52 PEACTICAL ANGORA GOAT RAISING. 



necked or off colored animal will be dropped. The 

 animal will shear from two and a half to five pounds 

 of mohair of good quality, which will be worth from 

 twenty-fiye to thirty-five cents a pound. It will be 

 from eight to twelve inches long at a year's growth, 

 and it will be combed at the mill. It is fit for manu- 

 facturing into any of the goods for which mohair is 

 used. The meat of the animal is rich, juicy, and free 

 from the disagreeable qualities so often noticeable in 

 mutton. If the animal be fed upon browse, the meat 

 will have the flavor of venison. The tendency of 

 the mothers to drop twins will be lessened, and it 

 will be rather the exception for twins to be born. 

 The kids will be rather delicate when dropped. 



Subsequent crosses will tend to reduce the 

 amount of kemp upon the animal and to improve the 

 back. The question will now resolve itself into one 

 of breeding for points. Bucks must be selected 

 which cover the points the does need most, and by 

 careful selection the grade flock will soon be indistin- 

 guishable from the thoroughbreds. 



METHODS USED IN AMERICA TO-DAY. 



By gradual steps the original Angoras imported 

 into America have been so improved, and the cross- 

 bloods have been so highly graded that some of the 

 American flocks equal the best Turkish flocks. 

 America has many high-grade flocks, which, if it were 

 not for the remaining coarse hair of the common 



