from twenty-five to
thirty-five cents a pound. It will be from eight to twelve inches long
at a year's growth, and it will be combed at the mill. It is fit for
manufacturing into any of the goods for which mohair is used. The meat
of the animal is rich, juicy, and free from the disagreeable qualities
so often noticeable in mutton. If the animal be fed upon browse, the
meat will have the flavor of venison. The tendency of the mothers to
drop twins will be lessened, and it will be rather the exception for
twins to be born. The kids will be rather delicate when dropped.

Subsequent crosses will tend to reduce the amount of kemp upon the
animal and to improve the back. The question will now resolve itself
into one of breeding for points. Bucks must be selected which cover the
points the does need most, and by careful selection the grade flock will
soon be indistinguishable from the thoroughbreds.

METHODS USED IN AMERICA TO-DAY.

By gradual steps the original Angoras imported into America have been so
improved, and the cross-bloods have been so highly graded that some of
the American flocks equal the best Turkish flocks. America has many
high-grade flocks, which, if it were not for the remaining coarse hair
of the common goat, would be upon a par with the Turkish flocks. There
are enough good goats in the country for a foundation stock, and a few
years more of the careful, painstaking, selective breeding which is in
progress throughout the United States to-day, will bring forth an Angora
superior to the Turkish stock. Sections of the country modify the
characteristics of the Angora. Probably climatic conditions, varieties
of food and water, and certainly mental vigor of the owners is largely
responsible for this. One man selects large, well formed, rapidly
maturing goats and breeds for this type. It is surprising how soon his
flocks assume this type. Another breeder works for fineness of fleece,
regardless of size or shape of the animal, and he gets his points.

There has been much vagueness as to what points the breeder should try
to produce. Some have claimed that the most profitable animal to raise
was one producing heavy ringletty fleece, regardless of the quality of
the fleece, except of course that it should be as free from kemp as
possible. This day has passed. We know what the mohair is used for, and
know how it is prepared for manufacturing. The future may change these
uses or methods, but we know what we want