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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1926
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1924] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS TABLE I Number of Common Farm Animals in the United States and in Illinois 23 Territory Included U. S Illinois TABLE II All Goats 3.563.659 12,362 All Cattle 68,764,086 2,884,252 Sheep 35*83,558 674,879 Swine 61,984,798 4,854,660 Poultry1 372,825.264 25,864,558 Value of Common Farm Animals on Farms in the United States and Illinois Territory Included All Goats All Cattle Sheep Swine Poultry U.S.. $17,565,363 $3,651,970,229 $395,401,286 $988,582,380 $373^94,057 Illinois 45,291 182,258,690 7,946,064 90,203,036 25,234,061 From the figures given in Table II, it m a y be calculated that in the United States the value of all goats, including those kept for meat and mohair as well as those kept for milk, is 1/208 as great as the value of all cattle, 1/23 as great as the value of sheep, 1/56 as great as swine, and 1/21 as great as poultry. In Illinois the ratio is 1 to 3,774, I to 164, 1 to 1,867 an<l 1 to 522 respectively. Unfortunately no authoritative census report at hand lists milch goat9 separately from other goats. It is true, however, that 2,385 of the 12,362 goats listed in Illinois are reported as kept in cities. Probably the greater number of these are milch goats though some of them are undoubtedly pets. MILK PRODUCTION The yields credited to milch goats naturally vary widely. Dr. Kohlschmidt* gives the average production of 10 Swiss goats as 678-41 liters' each (equivalent to approximately 1,490 pounds) per year. Dettweiler 4 found the general production average to be about 500 liters (1,100 pounds) per year with a m a x i m u m production of 1,000 liters (2,200 pounds) annually. Weber6 in an investigation with milch goats covering several lactation periods of the same animals, found a variation of from 470 to 1,947 pounds for the yearly period. H e further points out that the average doe is capable of producing about ten times her own weight in milk each year. In this country the average cow in our milk producing districts yields A N D INFALIDS her own weight SUITABILITY FOR INFANTS about 5 to 8 tunes annually, but many ofbeen heavy regarding the superiority of producing from 14 to Many statements have our made milking animals are capable of goat's milk over cow's 18 times their and invalid feeding. T o bring out these points production in the statemilk for infantown weight for that period. Voorhees* reports a more clearly each case of the Toggenburg doediscussed separately.of 2158.0 pounds of milk in 312 days. Jordan ment is listed and El Chivar's Geneva and Smith' report a yearly production for one pure-bred Saanen doe of 1845.2 pounds dumber on farms only. of milk and considerFurther Investigation of Milch Production inaverage. •Or. Kohlschmidt, a 700-900 pounds production a fair Goats. (Translation of title). LaudIf we assume that Vol. 26; pp. production of wirtscbaftliche Jahrbucher. the average 783-802. (1897) milch goats is about 800 pounds of milk per lactation period,as equivalent to a quart or to 10 goats to equal the production of sLiter may be considered it would require from 7 approximately 2-2 pounds. one 'Dettweiler, Arheiten drr D. L.of quality. Lehriant Evenach S 268. (1907) cow of a similar standard G. Heft 128; •Dr. Weber, Investigation of Milch Production of Goats. 1908. Milchwirtschaitliches Zentralblau. Vol. V. No- J. PP- 193-208. May, 1909, •Voorhies, E. C , The MUch Goat m California. California Agr. Exp. Station Bulletin 285. (1017) 'Jordan, W . H., and Smith, G. A., Goafs Milk for Infant Tttdint. New York Agr. Exp. Station Bulletin 429. (1917)
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