BREEDING OF 

 THE ANGORA GOAT. 



can learn very little about breeding 

 the Angora goat from the Turk. As 

 we know from Tchikacheff's work, 

 which was published over fifty years 

 ago, cold winters often killed many of the Angoras 

 in Asia Minor, and the Turk then imported from 

 more favored districts common bucks or does to breed 

 to the Angora. This was before the great demand 

 for mohair, occasioned by the increase in manufac- 

 turing plants at Bradford, England, caused the Turk- 

 ish mohair raisers to resort to all manner of means 

 to increase the supply of raw material. 



To-day the Turk is treading in the paths of his 

 forefathers. What was good enough for them, cer- 

 tainly ought to be good enough for him, so he reasons. 

 He eats with his fingers, cooks on a brazier, sits on 

 the floor, eats, drinks, sleeps and works all in the 

 same room, and keeps his wives in seclusion. 



When he comes to breeding the Angora he leaves 

 that to his servants, if he be wealthy enough to have 

 any. Most of the breeders cannot read or write. They 

 have never traveled. They have no ambition, and they 

 know nothing of the principles of selective breeding. 



