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then shorn. The legs of the goat are then tied together, 
the strap removed from the neck, and the sides of the 
table dropped, so that one has a plane surface on which 
to shear the rest of the animal. An untrained man can 
shear 100 goats a day with a shearing machine and such 
a table.” 
Few breeders wash their goats before shearing, and if 
the animal has been properly cared for during the winter 
and early spring, washing is not necessary. Breeders find 
it to their advantage to ship the mohair in as clean a con- 
dition as possible. Colored fleeces, tag locks, mohair that 
is clotted and that which is dirty, should be packed sepa- 
rately. As kid hair is usually the finest, it should be 
packed by itself; the doe hair and that from the wethers 
may be placed together. Fleeces should not be tied with 
twine, as parts of it are likely to adhere to the fleece, and 
can be removed only by great care and effort. Fleeces 
from Turkey and Cape Colony are not tied at all, but are 
simply rolled up inside out; this is the condition in which 
the mills desire to receive them. 
489. Uses of Angoras.— The Angora goat is considered 
one of the most useful of the domestic animals, and has 
been so held from remote times. This usefulness is mani- 
fested in many ways. 
The mohair.— The fleece, called ‘‘ mohair,” is used 
extensively in the manufacture of plushes. It is not 
generally known that practically all of the plushes used in 
railway passenger coaches and street cars are made of 
mohair. Besides these plushes, which are usually plain, 
large quantities of frieze and crush plushes are used in 
upholstering furniture. The designs for the frieze plushes 
are limited only by the ingenuity of man. The carriage 
robes, couch covers, sofa-pillow covers and rugs are dis- 
