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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



GOOD PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF ANGORA GOATS. 



Angora Goats. 



PY PURT STONE, PU VERNE, IOWA. 



The Angora goat is a great improve- 

 ment over the common goat with 

 which most of ns are familiar. He is 

 gentler and handsomer. In the Ozark 

 hills, the Angora is the fa.mer's assis- 

 tant in clearing the land. If he likes to 

 eat anything better than brush, it is 

 more brush, and he generally gets it. 

 He climbs to every part of a fallen 

 tree, and a good fence is needed to 

 keep him within bounds. Climbing the 

 braces of a corner post is a common 

 stunt for him. He is a wise fellow too. 

 One gentleman, in the habit of feeding 

 his poultry from a pan, left a remnant 

 of the food in the dish for the next 

 meal. He always found the pan un- 

 disturbed but the food was gone. This 

 happened several times before he 

 learned the cause. The goat inside the 

 fence climbed the brace of the corner 

 post, reached over the fence and helped 

 himself, not even upsetting the dish. 

 The wool of the Angora is fine like 

 silk and makes beautiful rugs. He is 



more like a sheep than the common 

 g'oat, also more useful and more val- 

 uable to his owner. 



Cut Flowers. 



PY MRS. HOLMES (PA RUE HOPMES 

 PEAGUE). 



You are fond of cut flowers? — then 

 do not crush their sap-vessels by cut- 

 tin"' them with some dull scissors, 

 thereby preventing the absorption of 

 water. If they are kept for any length 

 of time out of water cut the stems 

 afresh, lest the sap may have become 

 coagulated, which would prevent the 

 free admission of water. A sharp 

 knife is the best instrument for such 

 use. 



When flowers are kept long in a 

 close box, avoid bringing them sud- 

 denly into a warm, sunny apartment ; 

 if possible place them, if much wilted, 

 on a pan of wet moss or sand and cover 

 them from the light and all heated air, 

 for a while before putting them in an 

 upright position in water, where they 

 are to remain. 



