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DEVOTED TO TIIE LIVF STOCA INTERESTS OF TEXAS.
VOL. V, NO. 42. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY i8, x886. Terms: $2 Per Year
Masthead of the Texas Stockman. The animals to the immediate right of the star
are Angora goats. Courtesy Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center, University
of Texas, Austin.
yon country, to see how the Arnold Bros. handle the Angoras" in 1883,
and in 1885 McKenzie and Stephen Arnold visited the ranches of Fink
and McFarland, where they were "warmly welcomed [and] had a de-
lightful trip .. ." One stockman who spent a few days at Haupt's ranch
spoke in the "highest terms" of Haupt's goats and hospitality, and a
Uvalde County rancher reported that Landrum had some "extra fine
goats" and was "full of goat lore." Such visits helped raisers familiarize
themselves with one another and with the public, and often led to stock
sales and cooperative ventures. McCune, McKenzie, and Arnold, for ex-
ample, purchased Angoras from the ranches that they visited. McKenzie
was so impressed with Devine's stock that he arranged to have his best
Angoras bred with goats from the Bexar County rancher's herd.47
Competition among the early breeders further heightened their
public visibility because, despite their willingness to share information
and to participate in cooperative breeding exchanges, they were in-
tensely proud of their expertise and of their goats. Exceptionally worthy
goats were often entered with good results in contests at agricultural
'7TWJ, II (July 3, 1883), 3 (1st quotation); ibid. (July 1o, 1883), 3; TS, III (Feb. 19, 1884),
1o (3rd quotation); ibid. (Mar. 4, 1884), 6 (4th and 5th quotations); ibid., V (Oct. 20o, 1885), 5
(2nd quotation); TSF, VIII (June 18, 1889), 8.
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