The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-04-15
q AN ANGoRA GoAfS FARM.


IAN y, AANG AANt'lto ORA. GOAT FARM.
isa NJ NJ Is -, !. J. - .
i :. :" $3.50, w.,na.s yonsse "n'on nus
tS: -. = s.N.
sTbree mni,ea from from Nvao. Naw ynr,,
near, tha Hudson r,,or 10 om .naana
COAT farm wbIch fron 10 ,,,,a,ea. y.
lstYacta mnnh attant,on -beraab bont. yt;,
looked iipon as ao,foa :, a., 8, t,ra
Of q afarnoer,a fraak I,ila tho raIa,n1 -
bees q or All !, worms - e
$8 Goats browse and, ooota .nrosnor o,,
this farm an tI,a .Ia,ahta Gthas pordoT
Isockland lake aa raal,i iIv !. Stbav AZ ~ on.
the rocks about shanty tnan IL "a Il v,, ayrs
York,clty But nav ara & y, i,ff ifaTsnfs
Isbfeea Of eoat i,rf,s a. osrat Il f,,an
Their city relatives aS "a sSvo,ol Il ~ IA
er5icnraan4 e Sfha,r tsatas Z snd 49,
blue-blool1ed as to ancastrv Tha berd
in this sonewbat nouoi fsrno }r.t rou,
lfnumbers 7B varv ~ . In aoa from, Ia.
lS,tiny obieot of three ,,ontha tvh,ch lool;s
like d cross between 4 3sioo, 4 rabh,ts and
a lady,s powder pnsr II tba bandsoIno,
patriarch of the. fIoel,. a maon;f,cant
specimen ,of the pure Anoora ,hreed
with immense cnrl,ne horna Th,s
lShandsome old fellow WITH Ihjs siyife iyearo
imported sby Dr.. ,Aonew tha famous
oculist sof'Sy New :; York from S'as,o
Minor. and the importation, cost b,,n3a
heap OF money as rhe price oe,,ooats
| goes. Their present ownerNis thegood
woman who now runs this Goat faIm'
and who never tires op discantino unon
the good onalit,ea .oe ,hor nats Tpaaa ha
know her. voice and and anauor -
their names when she Gallo 1tham 1r,nd
aud gentle thew annasr whon v,s,tnra
are about. but the fondness for f,obt;ne,l
Las characteristic of coats as a 10 ,or' .
bnatlve of Tipnararv Srons, o,,t wbo !
the herd is.toeether and nnnarant1v Iii
OF sioht a rna,,L,nd 's' ''pp"AV"'1! :. :! o'''
| A strange fact noticed in 11tb tho ,,raed :,
/ ing OF these an,mals "a th.t tba Sparoa,os
do not thrive ID this locality az wall 90
the males. The hardy female ooat ~
the ordinary species was intr6d,,ced
into this flock for exnerimental al breod.
ing purposes. and with markod anoco.o
A Repeated crossings with the cotn mon
goat and her },;offsnr,nn 10. ,,no.
apparently pure Angora. ooats tbe
tendency being IN ali, oases for tha ,ids
TO revert In the. text,,re of thair ,yool
toward the male side. Asa cnnspouenoo
the third pei,eratio,; bas7aI, tho onnoa,
ance Of It's, distinp, ,isbetl a5nc4strr ond
in the fourth general ,r ian eve,; tha has. @
,tfsexperts Scannot.steli the ra&hrdh da,7
from the grade Anpora. This fact 10 -.
matter Of considerable ,nterest to
breeders Of goats. as an Aneora huol,
scosts $1OO or over. while the comnon
goat can be had almost for the a sl,Inu
Tho fecundity of the Angora is not 90
great us that Of the common GOAT. the
Angora eve giving birth to but one kid
yearly. -
AS source Of profit the goats have
turned out we'll. The wool IA from a to
6 inches in length, silky. and Of teauti.
full texture. A full grown animal will
yield 4 pounds OF wool. which will
readily sell at ST. per pound, :Just now
tile demand for this wool IA not narti.
cularly lively. as the lustrous dress
fabric into which it was at ono time
largely converted is out Of vogue with
fashionable ladies. It is therefore used
almost exclusively In the manufacture
Of plush for upholstery purposes. When
the kid is six months old Its hide. un.
dressed. is worth So, and will sell
readily to glove manufacturers. Kids
on the farm in question meet with sud.
den death on that account at about that
age with considerable regularity wban