The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-01-22
Fact. on Anger. Goats.

From Farmers Review: In answer
to the queries by d. A. Taylor in re-
cent issue of the Farmers Review
will say: The cost OF medium to high
grade Angora goats of good breeding
age is S2.25 to $3.50 per head, pure bred
$3.50 to $3.50 per head carload lots}.
Thoroughbred Angora goats do not Of
ten drop more than one kid at a time,
while the Spanish Maltese (milk goat)
nearly always drop two and frequently
three kids. The lower the grade the
more prolific they are and the more
milk they produce. The young thor
oughbred female Angora goat seldom
breeds until two years of age, while the
common and Spanish Maltese female
goat will breed at 6 to months old.
There Is good demand for goat ven
ison and a fair demand for the mohair
Angora, Spanish and Maltese goats
thrive in either warm or cold coun-
tries. Goats protect themselves against
wolves or dogs (when the billies are
IL the f1ocks) much better than sheep.
good sheep fence is a good goat
fence. Mr. Taylor can buy goats in
any section of southwest Texas. This
Ia the home OF the goat, where Angoras
Of any grade to pure breds may be DUR
chased direct from breeders. Angoras
and Spanish Maltese milk goats are for
sale by breeders in this locality-B. H.
Van Raub. BeXar County, Texas.
From the Farmers Review: We had
two years ago a tract OF more than 100
acres of brush land that We desired to
clear, but found that the brush would
start again, even in spite of the fact
that 800 sheep were pastured on the
land. One year ago last spring We put
in 100 goats and have kept from 100 to
200 there all the time since, except
during the winter; and the land is
nearly cleared. We would rather have
100 goats than the best man we ever
had to clear brush land. The goats
are very hardy and require very lit
tie care. There is a ready sale for
them when fat at the stock yards. and
they bring the same price as sheep.
They are prolific. There is ready
sale for the hair at from 25 to so cents.
They will stand any amount Of cold. II
they have shelter They require a good
fence, about feet high. Wire fence.
like the Page. is best. They will go
over a rail fence or board fence If it
is leaning. There is a great demand
for goats at present. as brush killers.
In this part of Michigan there are
thousands of acres of brush land that
will make fine pasture land when
cleared, and the goats will clean it at
less than no expense. as they make
nice profit while doing the work.
Morgan Bros. & Co.. Saginaw County,
Michigan.
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to the Farmers Review. writes: THE
one thing that I consider the most es-
sential above all things for the safe
wintering of birds is to have them
strong and healthy at time of going in
to winter Next to that we should
have a warm house and variety of
healthful food" These are three very
important considerations. The skill
full poultry raiser has studied the
matter of summer feed so thoroughly
that he brings his birds to the point
of wintering in fine condition. Their
feed has been so largely made up of
green stuff, insects, meat food and cut
bone that moulting has been passed
without loss of vitality to the fowls.
OF farm animals it has been said:
We'll summered is half wintered." The
same truth applies to fowls.
The Babcock milk tester has done
much to elevate the standards by
which we Judge the dairy COW. A pair
of scales, however, will be found to be
a great help even where the farmer |
does not care to bother with test If |
scales were more commonly used for !
the weighing of the milk from our
COWS, that alone would help Immensely |
in wedding out the poor cows and CIV
ing us better ones.
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