Dammit. Jason was right.
There are dairy goats then there are wool goats. There’s a goat page at Purdue University that talks about the different dairy goat breeds registered with the American Dairy Goat Association. The ADGA. None of them are used for wool. The goats (or as Jason calls them, “goh-ats”) used for wool are the angora and the cashmere. Wikipedia states the Angora has “long, curling, lustrous locks of mohair.” Mohair yarn. (I have an itchy azure ball of yarn somewhere in my room. Now I know from whence it came.) Then cashmere, one of the most expensive natural fibers, that Wikipedia says is very “fine and soft.” However, the angora and cashmere goats aren't used for dairy.
To be honest, I don't really want a fiber goat. They're a little big and I'd rather have something smaller, lovable, like a puppy. Plus, I don't drink their milk.
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