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to take cow's milk prepared in any way. I have had these cases a number of times, and have wished that the obtaining of goat's milk in this vicinity were an easier matter. These cases are, however, rare."—J. P. Crozer Griffith, M.D., Prof, of Ped., U. of Pa. School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Penn. "In reply to your letter concerning the use of goat's milk in infant feeding I would state that I have personally had a rather limited experience with it. As you know, its composition is not very different from that of cow's milk and it m a y be substituted for cow's milk in feeding both normal and sick infants. The cream rarelyriseson goat's milk and on account of the extreme smallness of the fat globules, renders the food more digestible particularly for infants with weak digestive powers. "The goat is rarely infected with tuberculosis so that it is a safe milk to use from the standpoint of this disease. It should be borne in mind, however, that the goat in certain regions is apt to be infected with B. melitensis and while it does not seem to harm the goat, the disease m a y be transmitted to m a n by drinking the unboiled milk. As far as I know there is little or no Mediterranean Fever in the United States so this would only apply to places where it existed. "The chief use of goat's milk in infant feeding is in children who are sensitized to cow's milk and who cannot be fed on it. Goat's milk for these children is a wonderful food. "There are some evaporated goat's milks on the market which are useful where fresh goat's milk cannot be obtained."—John Ruhrah, M.D., Prof, of Pediatrics, U. of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland. "This question comes up perennially and is never kept up, so far as I can see, only by laymen and lay writers and by the Wideman people of California. I do not believe that there is one iota of evidence that goat's milk is better for babies than cow's milk, under similar circumstances. It is wholly unfair to compare condensed goat's milk with fresh cow's milk as is often done clinically. Of course, condensed goat's milk is easier to digest than fresh cow's milk, but condensed cow's milk is equally so. There is, to m y knowledge no scientific evidence that goat's milk is superior per se."—Jos. Brennemann, M.D., Asst. Clin. Prof. Ped., Northwestern Med. School, Chicago, Illinois.

SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT

September 15, 1924 President David Kinky, J55 Administration Building D e a r President Kinley: At your request I resubmitted to the Committee on Milch Goats the points raised in the Board of Trustees with reference to the conclusions of the former report of this committee, contained in your communications. I a m transmitting herewith their supplementary report together with a letter from the chairman of the committee. In the light of the facts presented by the committee, it is clear that their former report was justified and well within the facts. With the report of the committee in mind, I do not feel justified in recommending the establishment of a herd of milch goats at the University, knowing that it would need to be done at the expense or curtailment of important lines of work already established. Very truly yours,

H. W. Mumford

September 25, 1924 Dean H . W . Mumford, 100 N e w Agricultural Bldg.

My Dear Dean Mumford:

I a m submitting herewith three copies of the supplementary report of the milch goat committee. After carefully weighing the facts regarding the various questions and notations your committee finds no new information bearing on the solution of the problem to cause it to in any way change the original conclusions and recommendations embodied in its previous report. In a few instances additional facts are presented in an attempt to clarify some of his signature. raised. the questions Kammlade, though familiar with the yours, left town before I obtained Professor Very truly report, Yapp W. W.