The daily gazette., 1876-04-04
An Enthusiastic stock Farmer.

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twelve Angora goats, which he
brought all the way from Asia Mi.
nor, after most romantic and diff,
cult journey. Angora and Cashmere
goats had been considered identical
bu u sample of real Cashmere wool,
sent to Mr.. Harris from Madras, dis
closed the fact that it was essenti-
ally different from the wool grown
on goats called Angoras, which he
and others owned in this country.
This discovery led the adventure
Gus breeder to go to Asia and see
and learn for himself, as well as to
study the habits and mode of rails
ing gorts, with a view to making
them profitable in the Sicrras Of
California. He started April 16,
1875, via Japan and China, inten-
ing to go over land into Tibet, but
found that impracticable. He then
went to Calcutta, Chasmere district
and saw the animals for which he
had made so great journey. lie
found the Cashmere goats covered
with rather sparse coat of coarse,
long black hair. nnder which is u
fleece Of extremely white, silk.like
wool, used in the manufacture of
Indian Shwls and other goods that
are highly priced for their fineness
of texture and capability for receiv-
ing,and retaining colors The home
of the Cashmere goats is in the
Himalaya Mountains, $4,000 feet
above the level Of the sea, in re-
gion of eternal SHOWS. There are
no Cashmere goats in America.
The traveller found these goats
could not be brolitably acclimatized
in California, but he gained the i'm.
formation that mohair wool goats
can be successfully raised in high
altitude and low latitude; such as
the Sieras of Southern California.
Mr.. Harris concluded then to go to
Angora, but found he could not pro-
ceed overland on account of war,nor
via the Persian gulf on account of
the unsettled state of the country.
He therefore returned to Calcutta
and went via Ceylon, Indian Ocean,
Red Sea and Suez Canal to Port
Said. over the Taurus Mountains
increasing which lie was occupied
twenty.one days, and suffered in
tens.y from cold, SHOWS, &c, with
no other food but native black
bread ard kind Of molases. When
finally he reached Angora and
bought his goats, two rams and ten
ewes, he ran short money, and had
to telegraph to California for credit
atConstantinople. Hcborrowedfrom
a friendly Scotchman, and started
Tor the coast. lie had nine mules
and three donkeys, on which the
precious goats where slung in boz
es, while other animals were loaded
with provender. u baggage He tried
to reach Smyrna, but after founder
ing in the mountains some davs
was obliged to return to Angora.
lie then turned north to Ismid.
where he struck rail to Constanti-
nople. There he found money from
his partner, paid his debts and the
export dutyand "bucksheesh" dem
anded by the Turks. He went from
Constantinople to Liverpool, and
thence to Baltimore safely. Mr. Har.
rls says that, including all his ex-
penses since leaving home the goats
have thus lar cost him 1926 apiece
IN gold, or total Of Sc, ,300;and he
has yet to take them across the con-
tinent to California by rail. Mr..
Harris is a middle aged Scotchman,
decidedly modest, and does not
think hehasperformed remarkable
journey in the wilds Central and
Western Asia. When he left Cal
fornia he and his partner had
l,I0O goats on their ranges at Hol.
lister, Renito county, where he has
been seventeen years. lie thinks
he has found that by proper breed
ing California is especially adapte d
to produce mohairwools. The goats
on the Sandman are smaller than
the ordinary animals, and have
long silken ieeces of white wool.
Both sex nave flat, corrugated
horns, about eighteen inches long,
that diverge from the front of the
head. All are yearlings, and show
no i'll effects from their travels.
Several kids have been born since
leaving Angora, one of which,
several days old, is alive and well.
he goats were visited by thou
sands OF people at Liverpool,
where Mr.. Harris was sort of
lion. lie has with him specimens of
Cashmere and other woods, togeth-