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Angora  Goats  on  Long  Island 
I  will  try  to  give  you  my  experience 
with  Angora  goats.  We  have  only  a 
small  flock  and  they  were  taken  on  trial 
to  clear  brush  ground.  In  this  work  they 
are  very  effective,  aud  will  eat  the  foliage 
as  far  ns  they  can  stand  on  their  hind 
legs  aud  reach.  While  they  are  easy 
keepers  they  are  very  particular  about 
their  drinking  water;  this  must  he  clean. 
They  breed  only  once  a  year,  and  then 
only  in  cold  weather.  We  plan  to  have 
them  drop  their  young  about  May  1st, 
and  as  a  rule  they  nurse  the  young  until 
late  Fall.  We  plan  to  shear  them  just 
before  they  drop  the  young,  as  the  hair 
is  so  long,  it  bothers  the  kids  at  lirst  to 
nurse.  We  do  not  feed  them  anything 
as  a  rule  until  all  grass  and  leaves  are 
gone,  say  about  the  lust  of  Xuyeuiber,  as 
they  will  not  eat  much  hay  as  long  as 
there  is  anything  green  to  be  had.  Dur¬ 
one,  equally  intricate,  and  comply  with 
them  if  we  are  to  obtain  the  best  results. 
If  gluten  feed  does  not  appeal  to  her  ap¬ 
petite  we  must  try  some  other  food,  as 
dried  distillers’  grains,  or  peanut  oil 
meal.  We  might  have  to  feed  her  salt 
every  day  (as  we  should);  we  might 
have  to  give  her  her  water  before  her 
grain,  or  perhaps  she  would  relish  her 
grain  sprinkled  over  her  silage.  Straw 
will  often  be  eaten  to  good  advantage  if 
some  molasses  is  mixed  with  water  and 
poured  over  it.  A  great  Holstein  breed¬ 
er  onre  said  that,  he  would  peel  the  beets 
for  his  cow  if  she  would  respond  any 
better.  Ho  had  the  right  idea,  and  he 
got  results.  It  always  pays  to  encour¬ 
age  a  cow,  to  “baby”  her.  It  is  she 
(hat  is  making  the  milk,  and  she  has 
complete  control  over  it. 
Individuality. — There  is  no  doubt  but 
that  the  propensity  to  give  large  quan- 
A  Bunch  of  Angora  Goats  on  Long  Island.  Fig.  25 
ing  the  Winter  I  feed  once  a  day  clover 
or  Alfalfa,  and  give  them  a  basket  of 
whole  sugar  beets,  as  they  need  some¬ 
thing  of  this  kind,  I  never  feed  any 
whole  grain,  only  a  very  little  wheat  bran 
at  lambing  season. 
We  plan  to  keep  all  females  and  sell 
the  male  to  the  butcher.  Local  people 
are  sometimes  prejudiced  against  goat 
meat;  still  I  am  told  that  thousands  of 
the  lamb  and  mutton  sold  in  our  Eastern 
shops  are  Angora  goats.  Shelter  from 
snow  and  rain  are  necessary,  hut  cold 
ilit^s  not  in  the  least  bother  them.  An¬ 
gora  goats  are  strong  advocates  of  sun¬ 
shine  aud  fresh  air.  The  hair  I  soil  iu 
New  York.  The  price  for  the  three  years 
has  been  2S,  30  and  32  cents  per  pound 
and  I  think  they  compare  favorably  with 
sheep  as  they  do  not  need  as  much  care. 
Our  flock  has  run  in  t.he  orchard  where 
the  picture.  Fig.  25,  was  taken,  since 
June,  aud  did  not  trouble  the  trees,  but 
as  soon  as  the  feed  became  scarce  we 
had  to  take  them  out,  or  they  would 
soon  eat  the  hark.  F.  E.  NICHOLS. 
Long  Island. 
