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Thursday, August 30,1934
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Goat's milk anyone? off-limits to those allergic to cow's milk.
If Don Hartman has his way, this unfamiliar pro- Goat's milk is the logical substitute, he said. Many
duct will be on your grocer's store shelves in the near baby food formulas and cheeses already are using it.
fut ure. Hartman's daily take of goat's milk, for example, is
"I think goats need to be thought of as an agricul- trucked off to the Ord Cheese Co., where it is made
tural animal," said Hartman, the 48-year-old owner int0 cheddar and jack cheeses,
of Hartman's Goat Farm near Hickman. Over 60 Even though Hartman has found a market for his
goats roam the 10-acre farm, 33 of them producing products, higher prices for milk and cheese will be
milk on a daily basis. needed before he makes a profit, he said.
Believe it or not, there is a strong demand for "Right now it's kind of a hobby," he said. "I enjoy
goat's milk products, Hartman said. my goats like pets, I suppose but I don't get attached
The federal government claims as many as 20 to them- You can'1 afford t0 Set attached to them."
percent of the U.S. population has an adverse reac- Hartman proved his point by explaining what
tion to cow's milk and cow's milk products," he said, happens to a goat that quits giving milk.
Because cow's milk is used in many foods, dishes They get made into summer and polish sausage,"
such as macaroni and cheese and even pizza are he said, "and some even turn into jerkey."
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