1062 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



goat pasture, not only free, but for which the goatman could get a price 

 for clearing with his herds. All unimproved land is goat pasture. And 

 this at present amounts to 265,000,000 acres, enough to support as many 

 goats. 



The stat€ of Maine, for instance, according to the last census, had 

 6.000,000 acres in farms, one-half of which was unimproved land. Most 

 of the Southern states have less than one-third of the land under cultiva- 

 tion ; the balance is goat pasture. 



"We have a duty of 12 centw a pound on mohair. With this protection, 

 foreign competition cannot be given as an excuse by the average fanner 



YOUNG MILK GOAT. 

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for not going into goat raising. If there is such a demand for goat skin^v 

 Angora robes and mohair, as the returns from our custom houses show, 

 the market here must be good. 



In recent years the United States department of agriculture has been 

 making efforts to interest the public in the Angora goat industry. Ex- 

 haustive bulletins have been issued giving information for the benefit of 

 the general pul)lic. Yet, wdth the facts before them, the growth of the 

 industry has been slow. 



If I were asked what field of animal industry gave promise of the 

 largest and most reliable returns on the investment of both labor and 