“  Individuality”  of  Cows 
“A  man  is  a  man  for  a’  that”  may  be 
true  of  a  man,  but  recent  records  show 
that  all  cows  are  not  by  any  means  the 
same.  There  is  the  difference  between 
gain  and  loss,  and  then  there  is  the  in¬ 
conceivable  yield  with  its  proportionate 
profit.  There  is  the  28, 000-pound  cow 
with  her  extraordinary  profit,  the  2.000- 
pound  cow  with  her  loss,  and  it  would 
still  be  loss  were  the  amount  less  than 
6,000:  and  there  is  the  8.000- pound  cow 
with  her  fait'  gain  to  her  owner.  Where 
is  the  difference?  To  some  men  a  cow 
i'  an  animal  with  a  head  (of  any  shape), 
a  body  (of  whatever  form  it  might  be), 
four  legs,  a  tail,  and  an  udder  of  some 
sort  with  two,  three,  or  four  teats,  the 
length  of  which  makes  no  difference  as 
“the  boys”  and  the  “hired  man"  do  the 
milking.  This  is  a  cow  to  be  sure,  but 
let  us  be  thankful  that  this  kind  is  grow¬ 
ing  fewer  and  fewer.  On  the  other  hand, 
take  the  cow  with  the  ability  to  give 
10.000  to  12,000  pounds  of  milk,  and  we 
have  a  cow  that  is  a  paying  proposition, 
and  of  a  standard  that  is  within  the 
reach  of  every  progressive  dairyman. 
Assume  that  we  have  a  cow  of  the  re¬ 
quired  “milk  power.”  We  must  now 
learn  the  peculiarities  of  this  machine  as 
we  would  the  peculiarities  of  any  other 
titles  of  milk  is  transmissible.  There  is 
no  doubt  but  that  the  power  to  make  and 
give  milk  can  he  increased  and  strength¬ 
ened  if  the  propensity  he  present.  In 
athletics  a  good  runner  improves  with 
training;  in  racing,  a  horse  must  needs 
be  trained  to  improve  the  gait  and  to  in¬ 
crease  the  speed.  A  race  horse  is  also 
fed  and  cared  for  that  it  may  be  speedy. 
Why  then  cannot  a  cow  by  proper  feed¬ 
ing.  training  and  care  be  made  t*>  do  that 
for  which  she  was  horn?  And  if  this  or 
any  other  characteristic  is  developed  in 
the  dam  it  stands  to  reason  that  she  will 
the  more  likely  transmit  it  to  her  off¬ 
spring.  Individuality  in  a  cow  is  evi¬ 
denced  by  superior  development  in  all 
her  parts  and  the  reappearance  of  these 
traits  in  her  offspring,  Tin*  prepotent 
animal  imprints  his  individuality  on  his 
offspring  with  unmistakable  exactness. 
Moreover,  the  individuality  of  the  owner 
is  shown  in  the  cows  of  his  herd.  If  we 
see  a  herd  that  is  well  cared  for  and  all 
of  whose  members  bear  resemblance  to 
each  other  we  conclude  at  once  that  the 
owner  has  an  ideal  cow  in  mind  and  that 
he  is  trying  to  build  up  his  herd  to  a 
certain  type.  Often  we  find  a  herd  in 
which  there  is  an  old  cow  of  superior 
merit,  and  along  with  her  we  find  perhaps 
three  of  four,  or  even  more,  all  having 
the  same  characteristics.  The  old  one  is 
the  dam.  grandam,  grent-grniulam,  etc., 
of  these,  and  her  characteristics  have 
been  handed  down  to  her  offspring.  If 
you  have  an  animal  of  noteworthy  qual¬ 
ities  it  will  pay  you  to  keep  her  and  at¬ 
tempt  to  get  more  like  her  from  her.  A 
herd  that  as  a  whole  shows  a  herd-individ¬ 
uality  is  one  to  be  proud  of  if  it  is  of  a 
high  grade.  w.  J.  IIAGAK. 
New  York. 
Distemper 
If  I  had  a  dog  which  had  distemper 
this  Summer  and  died,  would  there  be 
germs  about  the  building  and  yard  next 
Summer  so  that  a  pup  would  be  apt  to 
get  distemper?  E.  p.  s. 
Maine. 
There  v'll  be  little  danger  of  con¬ 
tracting  distemper  in  the  place  where 
the  disease  was  present  if  that  place  is 
perfectly  cleansed,  disinfected  and  white¬ 
washed;  but  a  puppy  is  exposed  to  tho 
germs  of  distemper  wherever  dogs  are 
numerous  and  Kept  without  such  sanitary 
precautions.  You  should  have  the  puppy 
immunized  by  vaccination,  otherwise  the 
disease  will  be  sure  to  attack  some  time 
or  another.  a.  a.  a. 
January  15,  1916. 
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