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dred dollars, so that even with a small area of land to clear 

 it would pay to buy a little flock for that purpose. Dr. 

 Shandley, of Iowa, says that two to three goats to the acre 

 is sufficient for cleaning up land, and that in two years the 

 goats will eat all of the underbrush from woodland, such as 

 briers, thistles, scrub oak, sumac, and, in fact, any shrub 

 undergrowth. They need no other food than what they can 

 secure from the woods themselves. Consequently, the in- 

 come from the sale of mohair is nearly net. 



The more nearly thoroughbred the goats are, the better 

 the mohair and the higher the price. The meat of the An- 

 gora goat is superior to mutton, although if sold in the market 

 under the name of goat meat, it commands only half the price 

 of mutton. 



As an example of the Angora's utility in cleaning up land, 

 the Country Gentleman says: "Mr. Landrum exhibited ten 

 head at the Oregon State Fair. In order to demonstrate 

 their effectiveness as substitutes for grubbing, he left them 

 on three acres of brush. At the end of the second year the 

 land was mellow and ready for the plow." 



It might be possible to build up a business in clearing lands 

 for others by means of a herd of Angoras. 



