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The fact that many plants which are poisonous to sheep and cattle 

 maj'^ be eaten with impunity by goats is frequently referred to by 

 writers for the press. It is true, however, that goats sometimes die 

 from eating poisonous plants, especially in the mountainous districts 

 of the Carolinas, as the Bureau is informed through correspondence. 

 The so-called "ground ivy" is speciallv referred to. It is believed 

 that goats will not eat poisonous plants to an injurious extent unless 

 driven by hunger to do so. 



NUMBER OF ANGORA GOATS. 



IN THE UNITED STATES. 



The census reports previous to the year 1900 have not given the 

 number of goats in the United States; the Twelfth Census, however, 

 will show the number of Angoras, as well as the number of common 

 goats. 



Col. William M. Black, of Fort McKavett, Tex., in 1898 estimated 

 the total number (including all grades) to be 247,775, located in States 

 and Territories as follows: 



Texas 75,000 



California 59,000 



New Mexico 52,000 



Oregon ^ 15, 000 



Nevada 11,500 



Idaho 8,000 



Wyoming 7, 000 



Arizona 5, 700 



Missouri 5,200 



Utah 2,000 



Montana 1, 500 



Kansas 1, 200 



Indian Territory 900 



Georgia 750 



Kentucky 500 



Pennsylvania 400 



Illinois 300 Total 247,775 



About a year later Mr. William R. Payne, of New York, estimated 

 the total number at 300,000. If these estimates are anywhere nearly 

 correct, the present number must be very much greater, probably as 

 many as 400,000. 



IN CAPE OF CJOOD HOPE. 



Mr. W. Hammond Tooke, in the Agricultural Journal of the Cape 

 of Good Hope for May 25, 1899, gives the number of Angora goats 

 for 1893-1898 as follows: 



1892-93 2,811,206 I 1895-96 2,546,981 



1893-94 2,619,708 1896-97 2,685,080 



1894-95 2,611,082 | 1897-98 2,982,811 



1 A home authority estimates the Angoras in the State at 65,000. 

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Tennessee 250 



South Carolina 200 



North Carolina 200 



Colorado 200 



Mississippi 150 



Louisiana 150 



Connecticut 150 



Alabama 75 



Arkansas 75 



Florida 75 



Iowa 75 



Virginia 75 



Nebraska 50 



Washington 50 



West Virginia 50 



