Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-07
Anuora Goats.


| VIII you please give me the names Of
some parties who raise goats in your
icounty. want to buy some. Also would
you advise one to raise Angoras? Is the
hair or wool valuable and are they as
hardy and prolific as the others?
Thanking you in advance, j. e. L.
| Covington.
Raising Angora goats win likely be a
profitable industry in Georgia, some time
in the future. Whether it will be profitable
right now 1 could not answer, at least /
could not say ii would be more profitable
than other live stock raising. The Angora
goat like our sheep. furnish two sources
of income, one through the sale OF fleece,
the other of animals as meat. Mohair IS
high, compared with wool, but the high
priced fleece is the fleece of a thorough
bred. we'll cared for. Compared with the
common goats of the south, Angoras are
not prolific. They will not raise several
at a litter, and several times year as do
other goats. They are about as prolific
as sheep under similar care. Angora men
of the west claim the meat is better
than other goat meat. MY neighbors, who
have raised them, do not agree with this
statement.
1 do not think they are as hardy as
common goats; yet they are not delicate
or hard to raise here. The Angora goat
industry to be successful and profitable,
in my judgment, would require many
nearby farmers to engage in raising them,
thereby being enabled to combine their
yield and SELF the mohair in larger guam
titles at better prices than could one man
alone. Monair in manufacturing has to
go in with the class of fiber to which Ii
belongs, aud the differences OF the grades
in length Of fiber, fineness, etc, varies so
that / Go not think one farmer from a
small flock of goats could possibly obtain
- y,vfon eli Of
1t Is likely there may come with in
crease OF manufacturing in the United
States a greater and greater demand for
fine fibers, in which case the mohair
would not only bring better returns to the
farmer. but the demand for Angora goats
would of itself make the industry prOfita-
BILE. B. W. HUNT.
HEADS STATION, Miss, Sept. 26, 1901.
Tho Atlanta Journal Atlanta, Ga:
Gentlemen-I would like to know what
blind staggers is; also the cause and treat
ment. If you will give me the above in
formation 1 will appreciate it. Have lost
two young mules with it this week. am
a subscriber to your paper. Yours truly,
]. A. CROOK.
Answer: Several different diseases are
called blind staggers. Spinal meningitis
is one well marked disease called mad
staggers," and "blind staggers." The
trouble in spinal meningitis becomes so
diffused. paralyzing the kidneys, bladder,
etc. that it would be hard indeed to
difTerentiate the affected from. the normal
organs of the horse attacked. II any
known medicine would cure horses would
not die of the disease in veterinary hos
pitfalls. The best thing to do is to bleed
copiously when the horse is first attacked.
Take enough blood to feel change or
softening in the pulse, then stop the flow
of blood.
Then give in one dose:
Barbados aloes, drachms; calomel
drachms; powdered ginger, 1 drachm;
tincture of aconite, 20 drops.
When the animal will drink of his own
will give him in the drinking water half
ounce saltpetre. Injections per rectum of
warm water are beneficial.
1t is advised by DR.. Trumbower to give
every hour 1 drachm of Norwoods tine
ture of veratrum yiride, 20 drops at dose,
and every four hours drachm solid ex-
tract 'belladonna-
Sometimes staggers attack a horse that
has been over fed, coming on from indi-
gestion or engagement of the stomach.
In this case 1t Is best to give oil, castor
oil or raw linseed oil a full quart at a
dose. to which may be added ten drops
of Croton oil to be we'll mixed with the
quart of other oil. Do not allow the horse
to drink water
If the oil does not act as a physic re-
peat in about four hours.
Are you feeding sorghum? Better change
your feed and manner of feeding. If you
are trusting a negro to feed change and
attend to It personally.
See if any ergot in the hay or rough
feed. B. w H.