68 BUEEAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. . 



Put the goats in a small pasture near a shed. If stormy, take the kid and doe to 

 the shed at once. Every night put all the kids and does in the shed. Put bars up 

 20 inches high, and when the kid can jump over, let it go. Without a shed in this 

 State you could not raise two out of ten kids; there is too much cold rain in kidding 

 time — March and April. — U. S. Grant, Dallas, Greg. 



Put the nannies by themselves and then look after them once or twice a day to see 

 that the kids are able to get up and suckle. Don't bother them, if they are all right 

 and are in a sheltered place, until three or four days, and then change them to suit 

 your convenience. — W. W. Smith, Eola, Or eg. 



Take all the nannies out from the other goats as soon as they kid, and put them by 

 themselves. I have about 100 small pens in which I put the nannies. Put the young 

 nannies and old ones in different pens. Here they remain for four or five days and 

 they are then turned into a larger pen, but not more than 50 should be put together. — 

 G. M. Scott, Malta, Idaho. 



Comfortable shelter and close watch to see that the kids get milk promptly. Put 

 the doe and kid away from flock for a few days. — J. Murray Hoag, Maquoketa, Iowa. 



We have a man on the spot all the time to help the goats in kidding, if necessary, 

 and also to see that the kids begin to suck. — Richardson Brothers, Dubuque, Iowa. 



Have good warm shelter, and under no circumstances allow cold rain to fall on the 

 kids till after they are 2 weeks old. The shed should be open to the south, so that 

 the sun can shine in on the kids. Turn the does out of the shed once a day, and leave 

 the kids in the shed for the first two weeks. By that time the kids wil! be old enough 

 to follow the doe. — W. T. Mclntire, Kansas City, Mo. 



1 always keep the kids in a corral until they are old enough to follow the doe, which 

 is when they are about thirty days old. In taking the kids to the corral care should 

 be taken to get nothing on them that will change the scent, for does are very sensi- 

 tive. If two kids from different does are rubbed together, the does will often refuse 

 to own either of them. All kids should be castrated before two weeks old, as there 

 is less danger and they do not get so sore. — H. I. Kimball, Maxwell City, N. Mex. 



I cut out the heavy ewes from the rest of the herd, and hold them in a close herd, 

 and catch the kids and bring them with their mothers to the corral, where each kid 

 is staked separately with a toggle, or swivel, being careful to see that the mother knows 

 where the kid is. After this I let the new mother goats come and go at will, only 

 noticing them enough to see that they come to their kids regularly. The kids should 

 be watched closely in order that they inay not get tangled up and hurt. When they 

 are about 2 weeks old they are turned loose in a corral and a board is put at the gate 

 over which the mothers jump in going to and from their kids. When the kids are 3 

 months old they may be allowed to go with the herd. — Josejjhus E. Barnette, Globe, 

 Ariz. 



THE BUILDING UP AND MANAGEMENT OF A FLOCK OF ANGORA GOATS. 



THE BEST FLOCK. 



It is assumed that whoever goes into the business of raising" Angora 

 goats does so for the production of mohair, rather than meat or skins, 

 and so it is to his interest to have a floclc that will yield a profit from 

 the beginning. The best flock for this purpose is one composed of 

 thoroughbreds.^ Such a flock will yield good mohair from the first. 



^The term purebreds is not used here, as there is strong objection to it by many of 

 the best breeders, on the ground that there are no purebreds, as explained elsewhere. 

 As the term tJioroughbrcds will exactly suit the purposes of this chapter it is pre- 

 ferred, leaving the question of purebreds to be discussed by others. 



