THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



hair of silvery whiteness, with a fine downy 

 wool at its base, and this hair is disposed in 

 long, pendent, spiral ringlets on the whole 

 body. The horns of the female, instead of 

 spreading, as in the male, turn backward, and 

 are much shorter in proportion. Those of the 

 male are long, spirally-twisted, but the size 

 and direction are very different from the 

 common goat, being generally extended from 

 fifteen to thirty inches in height on each side 

 of the head, while those of the females are 

 near the ears. The hair, or wool, often sweeps 

 to the ground, and is usually from five to 

 twelve inches long, especially in the older 

 bucks, but then not so fine." 



All of which data seems to prove that kemp 

 is not a characteristic of the true Angora, and 

 that the systematic culling and breeding which 

 has been exercised recently will eventually re- 

 sult in reestablishing the original type of 

 Angora, with "fine, downy wool" under the 

 mohair, instead of the coarse growth they now 

 have. When building up a flock from com- 



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