58 PRACTICAL ANGORA GOAT RAISING. 



lay being introduced into the flock, will do more sat- 

 isfactory work than they would if all of the bucks 

 were turned in at one time. The same principle can 

 be applied to smaller flocks. The does should be 

 protected from cold storms or rough handling when 

 they are heavy with kid, else they are liable to abort. 

 If for any unusual cause the doe aborts one season, 

 there is no reason why she will not carry her kid un- 

 til full term another time, and experience has proven 

 that she will. 



BREEDING OF REGISTERED STOCK. 



The breeding of registered stock, or stock of 

 known ancestry, requires much care and quite differ- 

 ent handling. Both the does and the bucks must be 

 marked with an ear tag, brand, tattoo number, or 

 some other permanent individual mark, and the kids 

 should be marked at birth. Fifty known does may 

 be put in a pasture or pen and a known buck put 

 with them. He should be allowed to run with them 

 at least forty days. After this the does may be col- 

 lected into a flock and several bucks turned with 

 them, but only the kids which are dropped from a 

 known buck are fit for record. 



A more accurate method, and one which can be 

 used with a large flock, is to place the bucks in a corral 

 adjoining the one used by the does at night. The 

 does should be brought into their corral early in the 



