THE ANGORA AND MILKING GOATS 359 



will find much information in the volumes previous- 

 ly mentioned in this chapter. Dry, hilly ranges are 

 admirably adapted to Angora goat growing. They 

 seem rather more expensive to manage than range 

 sheep, especially at kidding time. It is not well to 

 put more than 1,000 in a flock. An increase of 75 

 per cent is considered good. In small lots increases 

 of 100 per cent are not unusual. The better bred 

 Angoras are, the fewer the pairs of twins born. 



Angoras suffer sometimes from stomach wormSx 

 from foot-rot and lice, from two sorts of scab (they 

 are exempt from sheep scab), and probably from 

 nodular disease. They have a disease of their own 

 called "takosis," which makes them waste away, 

 giving them a tired feeling, accompanied by diar- 

 rhea and cough. It was once believed that Angoras 

 had no diseases ; indeed like sheep in dry hilly re- 

 gions they are practically exempt from disease, but 

 when brought to damp countries with dense green 

 grass their environment is so changed that they 

 become infected in the same manner as sheep. The 

 treatment for internal parasites is the same as for 

 sheep. Good management in suitable locations will 

 prevent disease in Angoras. 



Where should Angoras be introduced? Not to 

 arable farms. Sheep pay better there. But to hilly 

 and brushy regions where it is not desired to en- 

 courage the growth of new timber, or where it is 

 desired to clear away a part of the brush and re- 

 place it with grass. In Virginia, West Virginia, 

 Pennsylvania, Kentucky and southern Ohio, in Ten- 



