PREFACE. 



For several years beginners in the Angora goat in- 

 dustry were without text books, and even to-day there 

 are very few practical treatises. From our forty years 

 of experience in farming Angoras, and from the per- 

 sonal observations of our Dr. W. C. Bailey, while in 

 the interior of Asia Minor, we have tried to select the 

 essential points in the successful management of 

 Angora flocks, and to present these points so that 

 they may be used. 



We have given a brief outline of the history of the 

 Angora goat, but we have devoted several pages to 

 consideration of detail in breeding and kidding. It 

 has been our aim to make this a practical text book 

 for the beginner in the Angora industry, and if it 

 proves of value to him, it has fulfilled its mission. 



THE AUTHORS. 



