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state and territory of the United States and 

 into Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands. Usu- 

 ally they have accorQj)lished their object; they 

 have destroyed brush, and grass has followed 

 in their footsteps. Now there is a demand for 

 goats and inquiry concerning them. Several 

 kinds of disappointments have followed the 

 introduction of so-called "Angoras" into new 

 neighborhoods. To answer some of the many 

 questions arising in- connection with this sub- 

 ject this chapter is given. Breeders of Angora 

 goats should have one of the following works, 

 "New Industry, or Raising the Angora Goat 

 and Mohair for Profit," by Wm. L. Black of 

 Texas. "Angora Goat Raising and Milch 

 Goats, ' ' by George Fayette Thompson, or ' ' The 

 Angora Goat," by S. C. C. Schreiner (Long- 

 mans, Green & Ct>.). Schreiner 's work is a 

 classic, a thing of beauty. Thompson is con- 

 cise and practical, enthusiastic enough, and 

 tells besides much about milking goats. Black 

 is an earnest advocate and presents a great 

 array of facts and examples of successful prac- 

 tice. I think he leaves out the failures and 

 some of the difficulties. 



Very extravagant things are claimed for 

 Angora goats. It has been claimed that they 

 will shear from six to eight pounds of mohair 

 per year, worth— well, all softs of prices from 

 75 cents to $8.00. That was in the olden time. 

 They have been claimed to be immune to all 

 sieku'^s, hardy as the common goat; that they 

 would kill dogs and keep disease from among 

 horses that they would clear land of brush and 



