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sheep have black or mottled black and white faces, with no 

 wool beyond the forehead. While these sheep, which are 

 from small to medium size, produce a very fine grade of 

 mutton on their native pastures, they are slow growers, and 

 can not be ranked as feeders, as we view sheep in America. 

 Their chief value lies in their adaptability to rough, hardy 

 conditions, enabling them to live through winters when most 

 other breeds would perish. The fleece, which grades as a 

 low quarter-blood or braid, is very coarse, long, and open, 



falling from the body 



in wavy locks. Some 

 Black-faced Highlanders 

 have extremely coarse 

 wool, with more or less 

 hair about the lower 

 thighs. In disposition 

 they are wild and not 

 so easily handled as 

 other breeds. A few of 

 these sheep have been 

 brought to America, but 

 they are not likely to meet with general favor. 



The Angora goat derives its name from the district of 

 Angora, in Asia. These goats were first brought to America 

 in 1849, when the Sultan of Turkey presented some to Dr. 

 J. B. Davis, of South CaroHna. Large mmibers are found 

 to-day in the United States, especially in the far western 

 and southwestern states. The Angora is smaller than the 

 common goat, individuals usually weighing from 60 to 100 

 pounds. The color is pure white. The head has a pair of 

 horns which slope backward and curve widely outward, with 

 some twist in those of the buck, but none in the doe's. The 

 ears are large, often six inches long or more, and droop down- 

 ward slightly. The Angora makes very good mutton, but 

 is not valued for this as much as for its fleece, commercially 



FiKure 153. — Angora goat King Cromwell. 

 Photograph from American Sheep Breeder . 



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