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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 327, 30 January 1902, Page 4

“There was a practical sheep farmer in our office the other day,” the Stock and Station Journal, Sydney, writes, “ and a mention of Angora goats was made. * I’ve had a bit of experience with these goats,’ said our visitor. Some years ago Sir Samuel Wilson imported some Angoras, and T bought a pairoff him for 20 guineas. Then I got a lot of common white nannies and started crossing them. After the third cross you couldn’t tell the purebred from the crossbred. Of course, the Angoras are as great wanderers as the common breed, and they take a bit of running after. You must shear an Angora goat twice a year, because the fleece begins to break if you don’t. From the pure buck I shore 71b of wool for the year. I sent down the clip from all the goats to an agent in Sydney, and got i!d per lb for it. From what Sir Samuel Wilson said, I concluded that about 28s worth of wool ought to be taken off a buck in the year. The Angora is not such a prolific breeder as the common goat—only one kid at a time. I gave up . the goats after I sold that clip of wool—or hair, I suppose you would call it.’ We reminded our visitor, however, that in America the pure Angora wool is worth up to Is 3d per lb, and that perhaps his clip didn’t reach a proper market, although it must be remembered that he has only a crossbred flock. The Americans are going in heavily for Angoras, and inquiries arc numerous in New South Wales for goats of the breed, ft would surely pay well to import and start an Angora s»ud farm □ere, as there is nothing to show that the raising of theso goats will not prove as profitable in New South Wales as it has done in America.”

YorktowD, the centre of the South Australian salt industry, was in a state of riot during the holidays. The men engaged in scraping the salt on the lakes visited the town and took charge, making themselves thoroughly at home in private residences and elsewhere. The only constable received such a buffeting that he had to he carried into the Court ou a