THE ANGORA GOAT.
A farmer nc-sr La un cost on is .a firm believer in the advantages of Angora goats on rough country and land .infested '.with, isdch ivests at 'blackbclries and gorse. He has conic to this conclusion after five /years' cxperiionce. There is scarcely anything in the bush thej' will not cat and thrive on. They are fond of common crags kji routed after a burn, rvr.d all kinds of scrub, suckers of gums, wattles -and peppermint. The lun^.s of all plante nro their loaves, ,and by the goads continually nibbling at them the growth dies. The flesh of the Angora go.at is equal, or superior, to mutton. The farmer referred to started with r>ix half-bred nannies and a pure buck. Now he has forty. Last year's kids arc of the fourth crass. They come of themselves every night to their shed and small paddock.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 31 October 1912, Page 2
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147THE ANGORA GOAT. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 31 October 1912, Page 2
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