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My experience is that on plains, and with grass as tiie only food, thoroughbreds 

 would not do well, while the lower grades may do fairly well so long as the altitude 

 is sufficient. Usually the mohair is somewhat dry and coarse where grass is pre- 

 dominant. — G. A. Hocrle, Ridgeicood, N. J. 



Where there is grass and brush, they leave the grass and eat the brush. They 

 prefer browsing. — Cook & Buck, Oskaloosa, Kans. 



Brush and weeds are the proper feed for goats, but they will do fairly well on grass 

 ilone. — -Harris cfc Baylor, Montell, Tex. 



They must have some brush. — U. S. Grant, Dallas, Oreg. 



Experience has i:)roven that they will do as well on prairie farms as on any other 

 place, but they should have artificial shade for- hot weather. — E. H. Jobson, Lake 

 Valley, N. Mex. 



High-bred stock will do specially well. — V. Cladek, Larwood, Oreg. 



They will do well anywhere that they can get green food. — Abe Blackburn, North 

 Yamhill, Oreg. 



Angoras will do well on prairie farms if they are changed into different fields often 

 or have a large pasture. — Oscar Tom, Angora, Oreg. 



They do well on prairie farms, but do better on bushy or hilly land. One of the 

 advantages of Angoras is their adaptability to rugged bush land which is unfit for 

 other stock. — C. P. Bailey, San Jose, Cal. 



Angoras will do well on grass and weeds, but will do much better if they can get 

 considerable browse also. — Josephus R. Barnette, Globe, Ariz. 



Only in small numbers will they do well on grass and weeds, but where they are 

 kept in large numbers they need a good deal of brush and timbered country. Of 

 course, they will do well on prairie if they get some corn. — H. T. Fuchs, Tiger 

 Mills, Tex. 



They will do first-rate on prairies, where grass and weeds are the only pasturage; 

 but they v.-ill then have to eat the feed which the other stock require, whereas, on 

 brush ranges the capacity of the land for carrying sheep and other grass-eating stock 

 is not lessened by the presence of Angoras. — W. G. Hughes & Co., Hastings, Tex. 



I pastured two summers on grass and clover, and they did as well as when on leaves 

 and weeds. I am confident that a farm cleared of brush can successfully be used for 

 Angoras. — J. R. Standley, Platteville, Iowa. 



They need a great variety of feed and rough range, with plenty of pure, clear 

 water. — W. T. Mclntire, Kansas City, Mo. 



They do well while the grass is green, but do not like dry grass or weeds, and 

 always do better when they get some brush. They will have to be fed in winter on 

 prairie farms. — H. I. Kimball, Maxwell City, N. Mex. 



Pasturing with other stock. — So far as the goats themselves are con- 

 cerned, they may be kept in the pastures where there are sheep, cat- 

 tle, and horses. Their presence is in no wa}^ obnoxious to any of these 

 animals. It has already been pointed out that a few of them in a flock 

 of sheep are a protection against dogs. However, it is not best for 

 the goats that they be kept in pastures with horses. This is especially 

 important if there are kids, as the horses have a habit of playfully chas- 

 ing any animal that is not large enough to defend itself, and thej" are apt 

 to strike the kids. It is also important that the kids should not be in 

 pasture with hogs, which are liable to eat them. 



