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herds have been kept for centuries, and a not inconsiderable 

 number of goats are kept for their milk in the suburbs of 

 cities. Goats are not included in the American census returns 

 of live stock; but their numbers are recorded, separately or with 

 sheep, in the assessment lists of several States, and with the 

 aid of the data from these sources the total number of goats 

 in the United States is estimated to amount to 500,000 head, 

 of which about 252,000 are found in Texas. 



Very few of the goats in the United States are raised for 

 the purpose of marketing their skins. Large numbers of the 

 common breed are kept for milking purposes, as stated, in the 

 suburbs of cities, and many of the same stocks are kept in parts 

 of the West with sheep for protection against other animals, 

 as dogs, wolves, and coyotes ; while increasing flocks of 

 Angoras are kept principally for their valuable yield of mohair, 

 though some account is now taken of the meat. It is stated that 

 something like two-fifths of all the goats in the country are 

 in part descendants of the common goat modified by suc- 

 cessive infusions of pure Angora blood ; and in part, but to a 

 less extent, pure Angoras kept in California, Texas, Oregon, 

 Idaho, Iowa, Georgia, and South Carolina in flocks some- 

 times numbering thousands, and in other States in smaller 

 numbers. The profitable commercial product of these pure 

 and high-grade animals is the silky fleece, and fleece-pro- 

 duction is, it seems, the only branch of the goat-keeping 

 industry which has so far attracted any attention. 



In connection with the foregoing observations it may be 

 noticed that it is estimated that the goat-skins imported into 

 the United States in the year ended June 30th, 1898, repre- 

 sented the produce of 16,227,000 goats and kids. 

 {Year Book of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for 1898.) 



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The Ordnance Survey are [issuing a new series of folding 

 pocket maps for England and Wales on the scale of one inch 

 to the mile. The maps are printed in colours on sheets 18 by 

 12 inches, mounted on canvas, in a cover or flat, price is. each. 

 The one-inch-scale map can also be procured at the same 



