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to America. Mr. Landrum, who had seen most of the 

 Angoras brought from Turkey and who saw Pasha at 

 San Jose, California, in 1899, pronounced him the 

 most perfect goat he had ever seen and a much better 

 goat than any which had ever come to America from 

 Turkey. He bought some of Pasha's get for his own 

 flock. 



In 1899, the buck Capetown was imported by Mr. 

 Bailey from South Africa to secure certain points. 

 Size and a little "yolk," together with the covering, 

 fineness, freeness from kemp, ringlets and eveness 

 were especially desired. Capetown has been a great 

 sire and is still in fine condition on the Bailey farms. 



THE ASIA MINOR COATS. 



In 1901, Dr. W. C. Bailey, armed with an hono- 

 rary commission from the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, personally visited every goat-raising 

 section of Asia Minor, and after seeing hundreds of 

 thousands, and examining minutely hundreds, secured 

 and succeeded in exporting two bucks and two does. 

 The Sultan had passed an edict in 1881, prohibiting 

 the export of these animals, as he hoped to keep the 

 industry for Asia Minor. The undertaking was a 

 hazardous one, and the expedition was fought with 

 many and almost insurmountable difficulties. Asia 

 Minor is alive with bandits, and to hold a foreigner 

 for ransome is a favorite passtime. Then, too, a 



