The angora and mohair industry in the Northwest; also a full report and proceedings of the Northwest Angora Goat Association held in Portland, Oregon, January 4-7, 1911 . Fig. 4.—An excellent stand of grais amongst the stumpsand logs. This land was burned over during thesummer of 1909 and seeded in the fall of 1909. Thegrass in the foreground is mostly Italian rye Fig. 3.—A good bed of ashes in which to sow grassseed; the result of slashing and burning a growthof brush 20 years old. The second growth is shownat the right. sufficiently for the land to be plowed. In orderto destroy brush
The angora and mohair industry in the Northwest; also a full report and proceedings of the Northwest Angora Goat Association held in Portland, Oregon, January 4-7, 1911 . Fig. 4.—An excellent stand of grais amongst the stumpsand logs. This land was burned over during thesummer of 1909 and seeded in the fall of 1909. Thegrass in the foreground is mostly Italian rye Fig. 3.—A good bed of ashes in which to sow grassseed; the result of slashing and burning a growthof brush 20 years old. The second growth is shownat the right. sufficiently for the land to be plowed. In orderto destroy brush uniformily with Angora goats,it is often necessary to cut the saplings that aretoo large to be bent over or ridden down by thegoats, for all of the leaves and twigs must bewithin their reach. After the brush has beenkilled, it IS very probable that other kinds ofstock will be found more prohtable than Angoragoats. In some instances Angora goats will be pas-tured solely for the mohair produced and theincrease of the herd. When this is the primaryobject instead of clearing the land of the brush,it will be desirable to keep the pasture in thebest possible condition for goats. In order todo this, they are rotated from pasture to pasture managed, the Angora goat meets this problemperhaps the best of any of our domestic the pasture is so handled that the b
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