220 Animal Husbandry 
In addition to his value for the fleece, the Angora is held in high 
esteem as a renovator of brush land. The goat is a natural 
browser and not a grazing animal. In brush land, therefore, he 
is in his element, taking the tender twigs and thus destroying the 
brush very effectively. 
The fleece of the Angora, which is commercially known as 
mohair, differs from wool in having no exterior scale and, there- 
fore, does not possess the felting quality. Mohair is used ex- 
tensively in the manufacture of plush, such as is used in uphol- 
stering. Besides plush, which is the principal item, it may be 
used in the manufacture of coats and coat-linings, table covers, 
mittens, and gloves and the like. 
350. Milk goat. — Because of its antiquity we are in doubt as 
to the origin of the milk goat. Whatever may have been its 
Fic. 87.— The milk goat. 
origin, however, it has exerted a strong influence on the economic 
welfare of the people among whom it has been found. The milk 
goat owes its present development to its economic worth as a 
