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the future, unless all improvement is accomplished, all 

 new uses supplied, and all new regions accommodated. But 

 what need of speculation in the presence of substantial facts? 



THE VARIOUS PRODUCTS OF THE ANGORA GOAT. 



Their flesh is highly nutritious, and easy of digestion ; is 

 comely to the eye and pleasant to the palate, absorbing seas- 

 oning well. It is convenient in size, and the meat may be 

 used fresh, or when cured. If fattened on corn, nothing is 

 superior to it. Their milk is sweet and nutritious, being 

 often prescribed by physicians for invalids and infants. As 

 with other breeds of goats, cheese may be made of it of 

 standard quality. The pelts of young animals, taken off 

 when the wool is of a proper length, make most beautiful 

 and comfortable furs for ladies and gentlemen, which fashion 

 only would place as second to any others. Those of older 

 animals, when dressed or tanned, make mats for doors, 

 hearths, carriages, etc., of the most serviceable and beauti- 

 ful description, and several sewed together make a robe for 

 a buggy of the most comfortable and elegant character. A 

 great many of the pelts were imported from abroad into 

 New York, a few years since, by Messrs. C. G. Gunther & 

 Co., at a cost ef $10 to $30 each, and they are still imported 

 somewhat largely annually. The Angora goat is being very 

 extensively raised in California, and a popular goat breeder's 

 association has been established in Sacramento, and an ex- 

 tensive factory for the manufacture of their skins with and 

 without the mohair on them, has been put in successful 

 operation in San Jose, California, of which Mr. C. P. Bailey 

 is president. Among many others, I have sold the pelt, 

 with the mohair on it, of a yearling at $18. Their hides, 

 in foreign countries, make the morocco leather, which all 

 know to be one of the most pleasant and durable materials 

 of its. kind. Their tallow is white, clear and firm, bearing 

 a close resemblance to sperm. 



