oo BULLETIN 749, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
There are a number of other miscellaneous costs. Shearing, which 
is done once or twice a year, usually costs about 4 to 8 cents per 
head for each shearing. Salt is usually furnished at the rate of from 
13 to 4 pounds per goat per year. Goats are dipped once or twice 
a year for lice at a cost of about 2 or 8 cents per goat for each dip- 
ping. Interest on the investment, taxes, depreciation of improve- 
ments and equipment, which includes maintenance and repairs, and 
minor costs of running, also add to the total. 
In a number of New Mexican range herds of Angoras grazing on 
National Forests, and made up of does and wethers, it was found 
that, exclusive of Frneerest on investment and owner’s labor, the annual 
cost of running the yearlings and wethers during 1915 and 1916 
anal from about 95 cents to over $2 per head, and the cost of 
running the does and their kids varied from about $1.62 to $2.78 
per doe. In some herds it costs more than the highest figure given 
here; but few herds can be run for less than the lowest figure under 
such conditions as prevailed in 1915 and 1916. 
RECEIPTS. 
The receipts vary widely in different herds, mainly because of 
variation in the type and orade of goats and in the care and manage- 
ment they receive. The receipts from does are materially affected 
by the percentage of kids raised. This percentage based on the num- 
ber of does bred varies on the range from about 50 per cent to nearly 
100 per cent, though the average is about 60 per cent. The receipts 
from goats include receipts from mohair, net receipts from sales of 
goats which were on hand at the beginning of the year, the value of 
the kids raised during the year, whether sold or retained in the 
flock, and miscellaneous receipts. 
The average gross receipts during 1915 and 1916 from grown 
wethers in the herds studied were about $2 per head or shghtly more. 
From yearlings the receipts were higher, because the mohair from 
goats of this age is of high quality, a large amount is produced, and 
there is a considerable increase in value of the animals as a result 
of gain in weight. The total receipts from does, which include re- 
ceipts from kids up to 12 months of age, were usually higher than 
from either grown wethers or yearlings. The total annual receipts 
during 1915 eal 1916 from average does in the range herds of grade 
goats studied varied from about 33 to more than g5, 50 per doe. 
SUMMARY. 
On far western ranges goats are raised mainly for mohair and 
meat and secondarily for milk and hides. ‘There is need for im- 
provement in methods of management in order to eliminate damage 
to the range so common on goat ranges and to place the industry 
on a better financial basis. 
