322 SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA. 



to arable farms. Sheep pay better. But to 

 hilly and brushy regions where it is not desired 

 to encourage the growth of new timber, or 

 where it is desired to clear away a part of the 

 brush and replace it with grass. In Virginia, 

 West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and 

 southern Ohio, in Tennessee and the hill regions 

 south of there Angoras might exist by thou- 

 sands with profit and advantage. 



They should in all locations have provision 

 made for feeding, in winter, some dry corn fod- 

 der, oats and hay. 



The difSculty in introducing Angoras to the 

 best region for them is the character of many 

 of the people living there. The careful reader 

 will have realized ere this that Angora goat 

 breeding is not adapted to a careless, lazy or 

 indifferent man's habits. More than most ani- 

 mals. Angoras are dependent upon man for aid 

 in infancy and help at intervals during life. 

 Angoras are destroyed sometimes by dogs, 

 though it is thought that with a number of 

 wethers among them they are less subject to 

 attack than sheep. The man who wishes to 

 breed goats without care or attention from him* 

 had better tal^e the common "Billie goat," 

 which is as energetic a brush destroyer as he 

 needs, is edible, does not have to be shorn or 

 need attention at kidding time, and can usually 

 defend himself from dogs. 



THE MILKING GOAT. 



Doubtless goats have been the companions of 

 man for a longer time than cows, and have be- 



