78 The Boofc of the Goat. 



My own experience, comparatively short though it 

 has been, combined with the results I have seen obtained 

 by others, as related above, leads me to the belief that 

 the Angora goat, by proper housing and judicious manage- 

 ment, will live and thrive in this country, though the 

 climatic conditions are not favourable to the growth of 

 fleece equal in quality to that imported. Nevertheless I 

 believe it would be good enough for many purposes to 

 which inferior mohair from abroad is now applied. 



Feeding and Treatment. 



As far as I have seen, I do not find that the Angora 

 requires feeding or treatment different from that given 

 to. other goats. They do well stall-.fed, if housed in a 

 dry place, but though, like all the goat species, they are 

 fond of a change to leaves of trees and brambles, they 

 are well adapted to pasturage, and less mischievous and 

 addicted to roaming than the common goat. Although, 

 like the common goat, they are said to object to rain, I 

 have seen them in the park at Strathfieldsaye grazing in a 

 herd by themselves under a steady downpour that would 

 have caused any other kind of goat to seek shelter. 



The Angora has seldom more than one kid at a birth, 

 and is not a good milker, rarely giving more than a quart 

 a day, sometimes less, though the milk seems more con- 

 centrated. At kidding-time they require some extra 

 attention, it being often necessary to put the kid several 

 times to the dam to get it to suck. If the weather be 

 cold and the kid weakly, it will require to be brought 

 into the house and placed before the fire, and a few drops 

 of warm milk from the goat put into its mouth. Once it 

 takes to the teat, however, it is able to look after itself. 

 The young of the Angora grow more rapidly than those 

 of the common goat, though the increased size which the 

 former present comparatively with the latter at the same 



