THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



by the end of the second season. Of course 

 goats cannot be turned into a young planta- 

 tion or fruit-garden with impunity, even if 

 there is tender brush and weeds for them to 

 attack, for with the perversity of all living 

 creatures, they are sure to destroy the most 

 highly-prized specimens; but in the old or- 

 chards and woods where trees are more than 

 twelve inches in circumference, it is quite safe, 

 and they will perform most useful work. 



ESTABLISHING FLOCK 



If the desire is to establish an Angora goat 

 farm, to the exclusion of all other agriculture, 

 a large tract of hilly land, weU covered with 

 brush, should be chosen. From fifty to one 

 hundred pure-blooded animals purchased to 

 start with, which will require a capital of sev- 

 eral thousand dollars, and involve much risk. 

 If, however, the general farmer desires to 

 abolish brush, primarily, and is contented to 

 gradually build up the flock to a production 



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