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goat, would be upon a par with the Turkish flocks. 

 There are enough good goats in the country for a 

 foundation stock, and a few years more of the careful, 

 painstaking, selective breeding which is in progress 

 throughout the United States to-day, will bring forth 

 an Angora superior to the Turkish stock. Sections 

 of the country modify the characteristics of the An- 

 gora. Probably climatic conditions, varieties of food 

 and water, and certainly mental vigor of the owners 

 is largely responsible for this. One man selects 

 large, well formed, rapidly maturing goats and breeds 

 for this type. It is surprising how soon his flocks 

 assume this type. Another breeder works for fine- 

 ness of fleece, regardless of size or shape of the an- 

 imal, and he gets his points. 



There has been much vagueness as to what points 

 the breeder should try to produce. Some have 

 claimed that the most profitable animal to raise was 

 one producing heavy ringletty fleece, regardless of 

 the quality of the fleece, except of course that it 

 should be as free from kemp as possible. This day 

 has passed. We know what the mohair is used for, 

 and know how it is prepared for manufacturing. 

 The future may change these uses or methods, but 

 we know what we want now, and we know how to 

 breed our goats to produce the most money per head 

 for the present at least. Fashions vary, and the 

 fashions vary the demand for certain grades of mo- 



