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purgative may rid the system of the irritant. Ep- 

 som salts and crotin oil have given relief. 



Mr. Schreiner describes an epidemic of pleuro 

 pneumonia which destroyed many flocks of Angora 

 goats in South Africa. The disease was effectually 

 stamped out in that country, and it has never ap- 

 peared in American flocks. Mr. Thompson has de- 

 scribed a disease called Takosis, which was supposed 

 to have caused the death of many goats in the East- 

 ern States, and along the Missouri River Valley. 

 Some claimed that this trouble was caused by change 

 of climate, others thought that it was starvation or 

 lack of proper care. There is very little evidence of 

 it now in the United States. All in all, the Angora 

 goat is the healthiest of domestic animals. 



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