Identifier: angoracathowtobr00jame (find matches)
Title: The Angora cat; how to breed train and keep it;
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: James, Robert Kent, (from old catalog) ed
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Publisher: Boston, James bros.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ficulty which sheencountered in finding where two or three thoroughbredcats could be purchased. She reasoned that if pure-bredAngoras were practically unobtainable, even at a highfigure, the market must be good, and the risks of engag-ing in the venture were consequently small. Afterabout three months of correspondence, she contrived toobtain a very handsome cat through a bird store in Bos-ton, but she could not learn the location of the catfarm from which it was procured. Through similarchannels she secured one or two more fine animals as afoundation for her stock of breeding animals. In recount-ing her experience as a cat culturist, Miss Wheatley saidto the present writer : Without making an exhibit of my balance sheet andbank book, I can say that there is no reason why anyyoung woman with tact, a liking for pets and ordinaryfeminine business ability, cannot make a nice little sumby raising thoroughbred Angoras ; and the girl on afarm has every advantage over her city competitor for
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PAIR OF WHITE KITTENS. 6 MONTHS OLD. FACTS AND FANCIES OF THE CAT. 83 the reason that green grass is just as essential in catraising as it is in raising stock. The Angora kittenmust have its grass, as well as the gosling. All thingsconsidered, the country girl is in a position to conducther cat farm at a fraction of the expense incurred by asimilar enterprise in the city or the suburbs. But what isstill more important, she can raise a much more hardygrade of animals. How much money would be required as a capital tostart with ? It would be well to have $100, but of courseit could be done for less, very much less, if the beginnerwere willing to buy kits and wait for them to develop.A male and two females of excellent breeding stock andof suitable age can be bought for $100. That is allow-ing $40 for the male and $30 for each of the females.As pure white cats are the most valuable, which alsomeans the most salable, it is best to select a white studcat and one white female, having the sec

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