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esting account of this breed is found in Bulletin 68, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, page 66. 

 The cross once established, it has been maintained as a 

 separate breed, and presents a type that is measurably 

 fixed and uniform. 



Characteristics. — It is a relatively large goat, long 

 limbed and rangy. There is no fixed color, dark red and 

 black goats being perhaps the most usual and the hand- 

 somest of this breed, although spotted animals, showing 

 a pattern of white, red, tan and black, are probably the 

 most popular, and are certainly beautiful and striking in 

 appearance. The jieculiarity that characterizes this 

 breed is the ears, which are wide, flat and pendulous, 

 often very long, hanging straight down beyond the end 

 of the nose. The facial line is distinctly arched. The 

 majority of the animals of this breed are hornless. If 

 they are not born so, it is comparatively easy to destroy 

 the horn bud in the young kid, as the horns of the Anglo- 

 Nubian, even when fully developed, are small and light. 

 The coat, both of the doe and the buck, is short and 

 glossy. The pure bred Anglo-Nubians have a bearing 

 of grace and distinction, which with their shining coats 

 and rich coloring make them an animal of captivating 

 beauty. They are quiet, gentle and affectionate 

 in disposition. 



In spite of the infusion of native English blood in 



