THE CASHMERE ANGORA GOAT 



The Cashmere Angora Goat. 

 The Cashmere Ang-ora goat is a cross 

 between the East Indian Cashmere goat 

 and the Angora goat. The buck, Singa- 

 pore Billy, the only one of his kind in 

 this country, is owned by ^liss Irene 

 Chilton of Xew York Citv. having heen 



Klein's Staff of Greenwich lioard of 

 Health. The fat test was 6.8% and the 

 bacterial count was fifty thousand. The 

 bacterial count in cow's milk is fifty 

 thousand in the coldest weather ; in the 

 simimer it frequently reaches a million. 

 The goat makes a pretty good showing 



MR. TODD'S FAMOUS GOAT. 



presented to her by Dr. \\'illiam T. 

 Hornaday of the Bronx Zoological Gar- 

 dens. 



Miss Chilton bred Singapore Billy to 

 some pure bred Angora does and the off- 

 spring is now owned by Mr. Walter 

 Todd of Greenwich, Connecticut. They 

 are Billy Singapore bred from the An- 

 gora doe. Molly C, and Daisy S.. bred 

 from the Angora doe, Susie B. 



]\Ir. Todd has also a grade Toggen- 

 burg, a Swiss milch goat. Billy Singa- 

 pore and Daisy S. are the oldest ma- 

 tured Cashmere Angora goats in the 

 United States at this time ; they will be 

 two years old in February of this year. 



The milk of Daisy S. and of the grade 

 Toggenburg was tested for the fat and 

 the bacterial count on August 29th. 1914. 

 bv Dr. Bennett. Bacteriologist of Dr. 



with a bacterial count of fifty thousand 

 in August. 



The fat test of 6.8% is almost 2% 

 higher than that of the Jersey cow. It 

 was received two hours after milking, 

 and was tested twenty-four hours after 

 it had been received. Goats have been 

 known to give milk for a period of two 

 years without renewed gestation. The 

 period of gestation is five months. 



Goat's milk is easily digested because 

 the fatty globules are so infinitesimally 

 small. It is nearest to mother's milk. In 

 time, when people become better ac- 

 quainted with the goat, the milk will be 

 used for infant feeding. Goats are im- 

 mune from tuberculosis. 



The goat is a useful animal but is de- 

 spised by most persons. It is looked upon 

 as a scavenger. 



