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QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JouRNAL. [1 Aprin, 1902. 
Answers to Correspondents. 
ANGORA GOATS. 
Mouarr, Daintree River.— 
Question.—Where can I get pure Angora goats ? 
Answer.—Before replying to your question, we must inform you and all 
other correspondents that, although we will go to any amount of 
trouble to answer questions, we decline in future to give replies to 
anonymous correspondents. If, as often happens, we require some 
further information from the correspondent in order to make our 
answer intelligible, how can we refer to him if he merely signs 
himself ‘“ Mohair, Daintree River” ? 
Now, in the first place, we do not think that Angora goats 
would thrive in your moist, hot climate, although the common 
goat, we believe, would live in—well, a much hotter place. Again, 
there is much difficulty in the way of importing from other 
countries. You might get some in New Zealand from the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, by whom they were imported from Australia, 
and which did well on Somes Island, where they were quarantined. 
They are now running in several parts of the colony, and are found 
to be particularly suitable to aaah country. They are very fond 
of blackberry foliage and briars, and the people in New Zealand 
find them of great use in keeping down those pests. There is a 
considerable demand in New Zealand for the animals, but great 
difficulty is found in supplying it. The Turks have prohibited their 
export, and the Government of Cape Colony has placed a heavy 
export duty upon them. In addition to their value in keeping down 
blackberry, briars, and other similar pests, the goats give a plentiful 
supply of rich milk, and from each one between 4 lb. and 6b. of 
mohair, worth from Is. 4d. to 2s. per Ib., can be cut every year. At 
the present time there are about 4,000,000 Angora goats in Cape 
Colony. Mr. Willis, Springsure, Queensland, has a flock. ‘There is 
also one at Moura, near Banana ; and in the Kilkivan district there 
is a grade flock. You might write to Mr. C. M. Jenkinson, 
Brisbane, who is greatly interested in the success of the Angora 
goat in Queensland. ° 
LUCERNE AND OATS. 
Scrus Farmer, Woodend, Q.G.R.— 
Question 1.—Are there two different kinds of lucerne? What is the 
difference ? 
Answer 1.—Yes, the narrow and the broadleaf. The broadleaf is the 
best. 
Question 2.—Where can I rely upon obtaining the best kind ? 
Answer 2.—Anderson and Co., seedsmen, Ruthven street, Toowoomba; or 
S. Eaves and Son, seedsmen, Queen street, Brisbane. 
Question 3.—Which is the best kind of oats to sow for hay only P 
Answer 3.—Black Tartarian or Algerian. The former will give the 
heaviest crop. 
