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THE GOAT— AN APPRECIATION 



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of very delicate wool which is used to make the famous Cashmere 

 shawls; the other, the Angora, that has long, silky, curly hair 

 which is used for all mohair fabrics. The Angora has been intro- 

 duced into America and is now an animal of importance in 

 California, Texas, Arizona and to some extent in the Middle 

 West. In this country goats are sometimes used for pets only and 

 happy is the small boy that owns a fine big buck with harness and 

 equipage to match; he is happy indeed and j)roud, for the man 

 who rides is proud, and what are our boys but little men. Many 

 of us have seen the goat carriages on the Mall in Central Park, 

 New York, and it has aff otded a keen pleasure to many, I am sure, 

 to sit on the pleasant benches under the noble elms' that shade 

 the Mall and there watch the tots making merry with the animal 

 that has furnished the subject for this rather rambling talk. 



News Note 



The President of the American Nature-Study Society, Professor 

 Liberty Hyde Bailey with Mrs. Bailey and their daughter, Ethel, 

 are sailing for China as this Review goes to press. They expect to 

 be gone several months, and visit Professor and Mrs. Sailor at 

 St. John's College, Shanghai. Mrs. Sailor was formerly Mi s Sara 

 Bailey. They also expect to travel extensively in Japan. Pro- 

 fessor Bailey and Miss Ethel hope to do some very interesting 

 botanical collecting m both China and Japan. May good fortune 

 attend their footsteps ! 



