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several thousands, except as to a ditference in ears, for, while some had 

 pendent ears, others which he examined had ears exceedingly small 

 and short. 



Mr. Diehl also mentions a variety of this goat in Angora which was 

 hornless. There is reason to believe that an intelligent system of 

 breeding would produce such result. Such an end has been attained 

 with cattle and is entirely feasible with goats. 



In this connection, interest will be manifested in a note from Col. 

 William L. Black, of Fort McKavett, Tex., who says he has an inter- 

 est in a flock of hornless Angoras in Iowa. He says that there is no 

 doubt that it is a "distinct breed." His experiment the first season 

 was seven hornless kids from eight does with horns, and th(^, second 

 season (1900) he raised "fully 90 per cent of hornless kids." Horn- 

 less Angoras, however, were not very rare in Asia Minor, and it 

 may be that there were some in the vilayet of Angora. They were 

 called Kastamoonee ^ Angoras, taking the name from the vilayet of 

 that name. The vilayet joins that of Angora on the north and forms 

 a part of the northern boundary of Asia Minor. Several years ago 

 Mr. William M. Landrum imported one of these Angoras. • He was 

 known as " Hornless Johnnie." Mr. Landrum was not very proud of 

 this animal, as would appear by this from his pen in 1899: 



He sheared 10 pounds at six months, but his hair was too coarse for anything but 

 wigs. I bred him to a lot of purebred Angora ewes and got the best lot of bucks 

 for low-grade ewes that I ever saw; got |50 premium for them over purebred 

 Angoras. I paid $2,000 for him, and lost him the second year. If he had Hved I 

 would have injured my purebred flock with him. As it was, I killed for nuitton 

 several ewes got by him from jmrebred ewes to get them out of tiie flock. I could 

 not certify them to he pure Angoras. 



It is to be hoped that Colonel Black's efl'orts to originate a hornless 

 variety will produce l)etter results than were obtained from Hornless 

 Johnnie. Of course, the presence or absence of horns need not neces- 

 sarily have any influence upon the qualities of a goat. 



Probably the best description of the American Angora is that given 

 by Mr. Gustav A. Hoerle, which is given below. Reference is to 

 first-class animals, and not to grades of various degrees: 



The body should be long, and the rounder the better; the back straight, with 

 shoulders and hips equally high from the ground; shoulders and quarters heavy and 

 fleshy; chest broad, indicating good constitution; the legs should be short and strong.; 

 the head is in shape like that of a common goat, but less coarse and cleaner cut; the 

 horns are heavy, with an inward twist, inclining backward and to the outside. 



Except just the face and legs, from the hocks and knees down, the entire animal 

 should be densely covered with mohair, and neither the belly nor the throat nor 

 even the lower part of the jaws should be bare, but should have a good covering of 

 fine, silky mohair, and with the finest specimens the mohair tuft on the forehead 

 should be well developed. The mohair should hang in long, curly ringlets. How- 

 ever, not every Angora goat which shows these perfectly curly ringlets of the mohair 



^This name is variously spelled — Kastamoonee (preferred by Lippincott), Kasta- 

 mouni, Kastamuni, Castambool, Castambul, Costambone. 



