PRACTICAL ANGORA GOAT RAISING. 87 



place to stake, and the mother coaxed to follow. 

 One of the kid's legs is securely fastened to the 

 loose end of the rope, and the kid and its mother are 

 left together. The mother is thus free to go and 

 feed, and on returning will know exactly where to 

 find her kid. 



Many owners allow the does which have kidded 

 to herd themselves, as they usually return to their 

 kids, often coming in several times during the day. 

 Of course this necessitates having plenty of food and 

 water within access of the staking ground. The 

 wet band could be herded as in the corral method. 



In this staking method if a mother refuses to 

 own her kid, or if she dies, the kid has no chance to 

 steal milk from some other wet doe, and unless 

 closely watched, quite a number of kids will starve. 

 The rope should be changed from one leg to the 

 other occasionally to allow symmetry of development. 

 The preparation of ropes and stakes for a thousand 

 kids is quite a task, and it keeps the energetic herder 

 busy during his spare moments getting ready for kid- 

 ding time. 



For the first few days the Angora kid is full of 

 life and vigor as any animal of like age. If he be 

 well nourished, he will frisk and play at all kinds of 

 antics, until he is so tired that he must forget every- 

 thing. The sleep which comes is so sound that any 

 usual amount of noise does not disturb him. It is 



