176 THE ANGORA GOAT. 
The amount realised was also of service in furthering 
the other important objects of the Society. 
It is in my opinion a matter to be regretted that the 
Council a dopted this course, instead of retaining the 
whole flock under their own control. From an estimate 
of the probable increase which may be obtained by 
careful management, to be found further on in this 
report, it will be seen that great results might have 
been attained much sooner had the Council retained 
the whole of the flock in their own hands. Scattered 
pairs of Angoras get mixed up with the common breed, 
and are practically lost as regards any benefit to be 
derived from them, but if kept together in a body 
in one district, the great value of their fleece will enable 
them to drive out and supersede the comparatively 
worthless common goat. 
The flock was carefully culled by Mr. Jonathan Shaw, 
an experienced and skilful classer of Merino Sheep, 
and all inferior animals were taken out and disposed 
of The choice animals, in number about 50, a mag- 
nificent flock, were sent off by railway to Ballarat, 
and were driven by easy stages to Longerenong, in the 
Wimmera district, where they arrived about the 
middle of December, 1870. They were in low con- 
dition on their arrival, from the effects of a parasite 
with which they were infested, and I had them twice 
dipped in a solution used for sheep similarly affected. 
They rapidly improved in condition, and have since 
then always been in the most thriving state. 
The system adopted by me in the management of 
the flock, was to number all the bucks and does, each 
goat having a permanent number to distinguish it from 
every other. This was effected by a system of marks 
