipment when production is small, emphasizing cleanliness and dry conditions.
The article discusses planting green manure crops such as cowpeas velvet beans clover buckwheat and sorghum to improve soil fertility. It cautions against turning under heavy crops immediately before next plantings and notes oats rye and crimson clover as common cover crops to be plowed under two weeks before the next crop.
In choosing sows and boars for breeding focus on quality. a smooth refined appearance signals meat quality and yield. External signs indicate flesh quality and the expected offal percentage when dressed.
Lieut Kelsa Eric Smythe of Wel land earns the Military Cross after a scout patrol encounter with Docies. He challenged them to surrender, used a Lewis gun, and killed the leader when they refused while taking five prisoners. Smythe is 23, serving in France four months.
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