THE ATSTGORA GOAT. 73 



I think that to get a perfect goat one should inbreed to the finest buck or ewe 

 obtainable; but don't keep it up too long, as the goat will be small and weakly.— 

 Josephus R. Barnette, Globe, Ariz. 



We think it should be avoided so far as possible, as it reduces the size and general 

 stamina of the goat. — W. G. Hughes & Co., Hastings, Tex. 



It will ruin a flock of goats the same as any other animal. — 7V. C. Johmtnn, Law- 

 rence, Kans. 



If done properly, closely watching defects, it is all right. — /. R. Slandley, PlatleviUe, 

 Iowa. 



Would not practice it if I could help it. We want goats with long, fine mohair, 

 but at the same time we must look to the build of the goat. — Q. M. Beck, Beargrove, 

 loiva. 



Am opposed to it on general principles. Would prefer it, however, to a moderate 

 extent, to using inferior sires. — /. Murray Hoag, Maquoketa, loica. 



1 don't like inbreeding, as it weakens the goat. They don't have the ambition 

 that fresh blood imparts to them. — G. M. Scott, Malta, Idaho. 



They will be small and not strong, and harder to raise; will not shear so much, 

 and more difficult to keep in flesh. — W. W. Smith, Eola, Oreg. 



My stock are all inbred (600 does), but they are very small and tender. Would 

 not advise it. — V. Cladek, Larwood, Oreg. 



Once will do, provided you have an extra buck. After that you weaken the con- 

 stitution of your goat. — U. S. Grant, Dallas, Oreg. 



It can be practiced to advantage in producing a fine fleece, but if indulged too much 

 will weaken the constitution and the goat will be small. — Abe Blackburn, North Yam- 

 hill, Oreg. 



I believe, by careful selection of bucks, they can be improved, but I prefer crossing 

 with new blood when it is just as good. — Oscar Tom, Angora, Oreg. 



It shatters the constitution without a relative gain in weight of fleece. Fine mohair 

 and light fleeces are all right, but I don't practice inbreeding. It produces such a 

 goat as the practical man does not want. — George A. Houck, Eugene, Oreg. 



We do not approve of it on general principles, but have not experimented much 

 along this line. — C. P. Bailey, San Jose, Cal. 



Under certain circumstances inbreeding for points in thoroughbreds is necessary, 

 but it will degenerate a grade herd very quickly. — Conklin Brothers, Newville, Cal. 



I do not Hke it and have never practiced it. I have seen it practiced, and the goats 

 lack constitution. — Henry Fink, Leon Springs, Tex. 



It brings the mohair to the greatest fineness if properly managed, but it should not 

 be kept up too long. — H. T. Fachs, Tiger Mills, Tex. 



It is beneficial in the matter of improving the fleece, but a decided injury to the 

 constitution and size of the animal. — Col. W. L. Black, Fort McKavett, Tex. 



I used one billy five years. He was the best goat that I ever saw, shearing lOi 

 povmds of clean mohair annually. — G. B. Miller, Gervais, Oreg. 



Inbreeding makes the fleece thinner and shorter and the constitution of the goat 

 weaker. — F. 0. Landrum, Laguna, Tex. 



