PRACTICAL ANGORA GOAT RAISING. 51 



as mutton. The animal is still prolific. From the 

 second cross on, the grade goat rapidly assumes 

 the characteristic of the Angora goat, but if for 

 any reason poor bucks are used (an occasional animal 

 without apparent reason retrogrades), the animal as 

 rapidly resumes the characteristic of the common 

 goat. Quite a percentage of colored kids will be 

 dropped by does which are themselves white. 



The third cross, or seven-eighths blood Angora, 

 will still have the coarse back, a partially bare belly, 

 coarse hips, and the neck will be insufficiently cov- 

 ered. The sides will be covered with good quality, 

 long staple mohair, comparatively free from the 

 coarse, dead underhair, or kemp. The animal will 

 shear about two or three pounds of fair mohair, 

 which will be worth from twenty to thirty cents a 

 pound. This mohair will be fit to run through the 

 combs, and the " top," or long mohair, free from 

 kemp, will be used in the manufacture of plushes, 

 braids, etc. The skin will have some value for rug, 

 robe and trimming purposes. The meat will be 

 juicy, palatable and salable as mutton. 



The fourth cross, or fifteen-sixteenths blood An- 

 gora, will be hardly distinguishable from the average 

 thoroughbred Angora. The coarse back will persist 

 to some extent, and the hip will be plentifully cov- 

 ered with kemp. A good many of this grade will be 

 poorly covered on the belly, and an occasional bare 



