16 PRACTICAL ANGORA GOAT RAISING. 



THE SHULTS IMPORTATION. 



This was the first importation made from South 

 Africa to the United States and arrived in 1886. There 

 were two bucks and two does, and they went to Fink 

 & Company, of Texas. There was a great deal of 

 question about this importation, and so far as is known 

 it was of no value to American flocks. 



THE C. P. BAILEY & SONS CO. IMPORTATIONS. 



In 1893, the first importation of Angora goats 

 from South Africa, which was of value to American 

 flocks, arrived. The two bucks, Pasha and Dick, which 

 were secured by C. P. Bailey from R. Cawood, were 

 sired by the great buck Sam. Mr. Schreiner says, 

 "Sam was born in 1888, and sheared as a three year 

 old, at twelve month growth, 15 pounds 2 ounces. He 

 was exhibited for many years at all chief Agricultural 

 shows and was never beaten but once, a judgment 

 reversed at a subsequent show in the same year. Sam 

 was the most famous goat in South Africa; with 

 splendid weight of fleece, he combined a fineness of 

 fiber rarely seen in an old ram." 



Pasha developed into a great sire and his get has 

 been distributed into nearly every State in the Union, 

 Canada, Mexico and Australia. Without doubt Pasha's 

 blood courses through the veins of more Angoras 

 than any sire ever imported. He was acknowledged 

 by every one to be the best individual ever brought 



