46 PRACTICAL ANGOEA GOAT RAISING. 



As a natural consequence the Angora goat of to-day 

 has not improved, nor is he likely to improve under 

 Turkish management. One large breeder who supplied 

 bucks to some tributary country, said that he thought 

 that it was a shame to castrate a buck, no matter how 

 bad he might be. The Turk separates the bucks 

 from the does at breeding season, as Asia Minor has 

 cold weather late in the spring, and the danger of losing 

 kids, if they come too early, is great. When the 

 bucks are turned with the flock they are allowed to 

 run until the next breeding season, and all of the 

 bucks, regardless of quality or quantity, are allowed 

 to run with the does. 



When the first few Angoras arrived in America 

 the natural procedure was to cross them upon the 

 common short-haired goat of this country. It was a 

 new industry, and many wanted to try the Angora. 

 Very slowly the Angora, or the cross-bred animals 

 were scattered over the United States. Stories were 

 told of the wonderful things for which the mohair 

 was used, and some supposedly reliable authorities 

 quoted mohair at $8.00 a pound, as has been stated. 

 Companies were started, and of course the supply of 

 good Angoras, that is, goats which would shear about 

 four pounds of mohair (worth at that time about sev- 

 enty-five cents or a dollar a pound), was limited. 

 Men bought any goat which had a trace of Angora 

 blood in him as a thoroughbred Angora. A few 



