Show LONG HAIRED GOATS GROWING IN FAVOR while goats are among the oldest of domestic animals in our own country they occupy a minor place in the farm economy yet tet specialized goats 0 ats or special purpose goats we might aloit better call them cna can be made a profitable table adjunct to the live stock program of most farms growing in popularity and importance Is the angora gont goat or long haired moli mohair air goat these animals tire are great weed and brush eradicators and can be advantageously pastured with horses cattle sheep or swine they are a godsend in timbered cou country n and to clear land of weeds and brush they are as easily kept as other farm animals and are usually hardy and rather more free from disease than ordinary live stock well bred angoras angomas are handsome attractive tract lye and intelligent animals that are interesting to balse r lse and profi profitable tab le for those who give them proper attention certain strains of angoras angomas are clean white animals that are a delight to young and old these specialty specially bred angoras angomas grow very long fleeces and it Is the extra ton long mohair that commands the he fancy price some of this product Is said to be worth as high a as S SO 30 ft a pound this means meang the longest portion of the clip which Is sorted and graded at shearing time and sold as extra long staple the shorter mohair sells for 2 a pound sometimes mo more re and sometimes less depending upon the market in these days when many farmers ire looking around for ways and means to diversify without materially increasing their farm equipment the angora ought to a appeal to the enterprising as a source of profit especially on cheap or rough lands and on farms not qu quoted doted at fancy prices |