The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-02
AN ANGOHA GOAT FARM.
One WOman's Venture in GOat-Rais-
So ing that has Proven Profitable.

One WOman's Venture in GOat-Rais-
n ing that has Proven Profitable.
Three miles from Nyack, y. Y, near
the Hudson river. Is al AnSora goat
farm. which, from lis novelty, attracts
much attention. It is looked upon as
something in the nature Of a farmers
freak ike the raising of bees or silk
worms. Goats browse and goats pros
per on this farm ON the heights that bor-
der Rockland Lake as readily as they do
On the recks about Shantytown in any 4
large city. But they are different /
breed Of goats, more aristocratic than /
their city relatives rs to wool, more cpl /
curean in their tastes and more blue !
blooded as to ancertry. The herd in this
somewhat novel farm just now numbers
eeventy-five, varying in age from the
tiny object of three months, which looks
like cross between dog. rabbit and
a lady's powder pull, to the handsome
patriarch Of the flock, magnificent
specimen Of the pure AngOra breed. with
immense curling horns. This handsome
old fellow, with his wife. were imported
from Asia Minor and the importation
cost him heap Of money rs the price OF
goats goes. Their present owner Is the
good woman who now runs this goat
farm aud who never tires VI discantlng
upon the good qualities Of her pets.
They know her voice and answer to their
names when she calls them. Kind and
gentle they appear when visitors are
about, but the fondness for fighting, IS
characteristics Of goats as it is OF ma
q. irsva
herd is together and apparently out Of
sight Of mankind.
A strange fact noticed in the breeding
) Of these animals is that the females do
not thrive IN this locality as well as the
males. The hardy female goat OF the
ordinary species was introduced into this
flock for experimental breeding purpo.
sss and with marked success. Repeated
. crossings with the common goat and her
offspring has produced apparently pure
Angora goats, the tendency being in all
cases for the kids to revert in the texture
9 of their wool toward the male side. As
: "A consequence the third generation has
? all the appearance Of its distinguished
\ ancestry, and IN the fourth generation
: oven the best experts cannot tell the pure
b!ooded from the grade Angora. Thi'
= fact is n matter of considerable Interest
c to breeders Of goats, as an Angora buck
n costs 800 or over, while the common
= goat can be had almost for the asking
Z The fecundity of the Angora is not 81
5 great IA that Of the common goat, thu
r. Angora eve giving birth to but one ki'
4. yearly. -,
). Asa source of profit the goats hav
70 turned out well. The wool is from fou
~ to six inches in length, silky and of beau
H. tiful texture. "A full grown animal wi
nc yield four pounds of wool, which wi
h. readily sell at 81 per pound. just nO'
I, the demand for this wool Is not partiCt
Us larly lively, us the lu.trous dresses {
fabric into which it was at one tim
largely converted is out Of vogue wit
fashionable ladies'. 1t is therefore use
2. almost exclusively in the manufacture I
no pluch for upholstery purposes. Whe
va. the kid IL six months old its hide, III
/, dressed, is worth S., and will sell readi
oh for that amount to glove manufactures
he Kids on the farm in question meet vii
IN sudden death ON that account at abO
m. that age with considerable regularit
iii. When it is necessary to kill them q
,;a good lady has them chloroformed 90 tn
an she mar not hear the death cries Of h
re little pets. The milk Of the goat is mu
ld. sought after by dyspeptics. by perso
lss suffering from pulmnary troubles and
ro. otherwise delicate persons, and It brn
IA. n much greater price than cows nil
nd As to their uso for food little can
ich said, because the goat does not flesh
nv. well, but tho kid, when killed your
III furnishes fair amount Of tender me-
NO. which some people like. II will ne,
Iies become u great dclicacy in the market
Ia n be in sufficient demand to becom'
lodi source of income to the goat.rais
! is There is nothing in the world SO cheap
Mt. raise rs goats, because they will find a
ion pie food in lots up here where other
dnr imale would starvc to death. AGO.
,tlv are u favoritc article Of food with the
vc, aud az these abound in the woods
hsv cast for winter fodder is mainly c.
nv fined to tho trouble Of gathering
rod acorns --phila. Times.