Cigarette Card

Cavanders “Ancient Egypt” Cigarette Card #1 “Egyptian Goats”. Produced in 1928.

Text on reverse of card reads:

“The farmers of ancient Egypt bred considerable numbers of goats. A single individual in one instance records upon his tomb that he was the owner of 2234 goats.
It is uncertain for what purposes goats were kept. They were occasionally sacrificed and therefore no doubt employed as food: but this practice does not seem to have been frequent and will not account for the large numbers which were reared.
Possibly their milk was an article of diet, or their hair may have been used, as it was by the Israelites in the manufacture of fabric for tent coverings.”