The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-10-31
THE ANG0RA GOAT
A Source Of Pleasure and OF
Ready Income.
4 PLEASANT AND GROWING BUSINESS
Which will Turn the Wooded iIiIls Of the
Oyarks into Wealth.

Oyarks into Wealth.
II Is rapidly becoming recognized
that the goat has risen in usefulness,
profit aud esteem until he he has DO
come much moro than an object Of ridi-
culs and the butt OF stale jokes. In
forest In the silkcn Gccccd beauties.
too, has q far more substantial basis
than their good looks, the financial
side of goat raising seeming to hold
great promise for the Ozark region,
which appears to be especially adapt
ed to the goat industry. Since fancy
county people are becoming interest
Ell 10 n considerable extent in the An.
CORA, We take pleasure in reproducing
the following from the Farmers Re-
view, aud appcnding TO |, goat news
and comment from various other
sources. The Rovicw says:
Great regions onco covered with
dense forests Of pine, fir and hem
lock--dcnudod oftheir wealth Of trees
by man or the ravages OF pioneers
from abroad whose arduous duty il
is to clear such lands from second
growth scrub and weeds after the Ie-
naming timber has been removed.
To such men the goa. now "comcs ns
n boon and blessing" II supplies
him with milk that doctors consider
the very best substitute for mothers
milk for infants, so rich yet easily d.
gcsted is II; II rcycls in green herbs
and tender twigs, thus utilizing as
food the very things the pioneer de-
siresto gat rid Of; II produces annu-
ally three or fonr pounds of silky
mohsir, which sells for two or three
times the price of wool, does no, re-
quirc washing and is ready to spin
without special preparation; its skin
is in demand for mats and rugs, and
furnishes the choicest Of lap-robes for
the baby's carriages; its flesh Is uutri-
tious. and when young, as tender as
spring lamb; it is docilo and wonder
fully tame when hand fed; II is much
more healthy than any other domes-
ticatcd animal; It docs not suffer from
tuberculosis, hence there Is no foar in
using its milk for infants; it usual y
brings forth two kids each year and
Ia chcaply and easily raised aud fod
So it will bo seen that the goat Is
bound to have its place In the agri-
cultural industry Of the country, and
already 1t has taken an important po.
sition In California, Mexico aud south.
western sections Of the country. At
the present time there is widespread
desire for Information upon this sub.
ject from men who are settling the
lands of northern Wisconsin and are
investigating the virtues of the goat
as a brush cleaner, while n, the same
time breeders Of Angora goats in other
parts Of the country are looking for
cheap feed on rough lands for the pro-
duc,ion of pclts and mohair. 1t cau
readily be understood that for poor
families settling In wild districts
where cows cannot well be kept, and
indeed having scant funds for the pur'
chase Of cows the goat, capable OF
picking up its living, costing but from
So 10 $lj, and producing from two tc
four pin,s of crcam-like milk per diem
to say nothing of valuable mohair and
tender Kid 1osb, must be considered q
mos, suitable aud desirable animal
SO great has tho demand for goats al
ready become In the west that buyers
arc now collecting large stocks in Cal
ifornia and Moxico for shipment Il
Iowa aud other states where dealcrl
have engaged In tho goat supply bus
iuess, and there Is good reason for pre-
dieting that for many years to cont
there will be real profit in the bust
ness OF local production of goats, fo
the express rates are 80 bi:s that ship
ping from California makes tho pric,
Of the animal somewhat too high fol