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THE ANGORA GOAT. 
The Common Goat of Feance. 
Butter * 5 - 00 
Cheese - 32 - 50 
Saccharine matter - - 24.25 
Extractive matter - - 7.50 
Water - - " - 930.75 
1000.00 
Mr. W. E. Riley, who has written a pamphlet on the 
subject of the introduction of the Angora, says of this 
animal, " that it is content with food that the sheep or 
cow rejects, and is capable of thriving on land and in 
situations not adapted to other stock. The Angora 
may be considered an interesting as well as a valuable 
addition to every farm, and when the common goat 
can be replaced by a variety possessing not only all 
its own ordinary qualities in a superior degree, but 
also producing so desirable a material for manufacture, 
landed proprietors may be induced to consider the 
propriety of acquiring the Angora for its own merits, 
as well as for crossing with the whole of their at 
present comparatively useless breeds. Hereafter, the 
wool of the goats of Australia, if their improvement be 
pursued with any portion of the zeal and perseverance 
with which the squatters have ameliorated and ad- 
vanced the worth of their flocks, may become an 
additional and remunerating export that will annually 
increase in quantity and value, the benefit of which 
is open to every agriculturist in Australia." 
Having now given the Angora its due meed of 
praise, itls only right that something should be said 
as to any drawbacks there may be connected with it. 
The chief difficulty in its management consists in the 
