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might be said of the Angora goat interest — a somewhat important 

 one, as it serves to utilize wihl, inaccessible land, otherwise valueless. 

 The grade kids furnish an excellent article of food, and the skin of 

 the goat is tanned and made into gloves which arc much sought for, 

 thus creating an additional manufacturing interest. 



It would be superfluous to dwell upon the advantages presented by 

 California as a stock raising country. Her incomparable climate 

 renders it possible to excel all other States in the percentage of pro- 

 duction. The mild Winters and early grass render easy the care of 

 animals during gestation, and affords ample protection to young stock 

 from the period of birth. Diseases so disastrous to cattle and horses 

 east of the Rocky Mountains are unknown here. All branches of 

 the industry are conducted upon an intelligent basis, and earnest 

 efforts are made to improve and grade up every description of stock. 

 Although a youthful State, California can boast of the most extensive 

 breeding farms in the United States, if not in the world. State pride, 

 in this particular, prevails to an eminent degree, and each new tri- 

 umph is hailed with joyful acclaim. With such energy, encouraged 

 by popular enthusiasm, who can doubt that our beloved California 

 will maintain her prominence as one of the leading stock-producing 

 States of the Union? 



