Georgia, historical and industrial . P^l^)- a ^ <. Ji i^. GEORGIA: HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL. 393 the skin, which is about the average weight of dry skins, it would requirethe slaughter of 16,261,621 goats and kids to yield the skins importedduring 1898. A large proportion of our stock of common goats is kept in the suburbsof cities. In the West many of them are kept with sheep as a protectionagainst dogs, wolves and coyotes; while the increasing flocks of Angorasare kept chiefly for their yield of mohair. The goat thrives in all climates outside of the polar regions. Hencemost of the area
Georgia, historical and industrial . P^l^)- a ^ <. Ji i^. GEORGIA: HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL. 393 the skin, which is about the average weight of dry skins, it would requirethe slaughter of 16,261,621 goats and kids to yield the skins importedduring 1898. A large proportion of our stock of common goats is kept in the suburbsof cities. In the West many of them are kept with sheep as a protectionagainst dogs, wolves and coyotes; while the increasing flocks of Angorasare kept chiefly for their yield of mohair. The goat thrives in all climates outside of the polar regions. Hencemost of the area of the United States, with the possible ex-ception of Alaska, is favorable to the goat family generally,and much of the Pacific slope, the southwest and the south, is particularlyadapted to the long-fleeced varieties, such as the Angora. Mr. J. , Commissioner of Agiiculture of Georgia in 1885, in his an-nual report for that year said: Experiments in the raising and keepingof the Angora goat in these mountain pastures are making a very fav
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