THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



reason rough shelters should be provided on 

 the browsing ground even in summer time. 



THE FLEECE, MOHAIR, AND KEMP 



The fleece contains two distinct materials: 

 the top or outside growth of white lustrous 

 hair, which hangs in wavy ringlets, and con- 

 stitutes the material known as mohair, under 

 which there is a growth of short, coarse hair, 

 technically known as kemp. Writers on the 

 subject, who are reliable authorities, assert 

 that kemp is the result of cross-breeding prac- 

 ticed years ago in Turkey. A gentleman who 

 had many years' experience with goats in the 

 vilayet of Angora is quoted as saying that 

 in 1863 there was hardly a perfectly pure- 

 blooded goat to be found, and ascribes the 

 reason to extensive crossing with the common 

 Kurd goat, practiced with the idea of meeting 

 the ever-growing demand for mohair, so the 

 first long-haired goats brought to America in 

 1849, must have borne the taint of plebeian 

 blood, mingled with Angora, though for a 



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