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capital, I should unhesitatingly reply, the raising of Angora goats. If 

 I were asked to designate a locality in which to locate on Angora ranch, 

 I should say any place in the United States where the climate is reason- 

 ably dry and an unlimited goat range is available. To be more partic- 

 ular, the states of Michigan, Wisconsin and northern Minnesota offer 

 exceptional facilities, while Missouri, especially the Ozark region, the 

 states of Texas and Arkansas, and the entire Allegheny region, are 

 perfectly adapted to raising Angoras. I need not mention the extreme 

 Southwest, for the goat is already there. 



There appears to be, therefore, no adequate reason why the people 



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of the United States should be paying tribute of $50,000,000 annually 

 to the goat herders of Asia, Europe and Africa, and another $10,000,000 

 to the importers of goat skins and Angora robes from Mexico and South 

 America. 



XXX. Capabilities of the Milch Goat. 



The two subjects uppermost in dairy circles just now are the milch 

 goat and a milking machine. The suggestion that goat's milk is pre- 

 i'3rred for hospital patients in cities and for children everywhere, has 

 set Home enterprising men and women to speculating on the probable 



