Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1904 — THE GOATS ARE SOLD [ARTICLE]

THE GOATS ARE SOLD

Trustee Chapman has so'd the herd of Angora goats, at Fair Oaks, which belonged to the Alfred McCoy estate. There were 277 iu the herd, including 12 kids and he so'd them for $425, rr about $1.53 a head. Last June Mr Chapman could have eold them f r $2-45 a head, had the case not been thrown inti bankrupt*; p. Now the same man only bid $1 45, and Mr. Moore’s bid was the best of about a dozen. Goats ars not such desirable property in the fad as in the spring, is the caus* of the falling off in value. **When the spring comes gentle Nannie” is when geutle Nannie and not a'ways strictly gentle Billy, g«t in their most effective work at the*r regular t ads of oleaning up sp outs and underbrush.