THE BREEDS OF GOATS 95 



mutton on their native pastures, they are slow growers, and 

 cannot be ranked as feeders, as we view sheep in America. 

 Their chief value lies in their adaptability to rough, hardy 

 conditions, enabling them to live through winters when most 

 other breeds would perish. The fleece is very coarse, long, 

 and open, falling from the body in wavy locks. Some 

 Black Faced Highlanders have extremely coarse wool, with 

 more or less hair about the lower thighs. In disposition 

 they are wild and not so easily handled as other breeds. A 

 few of these sheep have been brought to America, but they 

 are not likely to meet 

 with general favor. 



The Angora goat de- 

 rives its name from the 

 district of Angora, in Asia. 

 These goats were first 

 brought to America in 

 1849. when the Sultan of 

 Turkey presented some 

 to Dr. J. B. Davis, of 



Fig. 53. Angora Goat King Cromwell, 



oOUth Carolina. Large owned by R. C. Johnston of Kansas. Photo- 

 graph from the American Sheep Breeder. 



numbers are found to- 

 day in the United States, especially in the far Western 

 and Southwestern states. This breed is smaller than the 

 common goat, individuals usually weighing from 60 to 100 

 pounds. The color is pure white. The head has a pair of 

 horns which slope backward and curve widely outward, 

 with some twist in those of the t>uck, but none in the doe's. 

 The ears are large, often six inches long or more, and droop 

 downward slightly. The Angora makes very good mutton/ 

 but is not valued for this as much as for its fleece, 

 commercially known as mohair. In fair specimens this 

 covers the body in silky, wavy ringlets, which in a year 



