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cents a quart. As nearly as we could esti- 

 mate, the two original goats earned $10 as 

 brush-destroyers during the first six months, 

 rearing three kids, value at least $9, and in 

 fifteen weeks after the kids were weaned, gave 

 us somewhere about 400 quarts of milk, which, 

 even at five cents a quart, would add another 

 $20 to their credit. Two quarts of mash at 

 night for fifteen weeks might have cost $3, 

 but certainly not more. Such returns were 

 unquestionably good, and having once become 

 interested in the animals we sent for several 

 books, and subscribed to a paper devoting 

 space to goats, with the result that Angoras 

 and mohair became a household theme. Hav- 

 ing business at the Saint Louis live-stock 

 show, I was enabled to see several specimens 

 of the breed, and returned home resolved to 

 acquire Angoras or banish goats from the 

 farm. Matters of immediate importance 

 claimed my attention for some time, which 

 was fortunate, for the hasty resolve might 

 have caused rash extravagance, as Angoras 



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