The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-25
P. E. LEFEvRE,
Manager,
New Pier IS, North River, New York.

great extent unused, or have fallen to
the lot of those who are not striving
for superlative achievement, and who by
the same token are not, as a rule, built
to leave the beaten tracks of stock rails
ing, and put such lands to their logically
best use.
OF late years il has been dawniug on
many of those who have had access to this
character of range that the Angora goat,
as medium for the proper utilization of
such lands, has been largely overlooked.
The breeding of these animals has been
fer many years one of the leading fncus-
tries in Cape Colony, and it is fair to
say that the interest and intelligence de-
voted to them in that part of the world
almost parallels that given by our breed
ers to the leading breeds of cattle and
sheep in this country. What we would
regard as fabulous sums have often been
paid for imported Angora goats at tho
Cape and are still paid for noted individ-
uals by prominent breeders when buying
home-bred goats from one another 1t
is generally admitted now that painstak-
ing care has resulted in producing Il
standard of greater excellence in the An
CORA goat than exists in the country of
its nativity.
BY judicious selection and breeding
there are now many thousands of we'll
bred Angora goats scattered throughout
the Western and Southwestern states
principally in Texas, to which many Of
the original importations into America
cent and among those who have handled
tnem for a series of years they are no
longer regarded in the light of an expert
ment.
Their excellence and valuable qualities
are rapidly becoming better known in a
more general way. One of these charac-
teristics is their adaptability TO live and
thrive on lands which have been hitherto
regarded with so much disfavor. on
these. where there is an abundance of
underbrush, the goats are in their ele>
ment.
The Angora is essentially a browser ana
while II will thrive on grassy land Il
feels much more at home among hills ana
scrub brush, and on such a character OF
range will attain to its highest devei.
opment II is of an active Temperament.
which prompts II to travel over a good
deal OF ground In search OF it's food ana
for this reason, while It does not in any
way interfere with other stock II does
not like 10 be herded In the same flock
sheep for Instance, are too slow In their
movements to suit goats. which cover
more ground In a day and are more liz
clined to herd IN one bunch and less ad-
dicted to scattering.
Where confined TO a limited area they
Will effectually destroy underbrush by
keeping the leaves eaten on They are
sometimes kept with this object IN view.
though most breeders who realize their
value give them access 10 ample brush.
which they regard just as sheep man
does his grass, and for the same reason
would not wish 20 Craze Il - Closely AZ
20 destroy a.. The AnEora goat IL rapidly
coming 10 the front a. IN important fac
ior m the solution ~ the dflculfy fn.
yolYea in the reclamation ~ our moro
mountainous districts ana bids fair 20 40
preeioDly lessen fhe existing difference De-
tween thc values u our ioN-lying on ieyci