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few days of life he grows slowly, but as the organs 

 adapt themselves to the new life, the kid becomes 

 strong and grows rapidly. When the kid is born he 

 is covered with a coarse hair, and it is not until he is 

 from three to five weeks old that the fine mohair 

 fibers appear growing between the coarser hairs. The 

 kid continues to grow gradually, and at three or four 

 months he weighs from twenty to forty pounds. The 

 mohair may now be from two to four inches long. 

 At a year old the Angora goat will weigh from fifty 

 to eighty pounds, and the mohair may be as long 

 as twelve inches, or sometimes longer. 



WEANING. 



When does are bred once a year the kid should 

 be weaned before the doe is rebred. This allows the 

 doe time to recuperate before her maternal powers are 

 again brought into active service. Then, too, a doe 

 nursing a kid through the winter, enters the spring 

 with a depleted system and produces a poor quality 

 and small quantity of mohair. The kids should be 

 weaned when they are about five months old, as this 

 allows the mother at least two months rest before she 

 is rebred. 



MARKING. 



There are various reasons for marking goats, and 

 the methods employed vary as widely as the reasons 

 therefor. The object in view is to put some mark of 



